Welcome to Queer Spirit Church

Come, just as you are!

Join us on Sunday mornings for our regular service at 10:30 am – while Queer Spirit Church is on pause. We hope to create a safe and welcoming community for people to worship, learn, and grow in their faith journey. Queer Spirit Church welcomes all people to experience God’s enduring love through music, prayer, scripture reflections and communion. Be you, be queer, be queer allied, be here and be loved!

Meet Rev. Arla Johnson (she/her)

Minister of Inclusive Community

Arla Johnson earned her Master of Divinity degree from the Atlantic School of Theology in May 2021 and became the first openly gay Baptist clergy-person ordained in Canada on April 2, 2023. Arla began attending FBCH with her wife, Julie, when they relocated to Halifax in 2012. In fact, she and Julie were married at FBCH in 2017.
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FBCH has been a loving and accepting place for me and my late husband Lorne, and singing in the senior choir is always a joy under Lynette's leadership. I love the various levels of musical styles in the repertoire which keeps the choir challenged and motivated.

Leander Mendoza

Featured Events

More Songs From the Heart – Kitchen Concert 2.0

March 27, 2026 at 7:00 pm - March 27, 2026 at 9:00 pm

Location: 1300 Oxford Street

Funds raised in support of our Refugee Committee and The Auxiliary.
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Easter Memorial Flowers

March 30, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Location: Sanctuary

Members and friends of FBCH are invited to donate Memorial Flowers to be placed in the church this Easter.
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We love First Baptist Church Halifax, its people and everything for which it stands and we are pleased to support it financially and through volunteer effort while we are alive. When drafting our wills, we decided that we wanted to continue to support FBCH though an endowment from our estate. More recently, we decided that we wanted to make contributions to that endowment through planned gifts while we are still living to help secure the future of our church home.

Dave and Grace Gibson

Donations

All proceeds/donations from spirit church services go directly to Rainbow Refugee Association of NS. If you would like to give please click below. We appreciate your support. Please indicate in the “notes” section that your donation is for Queer Spirit Church. As a ministry of First Baptist Church Halifax (FBCH), donations are made through the church and tax receipts for donations over $20 are issued by FBCH.

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