Who We Are

Bayview is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia. Bayview affirms the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message. We are conservative and evangelical in our theology and teaching. We are continuationist in our beliefs concerning the spiritual gifts. That is, we believe that all of the spiritual gifts listed in the New Testament are for today. For clarification of our beliefs visit What We Believe.

Our Mission is...

To Glorify God

(In everything we do)

To live the Great Commandments

(Love God and Love People)

To fulfill the Great Commission

(Go and make disciples of Jesus Christ)

Our Vision is...

To be a life-giving community of loving relationships that proclaims the Gospel in word and deed.

Our Core Values are...

We value personal, loving, growing relationships with God and people.

(John 1:12, Phillipians 3:10, Matt. 22:38-40, John 13:34-35)

We value godly servant leadership. We believe that biblical leadership is best expressed through serving people.

(Mark 10:45, Luke 22:25-27, Gal. 5:13)

We value the Bible: It is the standard by which we evaluate all teaching, preaching and personal behavior.

(I Tim. 3:16, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119:10-11)

We value prayer. We believe that God communicates and accomplishes His purposes through the individual and corporate prayers of His people.

(2 Chron. 7:14, Matt. 6:9-13, John 16:24)

We value whole-hearted, Spirit-led worship of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ.

(Psalm 2:11-12, Psalm 99:5, Psalm 100, John 4:24, Luke 4:8)

We value the ministry of the Holy Spirit. We believe that the Holy Spirit works through individual believers as they obediently exercise their spiritual gifts by faith.

(I Cor. 12:7-11, I Pet. 4:10, Romans 12:6-8)