Our Mission
The mission of Westside Baptist Church is to serve God by Sharing Christ and Loving People.
Our Vision
Our vision is to have every member of Westside Baptist Church engaged in a ministry that fully utilizes their God given gifts. Ephesians 4:11-16
Our Beliefs
The Living God
We believe there is only one true and living God. He is immutable, indefatigable and infinite. He is not only a reality; He is the Ultimate Reality, an intelligent Spirit, and the Creator of all. He is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Is Savior
We believe Jesus is Savior, Lord Christ, and the incarnate reality of God. He was the walking revelation of God’s love to humanity; He embodied grace; He died on the cross for the redemption of God’s creation; He got up on Easter morning to confirm to the world that God is still in control of Heaven and Earth.
The Holy Spirit
We believe in the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit is Christ in present tense empowering the believer, energizing the church and encouraging Christians that God is still with us; He convicts us of sin; He points us to truth; He leads us into righteousness.
The Church
We believe in the church; the church is the prolonged incarnation of Jesus Christ; His body, bride and building witnessing to the world through word and sacrament; the church is a fellowship of regenerated men and women called out to live together in community life.
The Scripture
We believe that the scripture is God’s word; It is his written authority for the Church; the scripture was given to ordinary men through inspiration; the scripture is inerrant in principle and infallible in content.
Humanity
We believe man was created in the image of God; God breathed his life into man; man voluntarily rebelled against God and fell from a state of perfection, thereby experiencing separation from God; consequently, all men are sinners. By choice, man is redeemable through Jesus Christ in his only hope to experience once again the peace of God.
Salvation
We believe in God’s saving grace; that the blessings of salvation are free to all through the Gospel; that the requisite of acceptance is a thankful, penitent and obedient faith; that nothing interferes with the salvation of the sinner except his refusal of the Gospel; man’s disbelief is his condemnation.
Our History
Over these 39 years, Westside has ministered Jesus Christ to thousands of worshippers and continues to evolve delivering the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our ever-changing society.
Westside Baptist Church began as a vision in 1983, to Pastor Ben Smith of Lakeland Baptist Church for a predominately African American church in Lewisville, TX. Rev. Roosevelt Brown, as Pastor, led 50 members in Westside’s first worship service on March 8, 1984, in the Gulf Car Wash in Lewisville, Texas.
The congregation grew through evangelistic efforts. Church officers, ministries, and programs were put into place, organizing the newly formed church. Pastor Brown relocated to California in 1989, and Rev. Kenneth Blake, a faithful bible teacher became pastor and eventually Westside’s bi-vocational pastor in that same year. The congregation outgrew the Gulf Car Wash and, in 1991, moved into its newly built worship center at 802 Bellaire Blvd., Lewisville, Texas.
Westside expanded the 802 campus with an educational wing and Family Life Center to meet Westside’s growing needs. In 2002, Westside broke ground on our current worship center at 900 Bellaire Blvd. and moved in December 2004. After 25 years of service, Pastor Blake’s assignment at Westside Baptist Church ended.
Rev. Taft Sales was then appointed interim pastor and served from 2013 until 2015, when Rev. Thomas Bessix was elected Senior Pastor. Pastor Bessix expanded Westside’s community presence by partnering with the North Texas Food Bank. He also created and revamped ministries to serve the changing needs within the congregation and the community.
In 2018, Dr. Delvin Atchison, the Director of Texas Baptist’s Great Commission, became Interim Pastor, and in 2019 he was elected Senior Pastor.
In 2020, the global pandemic, Covid-19 expanded Westside’s digital age presence and has become a game changer as we are broadening our digital footprint and social media presence. “Imagine More” a way of thinking was introduced at the 2021 Vision conference.
Over these 40 years, Westside has ministered Jesus Christ to thousands of worshippers. Westside continues to evolve in our ever-changing society with the message of Jesus Christ.
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Our community makes us unique. They have an energy that reverberates around them. Their mission in life is to ensure the wonder in the world is not overlooked.