About Us
NewsWho are we?
The Lakeview church has no bowling league, no
softball team, nor does it sponsor a Boy Scout troop. We have a heated and
air-conditioned building with several rooms for Bible classes; but there is
no kitchen, no banquet hall, no gymnasium, no party room. Perhaps you are
wondering what kind of church this is or what the church offers the
community. Quite simply, we are a church that follows after the pattern of
the New Testament. We are not a social club, nor a civic organization, nor a
political forum, nor a welfare institution. While the influence of the church
and its members are felt in all these areas, the church itself is none of
these things. The church is a spiritual family which administers to the
spiritual needs of its members and the community. The church founded by Jesus
Christ fulfills a need that no human institution could possibly perform. We
deplore the fact that so many religious organizations have smothered the true
purpose of the Lord’s church beneath civic, social, and domestic affairs.
They feed hungry souls with hamburgers, but we feed the soul with the
teachings of Christ (John 6:26-35). The church exists “in order that the
manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the
rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with
the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Ephesians
3:10-11). It is a sacred institution that no community social club can match,
and to alter the church into a social club would cheapen the very institution
for which Jesus died (Acts 20:28). Some reading this may think, “We live in
the 21st Century. The church must meet the needs of modern society.” If you
think this, then you are right! Our society has civic and social
organizations which meet the physical needs of our community; but what this
day and time woefully lacks is emphasis on the soul of man, his moral duty,
and his eternal welfare. The church must meet the need of mankind today, the very
greatest need of all – instruction in how to serve God and keep His
commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). What this congregation of the Lord’s
people specializes in is in being a church as defined in the New Testament.
Our primary concern is with the spiritual needs of men and women – their need
for God, for forgiveness of sins, for genuine God-pleasing worship, for pure
lives that walk in accordance with God’s Word. Come and visit us soon. We
invite you to make an honest investigation of Christ’s church. As part of our
effort to teach God’s message, we regularly place articles on our website.
Please take time to read them. We welcome questions concerning the Bible,
which we will try to answer in accordance to God’s Holy Word (I Peter 4:11)