1.
The Bible is God's perfect
Word to mankind.
2.
There is only one God who shares Himself with us as Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit.
3.
Mankind is a special creation of God who has sinned and
separated himself from God.
4.God provides forgiveness and eternal salvation through His
becoming a man in Jesus Christ, dying for our sins
willingly on
a cross to pay the price for our sin, and rising from the dead
victoriously over sin and death.
5.
One is saved when he submits to the leading of the Holy Spirit
and confesses his sin to Jesus and invites Jesus into
his heart to become his Lord.
6.
It is every believer's responsibility to share Jesus with a
spiritually dead world as the Holy Spirit directs.
7.
Every believer should be active in ministry through a local body
of believers that he has united with.
Our History
Northside Baptist Mission began February 23,
1950, under the auspices of New Orleans Baptist Church in Tampa,
when fourteen Christians met for prayer meeting in the home of Mr. &
Mrs. C. H. Taylor on US Hwy 41, North. The fourteen present were Mr.
& Mrs. C. H. Taylor, Mr. & Mrs. Felton Walker, Sr., Mr. & Mrs. Z. O.
Earnest, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Green, Mr. & Mrs. Mabry Hagin, Mr. & Mrs.
Ben Wilder, and Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Wyly.
On February 26,
1950, these fourteen, along with three others, Mrs. John Crosier,
Mrs. Edith Harford, and Mrs. Mary Moser, presented themselves for
membership to New Orleans Church.
On March 5,
1950, Northside Mission held its first church service and Sunday
School with thirty-one present. Rev. Chester Murphy, an
associational missionary, had been called as Mission Pastor.
On April 23,
1950, the mission moved into the Ruskin Chamber of Commerce
building. May 14, 1950, a building fund was started. May 17, 1950,
Mr. Dickman agreed to sell the 2 ½ acres (present location) for
$1,273.00. On June 17, 1950, the mission received $400.00 from the
mother church.
Rev. Marshall
Mines replaced Rev. Murphy as Associational Missionary and served as
Mission Pastor until August 15, 1950. He was followed by Rev. Lewis
Halbert. A chapel had been completed by this time and the first
service was held on September 5, 1950.
Northside
Baptist Mission was organized into a church on March 23, 1952, with
Rev. Clyde Hall (who had been serving as Mission Pastor since
September 29, 1951) called as the church’s first pastor. We had 101
members, 209 enrolled in Sunday School, and 83 enrolled in Training
Union.
Other Notable
Facts:
June of 1962 -
the church built & dedicated a pastorium. The land was donated and
the new building cost $10,000.
September 12,
1965 – dedication of new education building . The total cost of the
building was $47,700.
June of 1975 –
purchase of 5 acres of land behind church. This land was purchased
for $20,000.
August 1978 –
the church erected a steeple on the sanctuary.
December of
1983 – the church voted to build a new education bldg. It was
completed in 1988. Total approximate cost was $500,000.
November 1987 –
the church entered “Together We Build” program. This was a major
effort to complete and pay off not only the new building but to pay
off all church indebtedness.
November 1988 –
the new building was completed and dedicated.
November 1992 –
“Fulfilling the Dream” debt retirement program. In the remaining 18
months of the Together We Build program, the church launched a
renewed effort to pay off all indebtedness.
We became debt
free in 1993!
The “Being Our
Best” updating of facilities effort began in 2002. Northside Baptist
has raised funds and updated our sanctuary, children’s church,
bathrooms, music facilities and office, kitchen, painting of
classrooms, windows in classroom doors, and in process of renovating
preschool rooms and building playground.
Other
Ministries of the Church:
June of 1975 –
a joint effort to establish a mission began. The Northside Baptist
Church of Ruskin and First Baptist Church of Wimauma united together
and purchased property on HWY 41 S., cleared the land, and placed a
trailer on the property to begin a mission work. That mission became
“Southside Baptist Church.”
April of 1981 –
Church opend facilities to Haitian Mission. The pastor (Rev. Bobby
Richardson) preached to them through an interpreter. The church
purchased a home and remodeled it for a new church and assisted them
until self-sufficient.
January of 1985
– Church established “New Hope Mission.” Northside established and
sponsored this new mission to Apollo Beach and Rev. Strickland was
the first mission pastor.
December 9,
1998 – Northside sponsored Sun City Church to become a SBC church.
