from New Brunswick . Together they organized the Island's first Baptist church, in 1826. If there is a starting point in the history of the Charlottetown Baptist Church, it is the meeting of Reverend Charles Tupper from Nova Scotia and Thomas DesBrisayof Charlotte Town . They met during an Baptist Home Mission visit to Prince Edward Island , in October of 1827. During one of the Charlotte Town meetings, Charles Tupper convinced DesBrisay that believer's immersion was the only true scriptural form of baptism. Thomas DesBrisay became a believer and was baptized. One can only speculate on the discussion that may have taken place in the Anglican DesBrisay family home that evening. Thomas DesBrisay was the eldest son of Reverend Theophilus DesBrisay , the first Anglican Rector of the Charlotte Parish in Charlotte Town . His first St. Paul's chapel had been constructed in 1800 on the corner of Prince and Streets, on . Thomas DesBrisay was an Apothecary (a Prescriber of Medicines - Druggist) who had started what was reputedly the first drug store on the east coast of the maritimes, in 1810. He called his store "Apothecaries Hall", and it was situated on the northeast corner of Queen and Grafton Streets in Charlotte Town . Rev. Charles Tupper was an ordained Baptist minister who lived in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia . Apart from his fine record of accomplishments as a missionary spreading the word of God, he is remembered as the father of Sir Charles Tupper , a Cumberland County medical doctor who entered the political field, and later became one of the Fathers of Confederation who met in Charlottetown , in 1864. Interestingly, Rev. Charles Tupper came to Prince Edward Island as the result of an invitation from the more radical Alexander Crawford . Ironically, Tupper's report of his successes on Prince Edward Island excited great interest in the Eastern Nova Scotia Baptist Association. For the next few years they organized an increasing number of mission visits, even though there was an obvious difference in the basic principals practiced by members of Crawford's Scottish Baptist groups. In 1927, a year after its origin, the church at Bedeque became the first Baptist Church on the Island to join the Nova Scotia Baptist Association. Small groups of Baptist believers were now meeting in a number of Prince Edward Island communities, and although the experiences differed with each leader, the common bond was their belief that baptism by immersion.reflected their personal commitment to salvation. The established contemporary Baptist churches in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick did not agree with some of the strong principles emphasized under the leadership of Alexander Crawford , who was very serious in manner and by reputation, a little overbearing. When Crawford performed the first immersion on the Island in 1812, it was with the understanding Rev. Charles Tupper Baptists of the Maritime Provinces