Distinctives
Churches have their own personalities, just like people do. While we share a commonality with followers of Christ everywhere, and while we are more like some churches than others, we express these views uniquely or distinctly in our...
God’s Nature
We believe that God is a Spirit, in and of Himself infinite in being, Glory, blessedness, and perfection; all-sufficient, eternal, unchangeable, incomprehensible, everywhere present, almighty, knowing all things, most wise, most holy, most...
Biblical Marriage
We believe in God’s single design of marriage: one man sacrificially loving one woman until they are parted by death, to portray Christ’s faithful and sanctifying love, for His Church.
God’s Justice
We believe in the final punishment of the wicked, who do not know God or obey the Gospel, to be cast away from the favorable presence of the Lord and the glory of His power, to be justly punished with unspeakable torments, both of body and...
God’s Mercy
We believe in the eternal salvation and full union of believers with Christ in spirit at death, and in body at the resurrection. When believers die, they are made perfect in holiness and received into paradise, and are consciously taken...
God’s Eternal Glory
We believe in the honor of the Lord Jesus Christ to be present now in the Church, and fully and forever, at the consummation, and in the New Jerusalem, to the glory of God the Father. In the New City, believers will experience what they...
The Church
We believe that the Church is all people, from the beginning of the world to the present day, who are children of God, by the Grace of God through Jesus Christ, and regeneration and sanctification through the Holy Spirit. The Church is made...
Sanctification
We believe in the work of God’s Spirit, through God’s Word (memorized, meditated upon, ministered with, sung about, and obeyed) by which we are renewed in the whole person, after the image and Glory of God, and are enabled to die...
Prayer
We believe in prayer, which is offering up our desires to God with faith, confession, and thanksgiving, by assistance of the Holy Spirit, for all things agreeable to His will, according to His Word, in the name of...
Worship
Biblical worship is God’s people rightly responding from the heart, with faith and obedience to God’s self-revelation, in whatever way the Scriptures teach (e.g. holy living, serving, giving, bowing, reflecting, singing,...
Missions
We believe in evangelism, locally and globally, that aims to bring the nations to Biblical worship, through telling of the good news of Jesus Christ, with a heart of love and a life of service, for the sake of His Name.
God’s Triune Being
We believe in only one true and living God, eternally existing in three equally and fully divine persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each person of the Godhead is equal in power and Glory, yet different in role and...
God’s Sovereignty
We believe that God, from eternity, decrees or permits all things to come to pass, and perpetually upholds, directs, and governs all creatures and all events; yet not in a way as to diminish human responsibility and accountability for sin...
The Holy Bible
We believe in only one true and living revelation of God, the Holy Bible, without error in the original manuscripts, authoritative on all matters to which It speaks, understandable with aid of the Spirit, sufficient in the knowledge ...
Creation
We believe that God created the universe in six literal days, and everything in it, out of nothing, by the Word of His power. Having no deficiency in Himself, nor moved by any incompleteness in His joyful self-sufficiency, God was pleased...
The Fall
We believe that, although God created man morally upright, man was lead astray from God’s Word and Wisdom by the subtlety of Satan’s deceit, and chose to take what was forbidden, and thus to declare his independence from,...
Jesus
We believe in only one Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, existing forever as one person, who is distinctly and fully God, and distinctly and fully man. Jesus is the only mediator between...
The Gospel
We believe in one true Gospel, the good news that Jesus Christ has removed the obstacles of our sin and God’s wrath, through His death, burial, and resurrection, so we may have fellowship with God, by faith, forever. Furthermore, the...
The Coronation
We believe in the exaltation of Jesus Christ, which includes: His Resurrection, in that He, having the same body in which He suffered, could not be held by death, by His own power rose again the third day, and overcame the one who had the...
The Doctrines of Grace
The Necessity for Grace We believe that man is totally incapable of saving himself, and therefore, we are utterly reliant upon God’s grace, to overcome our rebellion, blindness, and effectively draw us to the Savior. The...
Services
Sunday – The Lord’s Day
Care Groups - 9:45am
Care Groups meet for the purpose of accountability, biblical fellowship, application of God’s Word to our lives, and missional living. (Nursery and Children’s classes provided for all ages during this time)
Worship Service - 11 am
Worship services include biblical preaching, congregational singing, prayer, and Communion. (Nursery is provided for up to 2 years of age. The family is encouraged to worship together during our main service. A mother’s room is available for times of transition.)
Wednesday
Bible Study - 6:30 pm
Midweek Bible Study exists to further equip the believer in theological and biblical topics. Approximately, at the start of each quarter of the year on this evening, we pause to conduct a Members’ Meeting, so as to renew our Church Covenant, read our governing Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11, and take responsibility for various ministry matters.
Vision
We exist to know, enjoy, and to display the Glory of the risen Christ and His Cross; and to declare His Glory to all nations (Eph. 3:9-10; Gal 6:14). This means being devotional (Acts 2:42), relational (Exo 34:6-7; Phil 2:1-8), and missional (Acts 16:1-40) people.
1. Devotional People - Loving God. A local church with a similar devotion to that of the early Church as written in Acts 2:42 including devotion to the Apostle’s teaching (preaching and Bible Study), the fellowship (sharing), the breaking of bread (including the Lord’s Supper), and the prayers, to the end that souls may be saved, baptized, added to the church, and mobilized for missions to promote the worship of God throughout the world.
2. Relational People - Loving Each Other. A local church that has Gospel-functioning lives which display similar characteristics of God like in Exodus 34:6-7 which include mercy, grace, being slow to anger, loving, faithful, forgiving, and just. In context of the church community, this means each member dies to selfishness and lives for the good of others, like Jesus who died on the Cross for us (c.f. Philippians 2:1-8).
3. Missional People - Loving The Lost Peoples Of The World. A local church that has a similar missionary mindset to that of the Apostle Paul as written in Acts 16 who glorified God in his circumstances to the end that three-types of individuals were positively impacted by the Gospel of Jesus Christ: worshipers of God, those oppressed by demons, and those overcome with anxiety. Being truly missional means proclaiming, locally and globally, Jesus Christ as Creator, Lord, Redeemer, and Judge; our standard of success, as a church, shall always be measured by that test of proclamation.
Invitation
Welcome to the website of Catherine Lake Baptist Church! We exist to know, enjoy, and to display the Glory of the Risen Christ and His Cross; and to declare His Glory to all nations! In other words, we are committed to knowing and becoming like the Lord Jesus Christ (Christian Maturity) and we are committed to fulfilling the Great Commission (Gospel Advance). It is our prayer that you will attend with us in the near future and be equipped as a partner in advancing the Glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ in your life and home (near) to the ends of the earth (far), both in word and in deed. Join us this Sunday for Care Groups at 9:45am, Worship Service at 11am, and Wed. night studies at 6:30pm.