Mike & Holli

Mike's Testimony   Holli's Testimony   What We Believe

I accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour while attending the

The Wilds of the Rockies Youth Camp.

That was the last Friday in August, 1988. The Holy Spirit 

had been convicting me all of that week and on that 

Friday I finally heeded the call. I waited 2 years before 

being baptized and at the age of 15 I surrendered 

to preach.

From 1996 - 1998 I served as Music Leader, Bus Captain, 

and Junior Church Director for Fellowship Baptist 

Church in Portales, NM under the direction of Pastor 

Ted Bailey. These were voluntary positions as I was a 

member of the United States Air Force at the time. 

I was also involved in the door-to-door evangelistic work of the church.

From 1999 – 2002 I served as Teen Director, Sunday school teacher, Song 

Leader, Choir Director, Janitor, and pulpit supply when necessary for Faith 

Baptist Church of Alamogordo, NM under the direction of Pastor Jeff 

Hodges. All of these were voluntary roles with the exclusion of my janitorial 

duties for which the church felt led to pay me for. I was also involved in the 

door-to-door evangelistic work of the church.

Currently, My wife and I are members of Southwest Baptist Church

of Oklahoma City. The Lord has moved us to Vancouver, WA to plant

a church with the Virl Stalnaker family. 

Top

I accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour in October 1987

at First Baptist Church of Peaceful Valley in Colorado

Springs, Colorado.  While kneeling at the altar to pray,

my mom knelt by my side and asked me what I was

praying about.  When I wasn't sure of the answer,

she took her Bible and led me to Christ.  I was

baptized the following Sunday.

At the age of 15, shortly after my grandmother had passed

away, I began to feel the Lord speaking to my heart about

more I could be doing.  One night while lying in bed, I

prayed and asked God to use me according to His will.  I

began to feel more excited about doing God's work.  In

January 1999, I had the privilege of taking the 2-3-year-old

Sunday school class.  What a joy!  It was a great time, and I do praise the

Lord for the opportunity to have an impact on such young lives.  

In April 2001, the Lord introduced me to the love of my life--Mike Caldwell.  He

would become my husband just one year later.  After our marriage, I moved to

Alamogordo, New Mexico, where he already lived and "dove into" the life of being

a wife.  I couldn't have been happier!  I considered it a joy and privilege to be

the "help meet" to my husband in the areas of Christian service God had placed

us in.  That chapter came to an end in November 2003 when God called us back to

Colorado Springs to serve Him at First Baptist Church of Peaceful Valley

under the leadership of Pastor Gene Woods.  We believe He called us there

in order to show us the way to Bible college.  Thus, we are now members

of Southwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK, under the leadership of

Bro. Sam Davison. We look forward to what

the Lord has for us in our new home church.

Top

As independent, fundamental, premillenial Baptists we believe:

We believe in the inspired word of God as the final rule of faith and practice.
We further hold to the KJV as correctly translated from the correct manuscripts.

We believe in one God, manifested in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
He is the creator of all things and sovereign over the same. He is eternal.

We believe in the virgin birth, the deity, and the sinlessness of Jesus Christ.
His blood provided for our atonement. His resurrection proved he was God 

and able to grant to us eternal life.

We believe the work of the Holy Spirit to be that of lifting up the name and 

work of Jesus Christ; that he never exalts himself; that he accomplishes 

his work by convicting of sin, righteousness, and judgment. He regenerates, 

sanctifies, indwells, empowers, guides, teaches, and comforts the saved.

We believe in the person of Satan: his fallen state, his destructive ways, 

and his eventual destruction.

We believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. We 

further believe that all who believe in His death, burial, and resurrection 

may freely come to Him for salvation; that, just for the asking, the sinner 

will receive forgiveness of sin, salvation, and everlasting life; and that 

salvation is eternally secure and cannot be lost.

We believe that sin is any transgression against the divine will of God 

in all matters written and unwritten; that sin brought man death and 

eternal separation from God; that it condemns to a literal, eternal, fiery Hell.

We believe that Jesus Christ is bodily coming back for His saints, both those 

who are dead and those who are alive at that time. We believe the rapture 

will happen before the Tribulation Period and that the saints will 

rule with Him a thousand years after the Tribulation Period.

We believe that the local church is the body of Christ and was established by 

Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry and not on the day of Pentecost. 

We further believe in the authority, independence, and autonomy of each 

church. The local church has only two ordinances: baptism by immersion 

and the Lord's Supper by closed communion. It's commission is to win, 

immerse, add, and teach every convert. We believe in separation from 

denominationalism, liberalism, ecumenicalism, new evangelicalism, 

and all neo movements such as the Charismatic movement.

Top