E. L. Quirk

The Reverend
E. L. Quirk
CBM
Born Eric Lawrence Quirk
(1898-01-06)January 6, 1898[1]
Ontario, Canada[1]
Died August 1, 1967(1967-08-01) (aged 69)[1][2]
Ontario, Canada[1]
Nationality Canadian
Citizenship Canadian
Education 1914, B.A.[3]
Alma mater McMaster University,[3] (Canada)
Occupation Ecclesiastical Administrator and Pastor
Years active 1925–1966
Religion Christianity
Church Canadian Baptist Ministries
Ordained 8 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 the 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Laurence-lee-E-Elcombe - User Trees - Eric L. Lawrence". genealogy.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  2. 1 2 Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec (1966). Baptist Yearbook. Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec. ISSN 0316-9472. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  3. 1 2 McMaster University (1914). Calendar. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  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.
  10. ↑ Missions: A Baptist Monthly Magazine, Volume 23, 1932, p.232. []
  11. ↑ "Founder Members, Calvary Baptist Church, Visakhapatnam". cbchurchvizag.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
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