WELCOME to PALISADES BAPTIST CHURCH
Palisades Baptist Church exists to worship the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and to be one of Jesus’ faithful churches in and for our city.
With God as our Father, we gather as a family, a fellowship of brothers and sisters, a household of faith. Because Christ is our Lord, we are His disciples, seeking to follow Him and to “grow up into Him in every way.”
We are also Jesus’ sent people, empowered by the Holy Spirit to celebrate and declare the Gospel, in our homes, neighborhoods, workplaces, and to the ends of the earth.
Church Distinctives
We are a welcoming community of believers, formed by the Word and Spirit of God, that aims to worship the one true God and equip His people to live as evermore faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.
Explore our church distinctives below.
A WELCOMING COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS:
We grow as disciples in a grace-filled family, not alone.
Our faith is best lived and learned in a welcoming, loving, and grace-filled community. In Holy Communion, even the Gospel is pictured as a gracious invitation to come as a family to the Lord’s Table. Because God calls Christians to live as part of His family, we do not have what we need to follow Christ on our own. We must grow up into maturity together. As His people, Jesus has promised to form us into His dwelling place by the Spirit.
FORMED BY THE WORD OF GOD:
God’s Word creates, corrects, and renews us as a church.
We believe that the church is a “creature of the Word.” There is no church without God’s perfect and powerful Word. It is through Scripture that the Holy Spirit makes God known to us, convicts us of sin, leads us to repentance, and forms us as we respond to God’s love. We receive the Spirit’s renewing work in our community as we submit every area of life and ministry to Christ’s gracious authority.
ONE TRUE GOD:
We worship the Triune God who made all things and is rescuing creation in Christ.
We worship the one true God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – who created all things and is rescuing His creation through Jesus Christ from the curse of sin brought by human rebellion. We celebrate our covenant relationship with Him through faith in Jesus by praising Him for who He is and what He has done. As we do this, the Holy Spirit inside of us enables us to know God more and more as the Father’s beloved children in Christ.
EQUIPPING BELIEVERS:
We equip believers for maturity and for using their gifts to build up the church.
We aim to give believers the support, tools, teaching, and relationships that help them grow in communion with God in Jesus Christ. We want Christians to understand how the Gospel has changed them and to be ready to share that hope with others. The church is Christ’s body in the world, and as the head of the church, Jesus Christ gives all believers spiritual gifts that are needed for the whole church to grow up into Christlikeness. Every Christian has a role in strengthening and serving fellow believers. One role of the pastor is to be a lead equipper and developer of our people’s gifts.
EVERMORE FAITHFUL DISCIPLES:
We follow Jesus together, trusting the Spirit to mature us in Christ.
We aim to become obedient disciples of Jesus Christ, not by self-reliance but through prayerful dependence upon the Spirit’s work within us. The Holy Spirit enables us to live out our new identity in Christ as He strengthens, encourages, and equips us for worshipful obedience. As we walk in obedience, God is honored, and we find our true satisfaction in relationship with Him.
