Southgate Baptist Church

At Southgate, our goal is to glorify God and get to know him more intimately through the study of the Scriptures.  We desire Jesus to be the focal point of all preaching, teaching, singing, and fellowship that takes place as we gather on Sundays.

For the purpose of clarity and singular focus we try to keep our mission simple…to make and multiply disciples for God’s glory.  We believe the church exists for God’s glory alone.  Our goal is to see people come to know Christ as their Savior and then give them the tools to share the good news of the gospel with others.

Our vision to help us accomplish our mission is to be a community of gospel focused disciples who are loving Jesus, investing in other believers, and reaching the lost.  It all starts with the gospel.  That is what unifies us as a community no matter what our backgrounds are.  We need the gospel to first impact our hearts as we become those who truly love Jesus.  It is that love for Jesus that motivates us to invest in other believers and reach those who are lost without Jesus.

Our values start with worship both as a church family and as individuals.  We allow God’s Word to define how we worship when we are together and how we worship in all areas of our lives as individual Christ followers.  We value relating to one another in fellowship, encouragement, and exhortation.  God designed us to be in relationship with one another, encouraging and challenging one another.  We value growing in Biblical knowledge and personal sanctification.  God’s Word is our source of truth and guides how we are to live in this world.  We value serving the body of Christ and our local community.  God has given each of us gifts to build one another up and create relationships in our communities.  We value going with the gospel both worldwide and locally.  It is our goal to do whatever we can to spread the gospel to those who need to hear it both near and far.  These values can be summed up in five words: Worship, Relate, Grow, Serve, Go.