Welcome to Oakwood Baptist Church
A Purpose Driven Church
At Oakwood you will discover a loving family of believers, who are serious about their faith and growing through the life application Bible teaching while connecting through Life Groups. You will experience celebrative worship in a casual atmosphere.
Oakwood exists to love God, love people, and make a difference, thus fulfilling the Great Commandment (Mark 12:30-31, which is to love God and love people) and the Great Commission, (Matthew 28:19-20, which is to make a difference), through our core values of Worshiping, Growing, Connecting, Serving and Sharing.
Oakwood Baptist Church was established in 1949 with 35 charter members. By 1991, attendance was just over 200. Today, Oakwood averages over 2,000 attending four weekend worship services, all this in a city of less than 2,500 people and a church campus located beside a railroad track off the beaten path. As someone said, you have to be looking for Oakwood to find it. The best news is that people are discovering hope and forgiveness in Christ and becoming part of a loving family. Over the last 15 years over 1,100 have followed Christ in believer's baptism.
Oakwood recognizes the power comes from God. This goes without saying, but the bottom line is God has chosen to bless Oakwood. The power comes from Him. Jesus Christ is the center of everything we are about at Oakwood. So in the end, all we can say is, it's a God-thing.
