Barrington Baptist Church

About Us

Barrington Baptist Church was first gathered in 1952 at Peck Hall in West Barrington. For nearly 75 years, we continue to follow Jesus and lead others to Him. Today, the church building sits on 8 acres along Old County Road, west of the Wampanoag Trail, in Barrington. In addition to the traditional church building, several buildings dot the property.


The historic Cedar Hall is a log cabin-style building that sits in the center of the campus. While it once welcomed Billy Graham, it now serves as a gym for the Barrington Christian Academy
 during the school year and as a home base for Camp Cedarwood during the summer.


The Madeira Center, named after the church's long-serving first pastor and his wife, serves as a guest house for visiting missionaries and as a biblical training center for lay leaders.


The Barrington Christian Academy, founded by the church in 1979 (now an independent school), serves families throughout Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts as a Christian, K-12th-grade, college-preparatory school.


Our Mission

God called His church to follow Jesus and lead others to Him. That's our whole deal. This beloved task focuses all our attention and energy.


Three key Scriptures guide us: Jesus told His disciples to make disciples everywhere (Matthew 28:16-20). He showed us the beautiful simplicity of "follow me" (Mark 1:16-18). And He reminded us that truth without love is just noise—God's grace receives sinners but doesn't leave us stuck there (Mark 12:28-31).


Following Jesus It means God gets the driver's seat in every area of life. Devoted worship, Word-directed living, prayer-dependent hearts, and deliberate love for Him and others. It starts with believing Jesus is who He says He is, but it doesn't stop there—we grow to look more like Him and live out His mission.


Leading Others to Him We live as witnesses to God's grace, intentionally share the Gospel, and invite others to trust Jesus. Sure, God does the heart-work (John 6:44), but He's called us to be His partners in making disciples. It's faithful obedience in action.


Follow Jesus. Help others do the same. Everything else flows from there.

Our Values

Our values drive how we do what we do.


TRUTH IN LOVE

We don't choose between being loving or truthful - we believe they're inseparable. Real love speaks truth. Real truth is always loving. We're done with the false choice that says you can't have both.


EVERY GENERATION MATTERS

From teenagers to seniors, every voice counts here. Age doesn't disqualify you from ministry - character does. We're tearing down generational walls because the church is strongest when we serve side by side.


AUTHENTIC HOSPITALITY

We make room at the table for everyone. Period. Like Jesus, we welcome people who are nothing like us, prepare well for our guests, and rearrange our comfort to include others in God's family.


INTENTIONAL GROWTH

Transformation takes more than Sunday inspiration - it takes training with a plan, purpose, and partners. We're serious about spiritual growth that changes how we live Monday through Saturday.


BOLD INVITATION

We courageously invite others to taste God's goodness. Not because we have it all figured out, but because we've experienced grace that's too good to keep to ourselves. Every person matters to God, so they matter to us.

Our Beliefs

We seek to faithfully teach and live what we believe.

  • The Bible

    We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, plenary, verbally inspired, and our sole authority in all matters of faith and practice.


    II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:21; I Corinthians 3:13; Mark 13:11; Acts 1:16.

  • Triune God

    We believe in one God, the divine Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, eternally coexisting and equal in essence and attributes, yet distinct in office and activity.


    Mark 12:29; John 1:1-4; Matthew 28:19-20; II Corinthians 13:14.

  • Jesus

    We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, His virgin birth, incarnation, sinless life, miracles, substitutionary atoning death on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the grave, His high priestly work in Heaven, and His personal, visible, glorious, imminent, premillennial return to earth to set up His Kingdom.


    John 3:16; Matthew 1:21-23; John 1:14; John 8:46; John 2:11; Romans 5:8-10; Hebrew 7:25; Acts 1:9-11; I Thessalonians 4:16-18.

  • The Holy Spirit

    We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Triune Godhead, who convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; who regenerates, leads, comforts, enlightens, sanctifies, and seals the believer.


    John 16:8-11; John 3:5; I Corinthians 1:2-30; Ephesians 1:14-18.

  • Humanity

    We believe that man was made in the image of God, that originally he was sinless and pure, but that he sinned in Adam as the natural head of the race, and is now sinful by nature and by choice, and is in need of salvation.


    Genesis 1:27; 2:17; Romans 5:12-19; Ephesians 2:1-3.

  • Salvation

    We believe that our redemption has been accomplished solely by the shedding of Christ's blood and that salvation is appropriated by faith in Christ, and that by this faith we are justified from all things. This salvation is apart from human works or ceremonies.


    Leviticus 17:11; Matthew 25:23; Romans 5:6-9; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9.

  • The Church

    We believe that the Church has a twofold aspect:


    The Church of Jesus Christ is a living spiritual body of which He is the head and of which all regenerated persons are members. This is the universal aspect of the Church;


    The local Church is a group of believers in Christ Jesus, immersed in water on a credible confession of faith, and associated together voluntarily for worship, fellowship, and service. We believe that to these local Churches two ordinances -- those of the believer's baptism by immersion and of the Lord's Supper -- were committed for perpetual observance.


    Romans 5:12; Hebrews 12:23; Acts 2:41-47; I Corinthians 11:23-26.

  • Ordinances

    We believe that the ordinance of baptism is the immersion of the believer in water in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, thus symbolizing the believer's previous experience of regeneration through faith and his union in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as set forth in Romans 6:3-11, the Lord's supper instituted by Christ being, therefore, a memorial of His atoning death.


    Matthew 28:19-20; Matthew 26:26-30.

  • Church Autonomy

    We believe that the local Church is independent and autonomous and must, therefore, be free from interference from any ecclesiastical or political authority and that therefore the State and Church must be kept separate, as having different functions.


    Matthew 16:18; Matthew 22:21; John 18:36; Acts 5:29; Acts 20:28; Romans 13:1-7; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18.

  • Christian Living

    We believe that God's Word declares that the believer should lead a separate life and so live after the Spirit that he will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Still, since the flesh will be with the believer to the end of his earthly life, it needs, therefore, to be kept in subjection to Christ.


    Romans 8:12-13; 13:14; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:1-20; I John 3:5-9.

  • Marriage & Sexuality

    We believe that God has ordained that marriage is between one biological man and one biological woman and that any sexual activity engaged in outside of marriage is contrary to His will. We believe that God's grace is offered to any and all who have sinned or are currently sinning in this area of their lives if they repent and put their trust in Jesus.


    Gen. 2:24; Rom. 1:26-7, I Cor. 6:9-11, 18-20; I Thess. 4:3-8; Heb. 13:4

  • End Times

    We believe in the resurrection of the body; the eternal existence of all men either in heaven or in hell; in Divine judgment; in rewards and punishments; and in the certain fulfillment of all the Biblical prophecies.


    I Corinthians 15:35-58; Revelation 20:12-15; II Corinthians 5:10-11.