Great Bridge Baptist Church is a vibrant and active community thriving in Chesapeake since 1957. It has been our honor to serve the people of Chesapeake and help minister to people across the globe.
#FORChesapeake
We want our community and neighbors to know that God is FOR them and we are FOR them too.
TO GOD
We desire to help people connect with God through various avenues of discipleship and encourage them to take their next steps in the journey of faith.
TO OUR NEIGHBORS
We desire to reach our local community for Jesus Christ and grow them to mature disciples. There are many corners of our community where people are unchurched.
TO OUR WORLD
We desire to help our members fulfill the Great Commission by taking the gospel to our city and beyond through various mission projects.
Mission & Vision
Go therefore and make disciples…
The Mission
The mission of Great Bridge Baptist Church is:
Loving God, Sharing Jesus, Serving Others.
It's the same mission Jesus gave his followers:
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
The Vision
The vision of Great Bridge Baptist Church is to see people connect with God and live out His purpose for their lives. We do this by building bridges to God, our neighbors, and our world.
Our doctrinal statement reflects the broad, mainstream, conservative evangelical tradition which is consistent with the teachings of the Bible and which have stood the test of history and experience.
There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the visible image of the invisible God, the holy scriptures, and through all of creation itself.
Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.
When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God and fractured all of creation ever since that time.
Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God.
He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised Him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.
The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth.