The story of our church begins at the very beginning. God made humanity and entrusted us with the world to govern it. All was very good, but it didn't take long until we ruined it. The first humans decided to live on their our terms, not God's. This rebellion is what the Bible calls sin and results in all the death and darkness we see in the world. Since then, every human has inherited their sin, ignored God, and disobeyed his rules. We deserve punishment, death, and even the wrath of God in Hell.

However, in his great love, God made a plan to rescue us. God sent his Son Jesus to bear the punishment we deserve in our place. Jesus lived a perfect life, proved he was God through his miracles, and taught us how to be restored back to God. However, we rejected Jesus and killed him on a cross. Yet even this was part of God's plan, for at the cross, God poured his wrath against Jesus as the sacrifice in our place. To show that God accepted his death as payment in full for our sins, three days later God raised him from the dead. Jesus is now seated at God's right hand in heaven and will return to earth one day to destroy this world with all its darkness and to perfectly recreate it in imperishable light.

Only those who are united to Jesus by faith can benefit from his victory. God calls everyone to repent from our sins and to trust in Jesus Christ alone for our forgiveness and everlasting life. For those who surrender to Jesus, this new life starts now! The Holy Spirit makes us a new creation, empowering us to live a new life, characterized by faith and hope, righteousness and justice, mercy and love.

Here, at Beloit Road Baptist Church, we gladly confess that Jesus is our only hope in life and death. We believe in Jesus as our Savior, follow him as our Lord, and delight in him as our supreme Treasure. We invite you to make our story your story as we grow in knowing, serving, and treasuring Jesus together.

We don't clean ourselves up to go to God; we go to God to get ourselves cleaned up. Come, just as you are, and experience the joy we have found in Jesus Christ.