Growth Expectations

We are a small (numerical) church with a big vision of what God is doing in our midst. We're a loving and unified church that believes that God has brought us to a place where we are ready for significant growth. We are praying for and expecting God to produce in and through us the following types of growth:

• Numerical Growth: This includes more people that are led to be a part of what God is doing here. This can include believers that move into our neighborhood or non-Christians that trust Jesus as Savior.
  
  
• Spiritual Transformation: Numbers alone is insufficient. We look to see people transformed by the power of God changing them from the inside out.
  
  
• Ministry Expansion: As more people attend here and are being transformed God will change old ministries and add
  new ministries to accommodate and facilitate the growth and transformation.
  
  
• Kingdom advance: We expect to help the kingdom of God advance outside of our walls. Consequently, we look to minister in ways that don’t help our church but do advance the Kingdom.

Kingdom Work

We are Kingdom minded so we think about how to advance to kingdom and not just our church. Consequently, we do several things to help advance the Kingdom of God and assists others in making disciples.

Multiple Congregations: We have a separate Hispanic Church that meets in a part of our building and holds its own services. We are presently praying about and looking for other non-English speaking churches that may also want to conduct their own worship services here. By having multiple congregations under one roof we believe we can use God’s facilities in a more fruitful manner and reduce the cost of operation for the ethnic congregations.

Discipleship Conferences: In February of each year, in conjunction with the Dallas Baptist Association and the Allied Baptist Network we host a Sunday School Conference to train teachers and other church leaders in the Dallas/Rockwall area. Well over 50 churches send church members and staff for training.

Missions: This year we are sponsoring one of a two person team to do evangelism and discipleship in Nagaland India. We also take up multiple offerings to support mission work throughout the year. This includes offerings for the cooperative program as well as needs in other churches around Dallas.

Character of Northlake

• We are a conservative Bible believing and teaching Church.
  
  
• At the present time we have a traditional blended style of worship. In the near future we are adding a projector
  and screen to facilitate more up to date worship and preaching presentations.
  
  
• We are mostly an older congregation but hope to add many younger families. We presently do have Sunday School
  for all ages.