Welcome to Lakewood Baptist Church

Lakewood Baptist Church exists to love God and to love you.  In fact, this is our motto and we have even incorporated it into our logo.  But it is so much more than a nice saying or something to put on a sign.  We honestly strive to model this in everything that we do from our regular Sunday worship services and children’s ministries, all the way down to our much-loved annual chili cook-off and even our recent men’s ministry “grilled steak night”.  You probably noticed that even today you’ve been greeted with a warm smile and a sincere welcome.  Whether you have been attending Lakewood for more than 50 years or this is your first time to enter into the building, we are genuinely glad that you are here.

Of course, we are not perfect, and we do not claim to be.  Far from it.  The love that we have here is only because of what God has done for us, plain and simple.

Loving God means that we have a desire to study and learn His word, the Bible, and obey all that He commands.  He alone is the source of Truth.  Isaiah 45:19 says, “I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.”  Mankind’s truth changes with every passing generation, but God does not change.  He alone is the standard bearer.  God is not only eternal and uncreated, but He is holy in all of His ways, perfect and without sin.  He alone is worthy of our love.

Loving you means that we desire to join you on this journey with God.  Life is hard, and we were not meant to struggle through it alone.  Ecclesiastes 4:12 says that “And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”  We encourage one another daily, celebrate with each other in good times, and mourn with one another in challenging times.  This also means that we love one another enough to share God’s Truth even when it may be difficult to receive, because it has the power to save.  And we can only love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).

So join us today in the worship of Jesus Christ the Son of God, the risen Messiah.  And if you do not know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, please contact me personally.  I would love to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.

Blessings, 

Pastor Bruce

bruce.cullom@gmail.com

615-545-5824 (call or text any time)