Gethsemane Baptist Church

A beautiful friendship between two church bodies that is characterized by relational interdependence.

Gethsemane Baptist Church is a longstanding, predominately African American church five minutes from us in Davidson, NC. In our earliest years as a church family, they continually and generously met our needs and encouraged us in ministry. Out of that generosity has formed a beautiful friendship between two church bodies that is characterized by relational interdependence.

This has looked like sharing Christmas Eve celebrations, pulpit swaps, church picnics, our pastors hosting events on racial reconciliation (particularly after the death of George Floyd), school supplies drives, and community prayer nights. The Holy Spirit has used all of this to paint a beautiful picture of what scripture calls, “the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:18). It’s deeper than event planning: it’s about personal friendships. If you’d like to interact with the good people of Gethsemane Baptist, please join us at Prayer on the Porch, the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm.

OR, go worship with them on a Sunday morning!

Gethsemane Baptist Church

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Lake Forest Church was initiated by Forest Hill Church in 1998, a church with a kingdom vision larger than themselves. Lake Forest Church Davidson began in 2011 and became a free-standing local church (Storyhill Church) with the blessing of all Lake Forest Churches in 2021. The Elders of Storyhill have also been led by God to become a multiplying church. We aspire for church-multiplication to be a long-term calling and competence for Storyhill.