Lisle Baptist Church

Lisle Memorial Baptist Church, founded in 1980 in Toronto's Jane-Finch area, is a local church that is committed to see lives changed and the community transformed. Lisle Memorial is committed to addressing broad community priorities – particularly among the youth -- both directly and in partnership with others. The church is named in memory of George Lisle who was born in slavery about 1750 in Virginia. After obtaining his freedom he went to Jamaica as a pioneer Baptist missionary in 1783. He died in 1828 leaving the legacy of a thriving family of Baptist churches. One of his 'sons' was Rev. Kendrick Sharpe. He migrated from Jamaica to Canada where he got his theological training before going to Nigeria as missionary with his wife, Mervina and 3 children.