E. L. Quirk

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The Reverend

E. L. Quirk

CBM
Born
Eric Lawrence Quirk

(1898-01-06)January 6, 1898 [1]
Ontario, Canada [1]
DiedAugust 1, 1967(1967-08-01) (aged 69) [1] [2]
Ontario, Canada [1]
Education1914, B.A. [3]
Alma mater McMaster University, [3] (Canada)
Occupation(s) Ecclesiastical Administrator and Pastor
Years active1925–1966
Religion Christianity
Church Canadian Baptist Ministries
Ordained8 September 1925 [4]
Congregations served
Ebenezer/Renforth Baptist Church, [4] Etobicoke (Canada) (1921, [4] 1924-25 [4] ),
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Belleville (Canada) (1962–1975) [5]
Offices held
Teacher, [6] Toronto (Canada),
Missionary, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam (India) (1925–1953)
Title The Reverend

E. L. Quirk [7] (born 6 January 1898; [1] died 1 August 1967; [1] ) was a Missionary [8] who served in India [2] [8] from 1925 [9] through 1953. [9]

Quirk came to India in 1925 [9] as a Missionary of the Canadian Baptist Mission [10] and served on the teaching staff [6] of the CBM-McLaurin High School, Kakinada. Quirk continued to serve in India in spite of World War II and was based at Kakinada [6] looking after the educational endeavours of the Canadian Baptist Ministries.

Quirk's contribution to pastoral ministry was manifold as he helped establish [11] Churches in Visakhapatnam and Kothavalasa in the areas of,

Religious titles
Preceded by
Position created
 Pastor,
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
Belleville (Canada)
1962–1966 [5] 		Succeeded by
Rev. Charles Savage [5]
1966–1974

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  4. 1 2 3 4 Glyn Allen, Dale R. Calder, Trials and Triumphs: The 150-year History of Ebenezer/Renforth Church, Renforth Historical Committee, 1990, p.49.
  5. 1 2 3 Ed Anderson. "Belleville Emmanuel Baptist Church - History". emmanuelbaptist-belleville.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  6. 1 2 3 Canadian Missionaries in Bombed Indian Areas in The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, April 7, 1942, p.19.
  7. ↑ Missionary to speak in The Lethbridge Herald, March 24, 1945, page 7.
  8. 1 2 Cecelia C. Botting, Roland B. Botting, Comfort Families of America: A Collection of Genealogical Data, Part 1, Botting, 1971, p.146.
  9. 1 2 3 Jarold Knox Zeman, Costly vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, 1988, p.95.
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