About Us

Our Mission

To glorify God and make and nurture disciples.

Our Commitment

We commit to show you Jesus and encourage you to become His disciple.

We commit to grow together with you in community, to love God and love our neighbours.

We commit to equip you to grow in your faith and serve others in the love of Jesus.

Our Beliefs

The following are summaries of core beliefs of Bilberry Creek Baptist Church. They are based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

GOD

There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

MANKIND

Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

THE FALL

When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation, including all humanity, ever since that time.

REVELATION

God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the visible image of the invisible God, through the holy scriptures, and throughout creation itself.

SALVATION

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our imperfection and rebellion. God raised Jesus from the dead and now, by grace, offers eternal life as a free gift to all who follow Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, by faith. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.

RESURRECTION

Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth.

THE CHURCH

The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. As such the church should encourage both restoration and multiplication.

Our Affiliations

We are affiliated with the Canadian National Baptist Convention. CNBC is a network of churches who give themselves away for the kingdom of God. With over 300 churches across Canada, we believe that God's primary vehicle for impacting the world is the local church.

Meet Our Team

Pastor Randy McCooeye

  • Pastor Randy McCooeye was born in Winchester ON and raised in the Metcalfe area. After completing high School in Metcalfe he graduated from the Baptist Leadership Education centre in Whitby, ON. He went on to do his B.A.  Biblical Studies at Atlantic Baptist College in Moncton N.B. He then started his M.Div at Acadia, transferring to Ontario Theological Seminary in Toronto to complete his degree. Randy has Pastored in St. George, N.B, Cornwall, ON and for the last 10 years at Bilberry Creek Baptist Church in Orleans.

    Randy is Married to Cindy (Alguire) McCooeye and they have two Children, Aiden (24) and Aaron (21).

    Besides his ministry in the local church, Randy enjoys the outdoors with hunting and kayaking, log building re-construction and restoring antique cars.

Pastor Stefan Cherry

  • Pastor Stefan Cherry lives on a small livestock farm east of Ottawa in the Clarence Creek area with his wife, Pascale and their two teenage children, Elijah and Malaika. Stefan completed his graduate studies in theology at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto and in International Agriculture and Rural Development at Cornell University in upstate New York. He enjoys the outdoors, backpacking and backcountry canoe camping, as well as looking after their small farm. Stefan also serves with the Navigators of Canada as the national co-director of the Navigators Church Ministry where he coaches other pastors on how to grow a disciplemaking culture within the context of their local church community.

Jenny Schaap

  • Jen grew up in Ottawa and spent many summers at Camp Iawah in Godfrey, ON. She gave her life to Christ as a young teen and has been serving her Lord and the Church ever since. With a degree in Environmental Science and a love for nature, she enjoys spending time outdoors and trying to convince her friends that backcountry camping is the best way to camp. Jen is passionate about youth leadership and family discipleship. She and her husband Skyler love star wars, hiking, biking, canoeing and generally just spending time outdoors with their young son.