Join us as we worship our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We are a fellowship of believers committed to glorifying God through our lives, both as a church community and as individual followers of Jesus Christ.
Trinity Baptist is a church that places high priorities on sound doctrine, community, and relationships. Our worship time is a blend of sacred hymns and more current praise and worship: seeking an authentic worship time where God is our audience.
Our approach to sermon delivery is verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter exegetical interpretation. Our greatest desire is that the text's meaning is the sermon's message. Missions are vital. Our approach to practical ministry is to keep it simple and effective, seeking excellence in present ministries before broadening our commitments.
We believe the church is for believers to be strengthened and that those strong believers are to reach out in the communities God has placed them. In short, we are seeking to joyfully pursue the living God. We believe this is done by leaving all personal agendas out of our approach to worship and ministry.
Finally we believe that God’s pleasure, and not our own, is our greatest goal. We invite you to worship with us. As we study the Bible, God's Word, we are both challenged and encouraged in our relationship with Him and with each other.
We believe in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired of God, and inerrant in the original writings; and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.
II Timothy 3:16, 17
We believe in the one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
I Timothy 2:5; John 14:26
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
Matthew 1:20-23; Phil. 2:5-11
We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word, and deed.
Genesis 3; Romans 3; Romans 5:12
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice and that all that believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.
I Corinthians 15:3-4; I Timothy 1:15
We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate.
Hebrews 7:25; John 20:20, 27-28
We believe that the day is imminent when the Lord Jesus Christ will descend from heaven and we who are in Christ, whether living or dead, will be caught up ("raptured") to meet him in the air to be with him forever; that at his second coming he will put all of his enemies under his feet and consummate his kingdom reign on the earth for all eternity.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 42-44
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.
John 1:11-13
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
John 5:25; Matthew 25:46
We believe that the two ordinances of the local church are Baptism (the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) and the Lord’s Supper (partaking of the bread and the cup to memorialize Christ’s death and anticipate his second coming); that the local church is an independent and self-governing body responsible alone to Christ who is its Savior and Lord.
Philippians 1:1; I Timothy 3:1-13; I Corinthians 11:23-32; Acts 18:8; Acts 8:35-39
Lead Pastor
Pastor Brett is Trinity Baptist Senior Pastor. He and his wife, Ami, have three children; Tyler, Madison and Titus. Before being named Senior Pastor in 2006, Brett served as an Associate Pastor and Youth Pastor for ten years. He is a graduate of Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA. and received his Masters in Theology from Liberty University in Lynchburg VA. Pastor Brett has a love for people and a clear enthusiasm for communicating God's Word.
Associate Pastor
Pastor Jory is Youth Pastor at Trinity. He and his wife Andrea have been married since 2005 and have two kids. Pastor Jory and Andrea met and married at Trinity and have a clear passion for young people. He graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids and received his master’s in theology from Liberty Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Associate Pastor
Pastor Dave is Trinity Baptist Church’s Children’s Ministry and Christian Education Pastor. He and his wife, Krista, have three children Joel, Josiah, and Jadyn. He received his Master’s in Theology from Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA. David has served as a missionary in the Dominican Republic, a rescue mission chaplain, a Christian school teacher, and a pastor in Ohio and Michigan. Pastor David has a desire to help church members grow as disciples and make disciples.
Music Leader
Luke has a passion for leading small and large groups into authentic worship and desires to continually improve upon our musical excellence. He also believes our corporate worship should be preceded by intimate worship of daily walking with the Lord. He feels blessed to have such an encouraging and loving family and enjoys traveling with them in search for new adventures.
Church Secretary
Barbara grew up in rural Western New York and has lived most of her adult life in West Michigan. She has previous experience in teaching, working in academic libraries and homeschooling. She loves connecting people with the things they need, with each other, and most importantly with God and His Word. Barbara and her husband, Drew, have five adult children and enjoy exploring natural and historical places in Michigan.
Staff Assistant
Andrea moved to West Michigan as a teenager when her father accepted the position of Senior Pastor at Trinity. It was there that she met her husband, Pastor Jory, and where they continue to serve and raise their two children. She has previous experience as a chef’s apprentice, restaurant manager, and receptionist. When she is not in the office, she is in the youth center cooking meals, planning retreats, and mentoring teens. Andrea also enjoys travel, exploring the great outdoors with her family, and landscape photography.
