Florida based Bay Area Baptist Church of Clearwater is launching a "Church with a heart" ministry.

Pastor David Williams

2008-03-25 13:33:11 - Patterning itself after the great First Baptist Church of Hammond which boasts over 30,000 and spending over $2 million a year helping the needy, Bay Area Baptist Church of Clearwater is about to launch a ministry that will duplicate this great church.

Excitement is in the air in the Tampa Bay Area where Bay Area Baptist Church of Clearwater is conducting a poll of interested Christians and in particular of Independent Baptists who live in the area to participate in a poll of interest in the founding of another multi-ministry church that will spread love to the many hurting people in the area.

Pastor David Williams who met his wife in Clearwater in the 70's and preached on Big Pier 60 while they were dating, has most recently been on the street again standing up for Terry Schiavo. He was seen on T.V for many weeks preaching, singing with his guitar and even playing his violin to the crowds that gathered around the Hospice in Pinellas Park.

What has prompted this plan to start a new church is the declining numbers in the Independent Baptist Movement because of pastors or churches that have moved or changed their emphasis away from what Independent Baptists are traditionally known for, soul-winning and bus ministry. Pastor Williams has visited neighborhoods where hundreds of children who used to ride a bus to church now are disenfranchised because nearly every church that used to be in that benevolent activity have canceled their endeavors to reach the poor in that way.

Bay Area Baptist Church has plans for soul-winning ministry, bus ministry, youth ministry with many types of activities and clubs, college ministry, telemarketing ministry, hospital ministry, elderly care ministry, welcome ministry, we care ministry, jail ministry, military ministry, deaf ministry, blind ministry, mentally handicapped ministry, Spanish ministry, homes for wayward boys and girls ministry, family shelter for homeless families, rescue mission, elderly care shelter ministry, truck stop ministry, music ministry that includes professional musicians and a music conservatory for music of all instruments, children's ministries in all seasons, Christian schools for elementary, middle, and high school, advertising ministry, internet ministry, radio and T.V. ministries. Pastor Williams has a real vision and because of his sending church in Hammond, Indiana, First Baptist Church, and Hyles-Anderson College, he has access to trained staff to handle every one of these ministries.

With thousands of people suffering due to divorce, incest, murder, child molesters, gang related crime, teen suicide, homeless, displaced families, drug abuse, and other such evils of society, a church that has a department for ministering for every one of these needs. The pastor asks readers to visit the church web site at bayareabaptistchurch.com and respond to the poll or email the church at bayareabaptistchurch@gmail.com and leave your contact information. When a sufficient number of people have responded, a meeting will be scheduled for all interested parties to meet each other and the pastor, David Williams.