Wayne Nelson Hooper

Background

Hooper, Wayne Nelson was born on May 25, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Earl Edward and Ruby Evelyn (Nelson) Hooper.

Education

Bachelor, McMaster U., 1967; Master of Divinity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1970.

Career

Assistant pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968; assistant pastor, First Baptist Church, Braintree, Massachusetts, 1968-1970; pastor, Uxbridge (Ontario) Baptist Church, Canada, 1970-1973; founding pastor, Credit Valley Baptist Church, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1973-1979; senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Orillia, Ontario, Canada, 1979-1983; senior pastor, Avenue Road Baptist Church, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, since 1986; assistant secretary department Canada Missions, Baptist Convention Ontario and Quebec, 1983-1986.

Achievements

• Wayne Nelson Hooper has been listed as a noteworthy Clergy member by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member recruitment committee Baptist Convention Ontario and Quebec, 1973-1975, member planning committee, 1978-1980, member county, 1976-1982, member Executive Committee, 1977-1978, central section representative, 1982-1983. Convention staff representative Ottawa and N.W. Assns., 1983-1986. Baptist Convention Ontario and Quebec representative to Inter-Church Regional Planning Association, 1983-1986.

Member Canadian Baptist Ministries Council, since 1995. Member Canada Baptist Federation (vice president 1988-1991, president 1991-1994).

Interests

• Avocations: sports, boating, skiiing, tennis, golf.

Connections

Married Diane Elizabeth, August 24, 1968. Children: Tanya Joy, Craig Nelson.

Father:

Earl Edward Hooper

Mother:

Ruby Evelyn (Nelson) Hooper

Spouse:

Diane Elizabeth

child:

Tanya Joy Hooper

child:

Craig Nelson Hooper