Brookfield Baptist Church

Address: corner of Elm & rt 289

We are a friendly, Bible-believing and teaching church where our central aim is encouraging people to become passionate followers of Jesus Christ.

Our worship services are held every Sunday morning at 11:00 am (except during July and August when we meet at 10:00 am) and typically consist of an uplifting mix of traditional and contemporary songs of worship and praise, prayer, and a Bible-based message. There is no dress code and most tend to dress casually. We have a clean, supervised nursery and children s church available (September to June). Through the week, we have groups for men, women, and children which meet on a regular basis for Bible study, prayer and fellowship.

History of the Church

The Brookfield Baptist Church was established in January of 1862. Thirty seven members of the then Lower Stewiacke Baptist Church
who lived in the Brookfield, Brentwood and Forest Glen area decided they should have a church of their own.
 They had met in homes for Bible study and prayer for a number of years, and even held services in Archibald Hamilton's barn.

A meeting house was built before 1862, and stood as a church until 1924 when the present structure was built. Wood Brenton and son Eldon used the old building for a general store until the early 1970s. In 1976 a Christian Education wing was added to the church.
In recent years, extensive renovations have been made to the interior of the building to accommodate growing numbers. The church is centrally located in the community and wheelchair accessible.

Brookfield Baptist Church is one of about 550 in the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches. It accepts and teaches the Christian doctrines held by the Convention that stresses the Lordship of Christ, and that the Bible is our only guide for faith and practice.
It is part of the Baptist World Alliance which has over one hundred million members and adherents around the globe.

Many of the early settlers prominent in the Baptist Church and in the community still have descendents in the Church and in the area,
such as the Hamilton, Carter, Nelson, Stevens and Sutherland families. Five of its young men have gone into the Christian Ministry.