Three commitments that guide First Baptist Church Shasta Lake
Since 1949, we have been a fellowship of ordinary people united by clear biblical convictions. These are not decorative words-they shape how we worship together on Sunday mornings, gather for prayer and study, and reach out to serve our community. Anchored in Scripture. Anchored in faith. Anchored in love for our neighbors.
Rooted in Scripture
We believe the Bible is the living word of God. It is not a book we admire from a distance, and it is not a collection of suggestions we work around when life gets complicated. It is the voice of a God who still speaks, and we shape our teaching, our counsel, and our shared life around what it says.
That conviction shows up in the most ordinary parts of our week. Sunday worship services and Bible classes walk through whole books of the Scripture, not just the verses that are easy to teach. Our prayer meetings open with God's word before we bring our requests. We read the same passages together and let them ask the hard questions we would rather skip.
We are not interested in being trendy. We are interested in being faithful, and that means staying anchored to a text that is older than every cultural mood and steadier than every season. When we get tired or confused, the Bible is where we go back to remember who God is and who we are.
Rooted in Community
The church is not a building we attend. It is a family we belong to. The earliest believers were not described as people who went to a service once a week. They were described as people who shared meals, shared homes, shared burdens, and could not be understood apart from one another.
That picture still shapes us. Our Sunday worship service at 10:45 am is how we start the week together, but it is not the whole of the week. Most of our real life happens in living rooms and at kitchen tables, where we read Scripture, pray for one another, and tell the truth about what is actually going on at home and at work.
Hospitality is not a program for us. It is a posture. We try to be the kind of church where the new person on a Sunday gets walked to coffee, where the family in a hard season gets meals without having to ask, and where nobody is left to do the Christian life alone.
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Rooted in Service
First Baptist Church of Shasta Lake Ca has been serving Shasta Lake since 1949. What we have received freely, we give freely, and that calling does not stop at the edge of our property line. A church that only takes care of itself has forgotten what it is for. Our community is our neighbor, and our neighbor is our charge.
For us that means showing up in the ordinary places where need is already present. We partner with local schools to support students in our area. We staff a monthly meal at the rescue mission. We send teams to the food pantry across town, and we keep a quiet care fund so members can help neighbors with rent, utilities, and medical bills without anybody having to know who paid.
None of this is glamorous, and that is the point. We are not chasing impact metrics. We are trying to be the kind of family that shows up with casseroles, work gloves, and an open afternoon when somebody nearby is having a hard week. That is what grace looks like with shoes on.
Living out our faith together
Faith means more when we share it. We invite you to become part of our church family at First Baptist Church Shasta Lake. Join us for worship, connect in prayer, and experience what it means to serve Christ together.