Our Identity & Mission
Our Identity
Churchland Baptist Church is a body of Christians in the Baptist faith tradition known for its worship-centered spirit and missions heart.
Our Mission
Our mission statement is a guide to where we believe God is calling us:
Churchland Baptist Church is a multi-generational open-minded group of believers, who value reverent worship and desire to include persons from various Christian experiences into our fellowship. We believe God has endowed every Christian with unique gifts and talents. We seek to call, develop and activate Christians throughout the Hampton Roads region in their personal ministry to work together to further the kingdom of God. (Adopted by our congregation in 2001)
We live out this mission by being a church rooted deeply in liturgical traditions, where intergenerational friendships are valued, all members can be known by name, open-mindedness is the basis of spiritual formation, resources are shared generously, and where hands-on service is crucial to our own discipleship and the mission of Christ in the world.We celebrate this vision through the intimacy of a loving congregation, the strength of Baptist freedoms, and the reach of an ecumenical spirit.
Our Distinctives
- Worship matters to us, and we seek to make it meaningful for all who gather.
- We have many generations under one roof.
- We are a neighborhood church, with a regional reach, committed to local and global missions.
- We affirm our Baptist heritage of soul freedom, Bible freedom, church freedom, and religious freedom.
- We believe women and men have the full freedom to exercise their gifts and call.
- We believe in the value of sacred space: our sanctuary visually communicates the Gospel story.