The public is invited to a community picnic on Saturday, September 7 at the Leaf River Baptist Church to welcome Pastor Billy Hardy and his family to the area. Enjoy an afternoon of free food, fun, and fellowship from 4:00 – 6:00 PM to make Pastor Hardy and his family feel at home in our community as they have just moved from Lafayette, Indiana. The free picnic will be held on the lawn of the Leaf River Baptist Church with hot dogs, chips and homemade desserts. In addition, there will be treats of popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones for the young and young at heart. The children will also enjoy a bounce house to release some of their energy while others visit with neighbors and friends.

Pastor Hardy, along with his wife Bethany and teenage children Collin and Isabel, were excited to move to Byron in late July to be the Senior Pastor of the Leaf River Baptist Church. He earned his Masters of Divinity with an emphasis in biblical counseling from Faith Bible Seminary in Lafayette, IN just prior to their move to Byron.  

Leaf River Baptist Church is located at 6941 North Mount Morris Road in rural Leaf River. For more information call 815-738-2205 or find us on Facebook.

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Our congregation is made up of believers of all ages who share together in a unique blend of Christian Service. "...Speaking the truth with love, we will grow up in every way into Christ, who is the head. [16] The whole body depends on Christ and all the parts of the body are joined and held together.  Each part does its own work to make the whole body grow and be strong with love." (Eph 4:15-16 NCV)

LRBC is a very caring congregation that strongly believes in reaching out beyond themselves to spread and apply the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Here you will find a warm welcome and ample opportunity to grow in your relationship with Jesus and His Church.

 

Our Mission at Leaf River Baptist Church is to guide people to a life of faith in Jesus Christ then on to lives that are fully devoted to Him.  We accomplish this in three ways:

TO KNOW CHRIST... Our Relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

We believe that people get to know Jesus by receiving Him as Savior and then grow through the Word and the Practice of Living with Him in a daily walk.

TO BE LIKE CHRIST...That we will Grow to become like Him as individuals and through our different Gifts, Serve others as His Body.

We can become more like Jesus by obedience to His Commands and Reliance on His Power.

TO BE CHRIST'S BODY...Just as Jesus Ministered in Galilee, LRBC must Minister to our Community.

As we grow to become His Body, God will open doors into ministry opportunities to help others and bring them into a saving relationship with Him.

...the Bible is the inspired and the only infallible and authoritative written Word of God

...there is one God, eternally existent in three persons; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

...in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this earth in power.  After this comes the eternal state where God makes all things new.

...in the blessed hope - the rapture of the Church at Christ's coming.

...the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.

...the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides answers to human need through believing prayer.

...in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.

...the gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to Rom. 12, 1 Cor. 12, Eph. 4 are given to believers for the purpose of ministry in the Church.

...in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting loss.