The Good News Baptist Church started with Brother Donald Granstaff, in the early months of 1967. Before coming to St. Maarten, he served as a missionary on Anguilla with Bro. Freeman Goodge.
Shortly after arriving on St. Maarten, Brother Granstaff started services in a private home on French Saint Martin. He then wrote Brother Jim Van Hecke asking him if he could come and assist him. Brother Van Hecke accepted the invitation and arrived on St. Maarten on December, 1968 where he met Sisters Daisy Harrigan and Geraldine Hughes who were regulars at the church gatherings which were held in French Quarter at the Brook’s home. He helped with the “Open Air” services and with preaching. After six weeks Brother Grandstaff had to return to the USA and he was replaced by Brother Robert (Bob) Faile who came to St. Maarten in the summer of 1969.
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The vision is to develop a loving community of believers, who as a result of a sincere love for God, glorifying worship to God and a growing commitment to know Christ and make Him known, impact the community and the world.
Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior and, on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of its ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
Over the years, several people have been impacted by the work at Good News Baptist Church. Here are some comments from some of those people. If you have your own GNBC story to share, please do so as well.
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