Who We Are

Oakland Baptist Church is a theologically moderate Baptist Church located in Rock Hill, SC, one block from Winthrop University.

We offer an expansive music program, a variety of opportunities for spiritual growth, and focused ministries for children, youth, and adults. Oakland is actively involved in being the hands and feet of Christ in our community and around the world through many mission and ministry projects.

This “church in the crossroads,” where both women and men function as servants and leaders, tries to embody what Jesus said were the two greatest commandments: “Love God and love others.”

We welcome you to our fellowship and invite you to join us in being “the presence of Christ at the crossroads of life.”

Oakland’s Church Covenant:

United in the faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, revealed in history, disclosed in the Scriptures, and experienced in human life, we, the people of Oakland Baptist Church, do solemnly and joyfully make this Covenant together:

• We will be faithful to the public worship of God, gathering as the Body of Believers to celebrate God’s glory and remember God’s grace.

• We will take seriously the responsibility and privilege of personal Christian growth, diligently seeking to establish and maintain a Christian atmosphere in our homes.

• We will love and encourage each other in the Body of Believers and admonish each other as occasion may require. Our differences will not separate us but rather increase our understanding and strengthen the bonds of Christian love.

• We will be faithful stewards, as God has prospered us, contributing our financial support for the Church and its ministries and offering ourselves for God’s work in the world.

• We will, with God’s help, so live our lives that others, seeing the joy of Christian living, may seek to know Jesus Christ our Lord.

• We will be a servant Church, recognizing the infinite worth of every person and believing that Christ has called us to active involvement in behalf of humankind.