Mission: The mission of Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
is to help people in the surrounding community experience abundant life by
coming to a saving knowledge of Christ Jesus.
Beliefs: Brazos Bend
Baptist Church holds the following as truth:
*The
Lord Jesus Christ is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He is, was and
forever shall be God.
*Jesus
Christ is the one mediator between man and God and desires everyone to have a personal relationship with Him.
*Jesus
Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, sacrificially died for our
sins, was resurrected and now reigns victorious forevermore.
*The
Holy Bible is inerrant and divinely inspired by God Almighty. It is sufficient
and authoritative as a complete guide to our daily living.
*Man is sinful and without hope. Each of us deserve death and separation from God.
*Salvation
is a free, eternal gift of God. One must repent of sin, “die to themselves,”
and trust in Jesus Christ alone. Jesus, through His death on the cross,
provided salvation for all. A true believer cannot lose their salvation;
it is secure, however, one may lose or ignore the “joy of their salvation" and choose a sinful
life.
*Jesus
wishes no one to perish, for He is love. Yet those who reject Him will perish
for their sins.
*Baptism
is by immersion under water after
one has accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. This is the way Jesus was
baptized. "For when you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in
baptism you were also raised with Christ …." Col. 2:12 (GN)
*We
recognize that giving back 10% of income earned is the biblical standard of
giving. It is God’s money to begin with, and He only asks for a tenth of it
back. "A Tithe of everything you produce belongs to the Lord: it is holy
to the Lord." Lev. 27:30 (If you're visiting us, please feel no obligation to tithe.)
Pastor: The church's
pastor, Brother Bob Freeman, is a graduate of East
Texas Baptist
University in 1978 and did
undergraduate work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Houston. Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
is Brother Bob's 4th church to serve as pastor. The Lord has blessed Brazos
Bend with a pastor who delivers messages in a dynamic style deeply rooted in
Bible truths that have practical applications for living today. A
spiritual leader of this caliber is rare in this size church and is more
evidence that the Lord intends for the Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
to grow.
Members: Brazos Bend
Baptist Church members come from a wide range of
backgrounds being raised in many different Christian and non-Christian
denominations. They span the spectrum of people in the community but there is a higher proportion of young families than most churches.
There is a great sense of fellowship at this church which goes beyond
superficial conversation to genuine concern with members ministering to each
other. Visitors are always welcome at Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
whose members strive to make everyone feel at home.
We encourage an informal
atmosphere at Brazos Bend and all people are encouraged to "come as you
are". The church has also maintained a tradition of dressing casual at
all services.
Worship: Each Sunday the church praises the Lord Jesus Christ through music,
prayer, testimonies, and listening to an inspired message giving insight to
God's Word. We also make an active effort to avoid falling into routine
religious activities "according to the tradition of men"
(Colossians 2:8).
Music: The Lord has
blessed Brazos Bend Baptist
Church with a great
worship experience in music and several outstanding instrumentalists to
accompany praise songs. The Psalms declares to us that we should praise the
Lord with “everything that has breath.” Our church
believes in a service with both contemporary and traditional (hymns) music played
within the same service; we don't split up based on music preferences. The Brazos
Bend Baptist
Church praise team is
open to all who want to sing, come join us!
Sunday
School: Biblical education
is a top priority at Brazos
Bend Baptist
Church. Bible study
classes are conducted from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. each Sunday. There are five
classes for children and youth. Adults have two classes, one just for women and
the other for both men and women.
Prayer/Bible
Study: Adults meet each
Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM for prayer and Bible study led by the pastor.
Participants are regularly blessed through witnessing the Lord's intervention
in the lives of those for whom prayers are made.
Youth
Program:
The church has a
great youth leader in Tim. The church youth meet Wednesdays at
7:00 PM and Sundays at 9:30 A.M. to fellowship, praise God, and learn about His
Word. For more information about the BBBC Youth, click here.
Nursery:
A nursery is
provided for Sunday School and worship services each
Sunday morning and for most special events. Also, nursery is provided for
Wednesday night activities.
Community
Outreach: The church has a
vested interest in the spiritual condition of the Brazos Bend area. Direct mail
campaigns are conducted to keep people knowledgeable of opportunities to get
involved with the church through special events. Members conduct lifestyle and
friendship evangelism to help others see what it means to have Christ in us.
Special
Programs:
Special programs
are conducted throughout the year like Vacation Bible
School, music programs,
family activities, movie nights, fellowship meals, and spiritual revivals in
which extra effort is made to encourage visitors. The church, however, is
always open to visitors.
History
of our Church: The church had its
beginning in the manner of the early New Testament churches, by first meeting
in private homes when Pastor Orville Roberts started a home Bible Study
September, 1986. On January 18, 1987 the church began to meet in two mobile
homes on land donated by Mary Belle Day. The church purchased a historic chapel
building from the George Foundation which was originally built 1917 in Beasley.
The first service held in the chapel at its present site was on Easter Sunday,
1987. Later that year, Bob Freeman was called as pastor. The church became
self-supporting in 1988.
The church
replaced the two mobile homes in 1988 with an education building constructed by
the Texas Baptist Men, a missionary group of retired men who travel around the
country in RVs helping to erect church buildings. In 1994, the Texas Baptist
Men returned to Brazos Bend to help with a new building that seats 250 people
and adds more classrooms.
The Lord had blessed Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
with growth to the point where the chapel's 90 seat capacity was not
sufficient. The new building was constructed with growth in mind so that it can
be remodeled to seat 250 total by converting
classrooms to expanded auditorium space, which was done about 10 years ago.
The Lord's will
was clearly seen in the construction of the new building through a donation of
the exact number and size of pews needed from the New Gulf Baptist Church,
the raising of funds, and many other providential occurrences.
The
original chapel was sold to a private party and moved to its present location
on Sawmill road.
The church has
since then completed a new fellowship building as well as a youth building and
converted the previous fellowship hall into much needed classrooms. All
this construction was done in phases using faith
financing to avoid debt.
The
Southern Baptist Convention: The Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
is part of an association of churches that make up the Southern Baptist
Convention (SBC). This association provides a cooperative program to support
local and foreign missions, teaching materials, and other services to assist
its member churches. All Southern Baptist churches are autonomous and not
governed by the SBC or any authority on earth. The head of the church is
Jesus Christ. Decisions are made at Brazos Bend
Baptist Church
by members voting on committee recommendations
Your Invitation: If all this sounds
good to you and you're thinking, "but I'm not a
Baptist"; think again, our interest is not in making Baptists. Our goal is
to bring people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. ...So come check
us out, we do love the Lord!
Do not feel compelled
to tithe when visiting the church. We encourage our members to tithe, but do
not feel compelled when visiting us as a guest.
Where
to find Brazos Bend Baptist
Church: The Brazos Bend Baptist Church
serves people in rural subdivisions around the Brazos
Bend State
Park in Fort Bend and Brazoria
Counties. It is located
on FM 762 just South of the Brazos Bend
State Park entrance, 25
miles Southwest of Houston, Texas.
Brazos Bend Baptist Church
22311 FM 762
Needville, TX 77461 979-553-3049
Pastor: