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Our Mission, Values, & History

Delight, Declare, Disciple

We envision being a church in whom God delights. Our church will be made up of transformed people who lead others to be transformed by the grace of Christ.

Our Mission

Redemption Church exists to glorify God by:

  • Delighting in God and by
  • Declaring the life-changing message of Jesus and by
  • Discipling all people so that everyone can
  • Delight in God’s supremacy over all things.

 As a body of believers we envision being a church in whom God delights. Our church will be made up of transformed people who lead others to be transformed by the grace of Christ.

Our Values

1. We value Passionate Prayer. We emphasize that prayer should be passionate in every individual believer and in corporate times of worship. “Passionate” defines prayer as being regular and fervent. Prayer is an instrument by which the Holy Spirit empowers the individual and the corporate body of believers to live for God.
(1 Thessalonians 5:17; John 14:13; Jeremiah 29:13)

2. We value Biblical Exposition. We believe the Bible is the authority for all of our preaching and teaching. We value people being developed into Christ-likeness by hearing the Word of God accurately exposited and explained from the pulpit, in every Bible study, and in every small group.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; Ephesians 4:11-12)

3. We value Christ-Centered Worship. We value Christ-centered worship that glorifies God rather than man. Believers are to constantly worship individually with their lives and are also expected to gather to worship as the Body of Christ.
(John 4:23; Romans 12:1)

4. We value Disciple-Making. We value Evangelism and Missions because we desire for all people to be transformed by Jesus from their lostness in sin to being born again in Him. We also disciple new born-again believers into spiritual maturity as fully devoted disciples of Christ. Our drive for making disciples is to make God’s Glory known in Lacombe, on the Northshore, North America, and all nations.
(Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8)

5. We value Godly Leadership. We believe every leader in the church is called to be a Christ-like example and is held accountable to the standard of Scripture. The membership of the church is to follow and support godly leaders.
(1 Peter 4:12-16; 1 Peter 5:2-3; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Hebrews 13:17)

6. We value Faithful Servants. We believe all members should be committed to serve the Lord through the church and in their everyday lives with all that they have. Believers are expected to grow spiritually and to use their God-given gifts.
(1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Peter 4:10)

7. We value Authentic Relationships. We believe “doing life together” is not optional. No one should walk alone in the Christian journey since we are all members of one body. Accountability, belonging, care, and spiritual growth happens best in a biblical community with relationally-connected believers. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10,12; Acts 2:42-47)

Our History

1923

Redemption Church was originally started as First Baptist Church of Lacombe in the latter part of 1923 and was constituted as FBC in 1925.

Baptist Encampment

The church began under the leadership of Pastor S.C. Deen who was the caretaker of the then Baptist Encampment which was west of Fontainbleu State Park, now called Camp Living Waters in Robert, LA.

Prayer Circle

Brother Deen started meeting with a group of people as a ‘prayer circle’ in homes, which eventually led to worship services with 11 people in the Lacombe school building every fourth Sunday.

1934

In 1934, the church moved into it’s first building on land that was donated by W.H. Davis. The church started having services on the second and fourth Sundays. An adjacent home owned by Forrest and Sarah Fogg was used as an adult Sunday school class.

1944

In 1944, under the leadership of Pastor J.B. McAllister, the members began having services each Sunday.

1955

In 1955, the church purchased property on Highway 190 next to the Lacombe Post Office for a future home for more growth. The church family at that time built the educational wing of the building first. Half of the structure was used for classrooms and half for a temporary auditorium.

1957

With a small loan and proceeds from the sale of the Davis property, monies were raised to complete the new building. Finally, in 1957, the church moved into its new home.

1974

In 1974, the church expanded by adding a new fellowship hall and then doubled the size of the hall in 1982 along with adding new Nursery facilities.

2008

In 2008, the church family believed that God had bigger things in store for its future and purchased 10 acres of land on Hwy 434 to relocate and have additional land for future growth. The church bought an additional 10 acres in 2013 adjacent to the original 10 giving FBC 20 acres for future growth.

2016

In February 2016, the church body of FBC Lacombe voted to change its name to Redemption Church of Lacombe. The purpose was that our church’s name would communicate the gospel message more than simply having a name that communicated chronology and history.

2019

We opened our new facility on our new property.

Our Name

Redemption is God’s action of redeeming/ransoming the lost from slavery to sin and Satan by paying the price of sin debt through Jesus’ sacrifice to set free an individual from slavery to sin in order to purchase them for His own possession.

At the moment we repent of sin and believe in the work of Jesus, He becomes our Redeemer. Through our repentance and belief in the work of Jesus, we are no longer slaves to sin because we have been ransomed from sin and we are set free to the King (Jesus – Our Redeemer) and belong to Him for all eternity because He has secured an eternal redemption for us. (Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 9:12).

Redemption Church is still affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. You can read our full doctrinal belief statement under the About Us tab.

God has written the history for Redemption Church by doing much and the church family is confident that God has more in store for the future of Redemption Church. We believe that God is going to redeem many people for His name through His church here at Redemption Church.