God is doing great things at Northside Baptist Church, and we are excited about what is still to come.  We focus on spiritual growth through the reading of God's word.  We would love for you to join us for worship service anytime.  Remember, God loves you!

Sunday School: 9:45-10:45

Sunday Worship: 11am & 6pm ~ Children's church 11am

Wednesday Worship: 7pm ~ Children's Bible study: 7pm

Nursery Available!

Church Covenant

Church Covenant   Having been led by the Holy Spirit to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the public confession of our faith, having been immersed in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God, and this assembly, solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ. WE PURPOSE, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love, to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge; holiness and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to attend its services regularly; to give it a sacred pre-eminence over all institutions of human origin; to give faithfully of time and talent in its activities; to contribute cheerfully and regularly, as God has prospered us to support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor and the spread of the gospel throughout all nations.  WE ALSO purpose to maintain family and private devotions; to train our children according to the word of God; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our conduct; to avoid all gossip, backbiting and unrighteous anger, to abstain from all forms of activity which dishonor our Lord Jesus Christ, cause stumbling to a fellow believer or hinder the winning of a soul to Christ; to be zealous in our efforts to advance the cause of Christ our Savior, and give Him preeminence in all things. WE FURTHER purpose to encourage one another in the blessed hope of our Lord’s return; to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the teachings of our Savior, to seek it without delay. WE MOREOVER purpose that when we remove from this place we will as soon as possible unite with some other church of like faith and order where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s work. In the event there is no such church, we shall seek, with the Lord’s help, to establish one.

Statement of Beliefs

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT 1. God There is one living and true God, the creator of the universe (Exod. 15:11; Isa. 45:11; Jer. 27:5). He is revealed in the unity of the Godhead as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, who are equal in every divine perfection (Exod. 15:11; Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14). A.     God the Father is the one supreme ruler of the universe. He providentially directs the affairs of history according to the purposes of His grace (Gen. 1; Ps. 19:1; Ps. 104; Heb. 1:1-3). B.     God the Son is the Savior of the world. Born of the virgin Mary (Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:26-35), He declared His deity among men (John 1:14,18; Matt. 9:6), died on the cross as the only sacrifice for sin (Phil. 2:6-11), arose bodily from the grave (Luke 24: 6, 7, 24-26; I Cor. 15: 3-6), and ascended back to the Father (Acts 1: 9-11; Matt. 16: 19). He is at the right hand of the Father, interceding for believers (Rom. 8: 34; Heb. 7: 25) until He returns to rapture them from the world (Acts 1: 11; I Thess. 1: 16-18). C.     God the Holy Spirit is the manifest presence of deity. He convicts of sin (John 16: 8-11), teaches spiritual truths according to the written word (John 16: 12-15), permanently indwells believers (Acts 5: 32; John 14: 16, 17, 20, 23), and confers on every believer at conversion the ability to render effective spiritual service (I Peter 4: 10, 11). 2. The Scriptures A. The scriptures are God’s inerrant revelation, complete in the Old Testament and New Testament, written by divinely inspired men as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (II Tim. 3: 16; II Peter 1: 21). Those men wrote not in words of human wisdom but in words taught by the Holy Spirit ( I Cor. 2: 13). B. The scriptures provide the standard for the believers’ faith and practice (II Tim. 3: 16, 17), reveals the principles by which God will judge all (Heb. 4: 12; John 12: 48), and express the true basis of Christian fellowship (Gal. 1: 8, 9; II John 9-11). 3. Creation A. The world: God created all things for His own pleasure and glory, as revealed in the Biblical account of creation (Gen. 1; Rev. 4: 11; John 1: 2, 3; Col. 1: 16). B. The Angels: God created an innumerable host of spirit beings called angels. Holy angels worship God and execute His will; while fallen angels serve Satan, seeking to hinder God’s purposes (Ps. 8; Gen. 1: 27; 2:7; Matt. 10: 28-31). 4. Satan Satan is a person rather than a personification of evil (John 8: 44), and he with his demons opposes all that is true and Godly by blinding the world to the gospel (II Cor. 4: 3, 4), tempting saints to do evil (Eph. 6: 11; Peter 5: 8), and warring against the Son of God (Gen. 3: 15; Rev. 20: 1-10). 5. Depravity Although man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1: 26; 2: 17), he fell through sin and that image was marred (Rom. 5: 12; James 3: 9). In his unregenerate state, he is void of spiritual life, is under the influence of the devil, and lacks any power to save himself (Eph. 2: 1-3; John 1: 13). The sin nature has been transmitted to every member of the human race, the man Jesus Christ alone being excepted (Rom. 3: 23; I Peter 2: 22). Because of the sin nature, man possesses no divine life and is essentially and unchangeably depraved apart from divine grace (Rom. 3: 10-19; Jer. 17:9 ).  6. Salvation A. The Meaning of salvation: Salvation is the gracious work of God whereby He delivers undeserving sinners from sin and its results (Matt. 1: 21; Eph. 2: 8,9). In justification He declares righteous all who put faith in Christ as Savior (Rom. 3: 20-22), giving them freedom from condemnation, peace with God, and full assurance of future glorification (Rom. 3: 24-26). B.  The way of salvation: Salvation is based wholly on the grace of God apart from works (Titus 3: 5; Eph. 2: 9). Anyone who will exercise repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved (Acts 16: 30-32; Luke 24: 47; Rom. 10: 17). C.  The provision of Salvation: Christ died for the sins of the whole world (John 1: 29; 3: 16; I John 2: 1, 2). Through His blood, atonement is made without respect of persons (I Tim. 2: 4-6). All sinners can be saved by this gracious provision (Heb. 2: 9; John 3: 18). D.  The purpose of Salvation: Election is the sovereign act of God by which he bestows His mercy of salvation upon all whom He has chosen in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world, according to His foreknowledge (Eph. 1:  3-5; I Peter 1: 1-2). It is consistent with God’s sovereignty and man’s free agency (Eph. 1: 11-14). Election necessitates the preaching of the gospel to every human, the convicting of sinners by the Holy Spirit, and the belief of the truth by each repenting sinner (Matt. 28: 18-20; Mark 16: 15). Within our limits of understanding sinners are free to accept or reject God’s offered mercy (John 1: 11-12). 7. Sanctification All believers are set apart unto God (Heb. 10: 12-14) at the time of their regeneration (I Cor. 6: 11). They should grow in grace (II Peter 1: 5-8) by allowing the Holy Spirit to apply God’s Word to their lives (I Pet. 2: 2),  conforming them to the principles of divine righteousness (Rom. 12:  1,2; I Thess. 4: 3-7) and making them partakers of the holiness of God (II Cor. 7: 1; I Peter 1: 15, 16). 8. Security All believers are eternally secure in Jesus Christ (John 10: 24-30; Rom. 8: 35-39). They are born again (John 3: 3-5; I John 5: 1; I Pet. 1:23), made new creatures in Christ (II Cor. 5:17; II Pet. 1: 4), and indwelt by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8: 9; I John 4:4), assuring their perseverance in good works (Eph. 2: 10). A special providence watches over them (Rom. 8: 28; I Cor. 10: 13), and they are kept by the power of God (Phil. 1: 6; 2: 12, 13; I Pet. 1: 3-5; Heb. 13: 5). 9. Church A.  The nature of the church: A New Testament church is a congregation (Acts 16: 5; I Cor. 4:17) of baptized believers in Jesus Christ (Acts 2: 41) who are united by covenant in belief of what God has revealed and in obedience to what He has commanded (Acts 2: 41). B.  The autonomy of the church: She acknowledges Jesus as her only Head (Eph. 5: 23; Col. 1: 18) and the Holy Bible as her only rule of faith and practice (Isa. 8: 20; II Tim. 3: 16, 17), governing herself by democratic principles (Acts 6: 1-6; I Cor. 5: 1-5) under the oversight of her pastors. C.  The perpetuity of the church: Instituted by Jesus during His personal ministry on earth (Matt. 16: 18; Mark 3: 13-19; John 1: 35-51), true churches have continued to the present and will continue until Jesus returns (Matt. 16: 18; 28: 20). D. The two ordinances of the church are baptism and the Lord’s Supper.          1. Baptism is the immersion in water, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, symbolic of the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, as a born-again believer professes their faith in Jesus Christ (Matt. 28: 19; Rom. 6:4). It is a prerequisite to church membership and participation in the Lord’s Supper (Acts 2: 41, 42).   2. The Lord’s Supper: We believe that the church was commanded to continue in the taking of the Lord’s Supper until Jesus comes again for the church. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic ordinance that pictures for us the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord. The elements of the Lord’s Supper provide a way for the church to collectively and symbolically show that they believe that Jesus died for them and has risen and is coming again. The Lord’s Supper offers a means by which the church is brought into unity, in that all who partake must examine themselves and confess their sin before partaking. The elements of the Lord’s Supper are: bread which represents the broken body of our Lord who was crucified at Calvary, and wine (this church uses unfermented grape juice so as not to cause some to stumble) which represents the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that was shed for the atonement of sin at Calvary. The ordinance is commanded to be kept by all believers, therefore we practice CLOSE communion and allow people who are truly saved to partake of the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is symbolic, having no power to save its recipients, but provides a wonderful ordinance to remember the Lord’s death until He comes again for His Church and partakes of His Marriage Supper with them. (Luke 22: 19; Mark 14: 25; I Cor. 10: 16-17, I Cor. 11: 17-34).        E.  The officers of the church: Pastors and Deacons/Church Council are the officers in a New Testament church (Phil. 1: 1). Each church may select men of her choice to fill those offices under the leading of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6: 1-6; 20: 17, 18) according to the divinely given qualifications (I Tim. 3: 1-13). Pastors (elders, bishops) are authorized to oversee and teach the churches under the Lordship of Jesus Christ (Acts 20: 28; Heb. 13: 7, 17, 24; I Peter 5: 1-4). Each church is responsible to follow them as they follow Christ (I Cor. 11: 1; I Thess. 1: 6; Heb. 13: 17) and to provide a livelihood for them that they might fulfill their ministries (I Tim. 5: 17, 18; Phil. 4: 15-18). Pastors are equal in the service of God (Matt. 23: 8-12). Deacons/Church Council are servants of the church and assistant to the pastor, particularly in benevolent ministries. Our church may select her own Deacons/Church Council according to her needs, and is not bound by the act of another church (Acts 6: 1-6). F.  The ministry of the church: Her mission is evangelizing all men by preaching the gospel (Matt. 28: 19; Luke 24: 45-47), baptizing those who believe (Acts 2: 41; 8: 12, 35-38), and maturing them in instruction (Matt. 28: 20; Acts 2: 42) and discipline (Matt. 18: 17, 18; I Cor. 5: 1-5). G.  The fellowship of the church: She is free to associate with true churches, according to the scriptures, in furthering the faith (II Cor. 11: 8; Phil. 4: 10, 15, 16) but is responsible to keep herself from those who hold doctrines or practices contrary to Holy Scripture (Gal. 1: 8, 9; I John 2: 19). In association with other churches, each church is equal and is the sole judge of the measure and method of her cooperation (Matt. 20: 25-28). In all matters of policy and practice the will of each church is final (Matt. 18: 18). 10. Civil authority             Human government was instituted by God to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. It is separate from the church, though both church and state exercise complementary ministries for the benefit of society (Matt. 22: 21).             Christians should submit to the authority of the government under which they live. Obeying all laws which do not contradict the laws of God, respecting officers of government, paying taxes, rendering military service, and praying for the welfare of the nation and its leaders (Rom. 13: 1-7; I Peter 2: 13, 17; I Tim. 2: 1,2). They should vote, hold office, and exercise influence to direct the nation after the principles of Holy Scripture.             Civil authority is not to interfere in matters of conscience or disturb the institutions of religion (Acts 4: 18-20) but it should preserve for every citizen the free exercise of his religious convictions.             Churches should receive no subsidy from the government but should be exempt from taxation on property and money used for the common good through worship, education and benevolence.  11. Last things A.  Return: Our risen Lord will return personally in bodily form to receive His redeemed unto Himself. His return is imminent (I Thess. 4: 13-17; Rev. 22: 20). B.  Resurrections: After Jesus returns, all of the dead will be raised bodily, each in his own order; the righteous dead “the resurrection of life” and the wicked dead in “the resurrection of damnation” (John 5: 24-29; I Cor. 15: 20-28). C.  Judgments: Prior to the eternal state, God will judge everyone to confer rewards or to consign to punishment (Matt. 25: 31-46; II Cor. 5: 10; Rev. 20: 11-15). D.  Eternal states: Heaven is the eternal home of the redeemed (John 14: 1-3) who, in their glorified bodies (I Cor. 15: 51-58) will live in the presence of God forever (I Thess. 4: 17) in ultimate blessing (Rev. 21: 22).             Hell is the place of eternal punishment and suffering (Luke 16: 19-31) for the devil, his angels (Matt. 25: 41) and the unredeemed (Rev. 20: 10-15).

Church History

To know where we are going, you must first know where we have been.  Here is a brief history. Northside Baptist Church  met for the first time in the little frame building on October 13, 1963.  Northside Baptist Church started with sixty seven members who were on a mission and the mission became known as "Northside Missionary Baptist Church".   In March of 1964, a committee was elected to plan the building of an auditorium for the Church.   On May 2, 1965 Northside members met in their beautiful new sanctuary for the first time.  This was a great day for the band of God's children!  Much had gone into this building, many heartaches and long tiring hours that only dedicated people would accomplish with God leading the way.    On May 9, 1965, Mother's Day marked the first Baptism at Northside's new building. and today... There have been many changes, tough times, happy times,  as well as reflections times at Northside Baptist Church through the years, and Northside is still going strong.  As a church, God is the head and we pray to seek his direction in everything we do. In 2007 we withdrew from the BMA and it opened  the door to support missionaries independently. We recieve monthly newsletters from each of them.  It gives a more personal feel for what each missionary is having to endure over in other countries and in our local community.  We are currently in the process of building our missionaries to support, both over seas and local.  God is leading the way. More to come.