MEET OUR TEAM
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JEFF BELL
Co-Lead Pastor
MATT HAYDEN
Co-Lead Pastor
DAN SCHELL
Youth Pastor
ANGIE JERMYN
Worship Director
APRIL MANTLE
Church Administrator
LAUREN BRAGG
Children's Ministry Director
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe the Bible to be the complete word of God, that the sixty-six books comprising the Old and New Testaments were verbally inspired by the Spirit of God and were entirely free from error as originally written, that God has superintended the transmission of Scripture throughout the ages, and that the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice and is the true basis of Christian union.
Scripture Support:
2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:17-18; Isaiah 40:8; 2 Peter 3:15-16; Psalm 19:7-10
We believe in one God, creator of all, holy, sovereign, immutable, and existing eternally in three equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, each being truly and essentially God.
Scripture Support:
Genesis 1:1-2; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:18-20; Psalm 102:25-28; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 15:26
We believe in God the Father, neither begotten nor proceeding, who, in his perfect love, reigns with providential care over all creation, accomplishes his will, and protects and preserves his children whom he redeems and adopts into his family as co-heirs with Christ.
Scripture Support:
Matthew 6:9; Exodus 3:14; Ephesians 1:3-14; Matthew 5:45, 6:25-32; Galatians 4:3-5; John 10:29-30; Romans 8:15-17
We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the promised Saviour of the world, eternally begotten of the Father, fully God and fully human; we believe in his virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry, and personal return.
Scripture Support:
John 4:25-26; Luke 2:11; John 4:42; John 1:1, 14; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5; Colossians 1:16-17; Matthew 1:18-23; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 2:2; Matthew 28:2-7; Acts 1:9-11
We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is fully God, the Lord and giver of life, eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son; who convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; with whom believers are baptized into Christ’s body and by whom they are regenerated, sealed, and indwelt; who sanctifies, illuminates, equips, empowers, assists in prayer, and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ.
Scripture Support:
2 Corinthians 3:17-18; John 14:16-26; John 16:7-14; Matthew 3:11; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Titus 3:4-5; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:11, 19, 2:9-15, 12:4-14; Acts 1:8, 4:31; Romans 8:26-27; Acts 9:31
We believe that Satan is a fallen angelic being; the originator of sin; the deceiver of the world and the accuser of believers; who uses his real but limited power and presence to oppose the work of God; and who, along with all fallen spiritual powers, will be cast into the lake of fire for all eternity.
Scripture Support:
Revelation 12:10-12; 1 John 3:8; Genesis 3:1-5; John 8:44; Ephesians 2:1-4; 1 Peter 5:8-9; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; Job 1:10-12; Luke 22:31-32; Revelation 12:7-9; Ephesians 6:12; Revelation 20:10
We believe that human beings were created by God for his own glory, male and female, in his image, thus possessing immeasurable worth; that they sinned, becoming guilty before God, resulting in a state of total depravity and incurring physical and spiritual death.
Scripture Support:
Genesis 1:26-27; Psalm 8:4-6; Matthew 6:26, 16:26; Genesis 3:1-24; Jeremiah 17:9-10; Romans 3:10-12, 1:18-32, 5:12-21
We believe salvation encompasses the renewal of all things, the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise of the kingdom of God, and his ruling over all things in the new heavens and the new earth. We believe that the salvation of believers is by the sovereign, electing grace of God; that by the appointment of the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a vicarious, substitutionary, expiatory, and propitiatory death; that justification is by faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, in his all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection; that those whom God has effectually called shall repent, believe, and follow Jesus, and will be divinely preserved and finally perfected by the Spirit into the image of the Lord.
Scripture Support:
Revelation 21:1-5; Romans 8:18-30; Ephesians 1:4-7; John 3:16-17; Isaiah 53:5-6; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Timothy 2:4-6; Romans 3:21-26; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 6:35-40; Colossians 1:22, 28; Matthew 10:22; John 10:28-29; 1 John 3:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18
We believe that a church is a company of immersed believers, called out from the world, separated unto the Lord Jesus, voluntarily associated for the ministry of the Word, the mutual edification of its members, the propagation of the faith and the observance of the ordinances. We believe it is a sovereign, independent body, exercising its own divinely awarded gifts, precepts and privileges under the Lordship of Christ, the great Head of the church. We believe that its officers are the pastor and elders. (Matthew 16:18, Acts 2:41-47, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Ephesians 4:11-16)
We believe that there are only two ordinances, or visible symbols of the gospel, for the church regularly observed in the New Testament:
Baptism is the immersion of the believer in water whereby the believer obeys Christ’s command and identifies with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection.
The Lord’s Supper, or Communion, is the memorial wherein gathered believers partake of the two elements, the bread and the cup, which symbolize the Lord’s body and shed blood, proclaiming his death until he comes, and is a continuing means for strengthening the faith of the believer.
Scripture Support:
Acts 2:41-42
Baptism: Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:35-39; Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12
The Lord’s Supper: Luke 22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, 10:16-17
We believe that the first day of the week is the Lord’s day in honour of his glorious resurrection and is a particularly appropriate day for corporate worship.
Scripture Support:
Luke 24:1-3; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Romans 14:5-6; Colossians 2:16
We believe in religious liberty, that all people have the right to practise and propagate their beliefs without undue interference by the civil authority.
Scripture Support:
Romans 14:10-13; Galatians 5:1, 13-15; Acts 5:29 Romans 13:1-7
We believe in the separation of church and state. The church should not resort to the state or worldly means to carry on its work. We believe that government is divinely appointed for the interest and good order of society, and its leaders are to be prayed for, conscientiously honoured and obeyed, except only in the things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Lord of the conscience and Ruler of the kings of the earth.
Scripture Support:
Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:11-17; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; Acts 5:27-29; Philippians 3:20; Matthew 22:15-22
We believe in the personal and bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ in power and glory; in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust to stand before God in the final judgment; in the eternal, conscious punishment of the unregenerate in hell; and in the eternal blessedness of the redeemed in the new heavens and the new earth.
Scripture Support:
Daniel 12:1-4; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 15:50-57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Peter 3:3-13; John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:11-15, 21:1-8
GOSPEL PARTNERS
Our local partners meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs within our communities. We are pleased to partner with the following organizations:
Heritage Baptist College & Theological Seminary
Kawartha Lakes Pregnancy Centre
Our global partners meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs within our world. We are pleased to partner with the following organizations:
OUR HISTORY
Trentside Baptist Church was first organized as Fenelon Falls and Verulam (Bobcaygeon) Regular Baptist Church, on the 30th day of September, 1857. Both locations of this above named church were first administered from the Blythe Farm location, and later from Fenelon Falls, both sharing the same pastors up to 1888. A mutual decision in 1862 resulted in dividing the congregation into two works. Thus, one Regular Baptist Church, held at two locations, became two separate churches, named Fenelon Falls Regular Baptist Church and Bobcaygeon Regular Baptist Church. Both churches flourished well and shared pastors from 1862 to 1888, and later with Scotch Line Baptist Church from 1876 to 1888. The minister would preach the morning service at Fenelon Falls, then travel to Scotch Line for an afternoon service, then finally the evening service at Bobcaygeon. Travel would be by horse and buggy over roads of questionable conditions, through all kinds of weather, and dealing with rough road conditions, pests, and insects.
In Fenelon, public services were first held in Blythe School until 1869 when on December 28th of that year the congregation met in their new chapel on Queen Street in the village of Fenelon Falls. Eventually the time came when it was necessary to erect a new building, as the old one had become inadequate. On January 26th, 1907, under the leadership of Pastor A. Cooke, a new church on Colborne Street was publicly dedicated to the glory of the Lord and the furtherance of the Gospel. Behind the building, a driving shed was constructed to house the horses and buggies or cutters while the congregation was meeting. In the early 1920's, the parsonage, which was beside the church, had to be torn down and a new house was constructed on the same site. Both the church and the parsonage became known for their sawdust burning furnaces with voracious appetites for fuel. The appearance of the building was changed during the 1960s and 1970s when three additions added Christian Education space, a nursery, washrooms, and a larger foyer.
In Bobcaygeon, worship services were held in homes, McConnel’s Tavern, Taylor’s Hall, and over Featherstone and Forbert stores until 1879. In the fall of 1878, construction began on a new church building and it opened in early October, 1879. A parsonage was built on Sherwood Street in 1937, and in 1963, a larger Bible School building replaced the smaller, older one. The Lord blessed both works from the very beginning. The records testify that a great number found the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour and many confessed their Lord in the waters of baptism.
In December of 2014, the leadership of Fenelon Falls Baptist Church was approached by Village Baptist Church in Bobcaygeon to consider the possibility of a rebirth/merger with their congregation. After much prayer and consideration, it was decided through unanimous vote, that we would begin the official process of celebrating the history and ministry of Village Baptist and rebirthing a new work in Bobcaygeon under the name Trentside Church.
Even today, we continue to experience God’s blessing on each congregation and we trust that He will continue to do His work through us.