Covenant Baptist Church
Resident Elder: Pastor Orvin D.E. Paige
E-mail: paige@baptistantigua.org
Pastor Paige was ordained to the pastoral ministry on November 4, 2001. He is a trained meteorologist (Bachelor of Science—University of the West Indies) serving with the Government Meteorological Service at the V. C. Bird International Airport. He has done graduate theological study, concentrating in biblical counseling, with the Master’s International School of Divinity. He and his wife, Jo Ann, have two children, Michelle and Curtis.
ELDERSHIP & AFFILIATION
The Covenant Baptist Church shares a common Eldership with the Baptist Circuit of Churches of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission, of which it is a member congregation. The elders are Pastor Dr. Hensworth W.C. Jonas (Presiding), Pastor Ivor J. Walker, and Pastor Orvin D.E. Paige. The Covenant Baptist Church is historically Southern Baptist in faith and practice.
Purpose:
The Covenant Baptist Church exists for the purpose of glorifying our God with specific reference to the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). The Great Commandment challenges us to love God and our fellowman. The Great Commission challenges us to evangelism, bringing people into right relationship with the Son of God; to covenant community, bringing people into a right relationship with the church of God; and to discipleship, bringing people into a right relationship with the Word of God.
History:
On Easter Sunday, 2004, the ECBM, under the leadership of Dr. Hensworth W.C. Jonas, constituted the Covenant Baptist Church. This move was initially motivated by a desire to reconstitute a disbanded Baptist Church in the Cedar Grove community. Nine members formed the charter membership of the Church, transferring their membership from the Central and Tyrells Baptist Churches. Pastor Orvin Paige was appointed as Resident Elder of the new congregation. The church was briefly relocated to rented facilities in the Coolidge area. By the providence of God, the ECBM was able to purchased property in the Longfords Estate/Mount Pleasant community on Friars Hill road for the construction of a permanent facility for the Covenant Baptist Church. The Church building was dedicated on April 15, 2007.
Directions:
Travel north from St. John’s on Friar’s Hill Road. Continue past Dunbar's Estate. Look for the church sign on the right, just before the Cuban Embassy.
Contact Information:
- Telephone: 268-561-4022 (Church Office) or 268-462-2894 (ECBM Office)
- P.O. Box 2678, St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda
- Church E-Mail: covenant@baptistantigua.org
- Website: www.baptistantigua.org
Weekly Schedule:
- Sunday:
- 08:00 a.m. Congregational Morning Worship
- 10:00 a.m. Sunday School
- 06:00 p.m. Congregational Evening Worship
- 07:00 p.m. Sunday School
- Tuesday:
- 06:30 p.m. Trustees or Deacons Meeting
- Wednesday:
- 07:00 p.m. Congregational Prayer Service
- 08:00 p.m. Fellowship Groups Bible Study or Congregational Stewardship Meeting
Calendar Highlights:
- First Stewardship Meeting—October 8, 2008
- Leadership Planning Meeting—October 10, 2008
- ECBM Leadership Banquet—November 29, 2008
- Harvest Sunday for Circuit & Anniversary for Central & Tyrells—November 30, 2008
- Evangelistic Meetings—November 30-December 3, 2008
- ECBM Quarterly—December 17, 2008
- Watch-Night Joint Service—December 31, 2008
- Presiding Elder’s Anniversary—January 10-11, 2009
- ECBM Quarterly—March 11, 2009
- Evangelistic Meetings—April 5-8, 2009
- Good Friday Food Fellowship—April 10, 2009
- Anniversary Service for Covenant—April 12, 2009
- ECBM Quarterly—June 17, 2009
- 17th Caribbean Baptist Heritage Conference—July 5-8 2009 (Antigua & Barbuda)
- Children’s Summer Day Camp—July 27-31, 2009
- Youth Summer Day Camp—August 3-7, 2009
- Acteens Sleep-Over Camp—August 10-14, 2009
- Royal Ambassador Sleep-Over Camp—August 17-21, 2009
- ECBM Quarterly—September 16, 2009