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Who We Are

Carroll Baptist is a relatively small but growing fellowship.We do have a great vision. It is not so much a vision of great numbers as it is of being effective in bringing many sons and daughters to maturity in the Fathers house on the hill to which hundreds even thousands will look to find freedom and joy in Christ (Isaiah 2:1-3). So we are looking for those who are willing to be a part of a family, those who are willing to sacrifice some amenities and personal pleasures to be a laborer in the Lord's vineyard. We want to see every Christian, young and old reach their full potential in the Kingdom. Come and join us in a great quest.

The Challenge

We want to help Christians learn to apply the Word of God to everyday life. Too few are experiencing what Watchman Nee called The Normal Christian Life. Too many are content to occupy a pew. Christians should be looking past their own spiritual comfort zones and church traditions. It offends God when Christians are more concerned with their own wants and wishes than they are with hurting and broken people.

Steve Jobs was one of the early geniuses in the computer field. He realized that he needed help in marketing so he went after John Sculley. Sculley, at age 38, the youngest president in the history of Pepsico. He was the mastermind behind the "Pepsi Generation" ad campaign that enabled Pepsi to edge past Coke for the first time in history. He bargained, wined and dined and begged Sculley to no avail. Why would a man leave an established firm with secure position and wealth for a fledgling computer enterprise? The answer came in one final challenge. Jobs asked Sculley "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugar water or do you want a chance to change the world?" ("Odyssey", by John Sculley, p.90)

Would you like a chance to change the world? We are looking for the hurting, broken, and struggling. We're looking for people to introduce to Jesus Christ. But we're also looking for Christians who want to help change the world. We're looking for Christians who are willing to be a part of carrying out a great vision, who are willing to forgo some of their own desires, spiritual pleasures and comfort to be a part of a healing community. And community is much more important vision to us than the image of the traditional institutional church. Many times I have heard people in support groups such as AA comment that church should be like this - meaning the atmosphere of transparency, compassion and caring, a lack of spiritual pretense. I agree, but more than that I think the church can and must model this for today's culture.

Wouldn't you like to invest your life instead of merely spending it? Wouldn't you like to know that you could find complete freedom in your own life and then allow God to actually use you to redeem others from a life of bondage? Steve Camp wrote a song which said "Some people want to live within the sound of chapel bells, But I want to build a mission a yard from the gate of Hell." If you're looking for a place to sit and listen to chapel bells this isn't it. But if you're looking for a place where you can heal, grow and set captives free, come join us.