We are Christian, Gospel-centered, Baptist, and just one local expression of Christ's redeemed church. Click here to learn what to expect in our gatherings, or click on the toggles below to read more about who we are and what we believe. We hope to see you soon!
Christian
We believe the Bible is God's word and revelation of Himself to us. It is the inerrant authority for our faith, teaching, and living.
The Bible reveals the triune God: Father, Son, and Spirit. It defines God's call for us to repent from sin and trust in the risen and reigning Christ.
Scripture presents for us a high view of God and a low view of the abilities of fallen man. Our worth and value as Christians is found in being created in God's image and redeemed through His gospel.
As Christians, we are called to worship God as we represent Jesus by the power of His Spirit and proclaim His good news in all the earth.
The Bible reveals the triune God: Father, Son, and Spirit. It defines God's call for us to repent from sin and trust in the risen and reigning Christ.
Scripture presents for us a high view of God and a low view of the abilities of fallen man. Our worth and value as Christians is found in being created in God's image and redeemed through His gospel.
As Christians, we are called to worship God as we represent Jesus by the power of His Spirit and proclaim His good news in all the earth.
Gospel-Centered
We believe that God’s gospel is the good news and Kingly announcement revealed in all the Bible that:
God Rules: The one true God created us to enjoy and reflect His glory in all His creation.
Humanity Rebels: We have rebelliously sought our own glory, earning shame and God’s just judgment for our sin.
Christ Redeems: As planned and promised in love, God sent His eternal Son in Christ Jesus to perfectly live, sacrificially die, victoriously rise, sovereignly reign, justly judge, and faithfully save sinners from God’s good wrath.
We Must Repent & Believe the Gospel: God is reconciling back to Himself a beloved people born of His Spirit and forgiven of sins who, at the hearing of this good news, repent from sin and lovingly follow the Lord Jesus by faith now and for all eternity in the new creation to the glory of God.
Learn more of how we teach the gospel with our Gospel Page and Sermons.
God Rules: The one true God created us to enjoy and reflect His glory in all His creation.
Humanity Rebels: We have rebelliously sought our own glory, earning shame and God’s just judgment for our sin.
Christ Redeems: As planned and promised in love, God sent His eternal Son in Christ Jesus to perfectly live, sacrificially die, victoriously rise, sovereignly reign, justly judge, and faithfully save sinners from God’s good wrath.
We Must Repent & Believe the Gospel: God is reconciling back to Himself a beloved people born of His Spirit and forgiven of sins who, at the hearing of this good news, repent from sin and lovingly follow the Lord Jesus by faith now and for all eternity in the new creation to the glory of God.
Learn more of how we teach the gospel with our Gospel Page and Sermons.
Baptist
We believe baptism is an early step of obedience for born-again Christians to identify with Christ and His church. This involves being immersed under water and raised up out of the water, picturing the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This act gives testimony to the Christian's faith in the Gospel and his union with Christ in His death and resurrection. It says to all the world, "This one belongs to Jesus!"
Baptism also declares the church's trust that the person's profession of faith is genuine, embracing the new believer into committed discipleship within the church.
Our local church membership of saved, baptized believers is responsible to the Lord and to one another for the health and stewardship of our church. We are led by pastors (also called elders) and governed by our congregation.
This act gives testimony to the Christian's faith in the Gospel and his union with Christ in His death and resurrection. It says to all the world, "This one belongs to Jesus!"
Baptism also declares the church's trust that the person's profession of faith is genuine, embracing the new believer into committed discipleship within the church.
Our local church membership of saved, baptized believers is responsible to the Lord and to one another for the health and stewardship of our church. We are led by pastors (also called elders) and governed by our congregation.
Christ's Church
We believe Christ is building His church in every place and age. We are just one local expression of Christ's church of redeemed sinners called into the commission He gave us.
We pray for other faithful local churches and know ourselves to be a part of them in Christ. We long for the day Christ returns and gathers all His church as one to dwell with Him in the new creation. Until then, we gather to build up one another in the faith and scatter to give witness to the Gospel in our daily lives and all society.
As a local Baptist church, we understand ourselves to share in the heritage of a long line of confessions and statements that summarize Bible teaching. Here are some examples of them.
The more contemporary statements at that link reflect how we hold to the inspiration and authority of scripture, complementarity of men and women, biblical sexuality and purity, and the unity of the human race being made in the image of God.
We pray for other faithful local churches and know ourselves to be a part of them in Christ. We long for the day Christ returns and gathers all His church as one to dwell with Him in the new creation. Until then, we gather to build up one another in the faith and scatter to give witness to the Gospel in our daily lives and all society.
As a local Baptist church, we understand ourselves to share in the heritage of a long line of confessions and statements that summarize Bible teaching. Here are some examples of them.
The more contemporary statements at that link reflect how we hold to the inspiration and authority of scripture, complementarity of men and women, biblical sexuality and purity, and the unity of the human race being made in the image of God.
History of Our Church
God began establishing this local church in 1969. Those early days started in Mark Twain Elementary School, and we still have members from that time. The church was lovingly pastored by Emory Upshaw for over 49 years before he retired and went to be with the Lord. We give God praise for advancing the gospel in and through us then and now.
After Emory Upshaw retired for health reasons in 2018, our church resolved to continue and strengthen its commitment to the Lord by calling on more pastoral leadership. God had already brought into membership a man with much pastoral experience, Tom Stucke. By God's grace, he led the church to seek out more pastoral leadership. John Cole was added to the pastoral team as the primary preaching pastor in early 2020. And since then, the church has been prayerfully giving ourselves to be a healthy church that disciples up more pastors to help shepherd the Lord's flock. The Lord continues to be faithful and gracious.
It is our privilege to be a part of the church Christ is building by the Spirit. We continue to see God rescuing sinners to Himself into His loving church. By God's grace, we are seeing Christ's gospel transform our lives and the lives of others for His glory. It is to this end that we partner together as a church and with other churches.
If you visit us in one of our gatherings or meet one of us in the community, we pray you will experience the love and truth of Christ in us. You will certainly find us to be imperfect, but we do hope you will see that God is truly transforming our hearts and lives. We are not what we should be, but we are not what we were before knowing Christ!
Because we desire to see God continually working in us, our activities are centered around expositional preaching, interactive Bible studies, worshipful singing, generosity and service, discipling relationships, and community witness. We truly hope you will gather with us for worship. Maybe you would like to watch in online first. If so, we invite you to view our upcoming livestream, past sermons, or past services on YouTube.
After Emory Upshaw retired for health reasons in 2018, our church resolved to continue and strengthen its commitment to the Lord by calling on more pastoral leadership. God had already brought into membership a man with much pastoral experience, Tom Stucke. By God's grace, he led the church to seek out more pastoral leadership. John Cole was added to the pastoral team as the primary preaching pastor in early 2020. And since then, the church has been prayerfully giving ourselves to be a healthy church that disciples up more pastors to help shepherd the Lord's flock. The Lord continues to be faithful and gracious.
It is our privilege to be a part of the church Christ is building by the Spirit. We continue to see God rescuing sinners to Himself into His loving church. By God's grace, we are seeing Christ's gospel transform our lives and the lives of others for His glory. It is to this end that we partner together as a church and with other churches.
If you visit us in one of our gatherings or meet one of us in the community, we pray you will experience the love and truth of Christ in us. You will certainly find us to be imperfect, but we do hope you will see that God is truly transforming our hearts and lives. We are not what we should be, but we are not what we were before knowing Christ!
Because we desire to see God continually working in us, our activities are centered around expositional preaching, interactive Bible studies, worshipful singing, generosity and service, discipling relationships, and community witness. We truly hope you will gather with us for worship. Maybe you would like to watch in online first. If so, we invite you to view our upcoming livestream, past sermons, or past services on YouTube.
