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Who We Are

 

We believe that God has called us to be a home. We begin with the foundation of connecting people to Christ, moving to connecting each other to His church and our community. We do all of this so that God’s glory may be known in our communities, nation, and around the world as we connect to His commission. All of the following ministries in our church serve this vision:

  • We connect people to Christ by engaging them with the Gospel through engaging worship on Sunday mornings and passionate discipleship.

  • We connect people to His church by equipping each other to be contributors rather than consumers in the ways of family ministry and Sunday School.

  • We connect people to community by encouraging fellowship, accountability, and boldness in Sunday School, D Groups, and our weekly prayer meeting.

  • We connect people to His commission by evangelizing our local communities, nation, and the world.

This is the kind of spiritual home that we are building here at Gilead and our ministries and meetings are designed to support that work. We pray that God will call you to make Gilead Baptist Church your place to call home.

 

History

The bend in the river that sits behind the current Gilead Baptist Church building greets its onlookers with the soothing sounds of running water. However, if that river could talk it would have much to say, for the banks of the Nolin have witnessed a mighty and historical work of God.

In 1824, nineteen charter members formed Gilead Baptist Church. Warren Cash, a revolutionary war veteran under General Washington, was the founding pastor. These historical roots serve as a constant reminder of God’s providential and sustaining work. Gilead also has a wonderful legacy of caring for children. For almost seventy years, Gilead served as the church home for generations of children who resided at the Glendale Kentucky Baptist Children’s Home. At one time approximately 200 children from the home attended Gilead. Through wars, economic depression, abundance, and numerous social changes, God has been pleased to continue His work through the people of Gilead Baptist Church.