Immanuel Baptist Church

Attended there several years ago and felt Immanuel would become an amazing mega-church with a God-driven mission to influence this whole area for the Christian cause. It was having a few problems then with certain influential families trying to control and pull rank on the then-current pastor, whom they finally forced out under irrelevant, rumor-driven circumstances ---- meaning, he was a powerhouse for political and media involvement, and the old guard did not like it. I guess they could not stomach controversy and a fearless confrontation of issues. His dismissal should never have been handled such in a non-New Testament way, and in fact did not occur because of any justifiable reason. Not in my book anyway. So I quit going. I hope the church succeeds mightily and adheres to Christian principles but for myself, I won't be going back. Trying to stifle and control a pastor standing for God just doesn't sit well with me, nor trying to make a church a socially and clique-controlled club. Hopefully that's all changed for the better. more

I have always thought that Immanuel Baptist church is a beautiful church. It has a nice gym with plenty of fun activities to do. I enjoyed going there with different school groups when I was younger. I attended there for a while but then decided to go somewhere else. I don't want to sound offensive to anybody but I thought the money that was spent on the huge cross could have been spent on something else- like helping those who need it. I know the people are friendly there and some really have a heart for God but that is the only problem I have with the church. Hope that makes sense. more