Who is
Dayton
Avenue
Baptist
Our Values
We exist to glorify God — not just on Sunday, but in every moment of our lives. Worship is our highest calling and our deepest joy, offered to the One who is worthy of all praise (John 4:23-24; Romans 12:1; Revelation 4:11).
We are people of the Book. The Bible is our authority, our foundation, and our delight — and we are committed to handling it faithfully so that lives are transformed by truth (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Acts 2:42; Hebrews 4:12).
We were never meant to follow Jesus alone. We are knit together as a family, committed to this authentic community where we bear one another's burdens and spur one another toward Christ (Hebrews 10:24-25; Acts 2:44-45; Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).
Making disciples who go and do the same: this drives everything we do. From conversion onward, we pursue growth in His likeness, invest in others, and present every person mature in Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Colossians 1:28-29; 2 Timothy 2:2)
We follow a Savior who came not to be served, but to serve. Like Jesus, we carry a towel, ready to meet practical needs, extend grace, and show a watching world what love looks like in action (Mark 10:45; Galatians 5:13; James 2:14-17).
Our Mission
We exist to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ through biblical instruction, fellowship, service, and evangelism.
A person’s last words reveal what matters most to them — and before Jesus ascended to the Father, He did not whisper a suggestion; He issued a command: go and make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8)... not converts merely, not spectators, not casual attenders — but disciples. Engaged ones. Men and women who have been so gripped by the grace of God that they cannot help but be transformed by it, and compelled to share it. We pursue this mission along four irreplaceable rails.
First, biblical instruction — because disciples arebuilt on truth, and the Word of God is the sword that cuts, the lamp that guides, and the foundation that hold s when everything else shakes (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12).
Second, fellowship — because iron sharpens iron (Proverbs 27:17), and the Christian life was never designed to be lived alone; we grow faster, stand firmer, and love deeper when we are locked arm in arm with other believers (Acts 2:42-47).
Third, service — because engagement is not a spectator sport; every member of this body has been gifted, called, and deployed for kingdom work, and a faith that does not serve is a faith that has not yet understood the cross (Ephesians 2:10; Mark 10:45).
Fourth, evangelism — because there are people in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and families who are dying without Christ, and we are the ones God has chosen to carry the news that changes everything (Romans 10:14-15; 2 Corinthians 5:20). This is not a program — it is a posture. It is the whole life of a church that has been captured by the Great Commission and refuses to be distracted from it until every tongue confesses and every knee bows before the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:10-11).
Our Vision
DABC is a family of growing believers connecting people to the hope of Jesus Christ.
We are a family bound together by the gospel of Christ.
From the moment God declared that it is not good for man to be alone, He wove into the fabric of creation a longing for belonging: this sense of belonging happens in this family of believers who are growing in the grace of Jesus Christ (Genesis 2:18; Psalm 68:6; Ephesians 2:19)
Jesus Christ is the living hope that every restless heart is searching for, whether they know it or not. We exist to connect people to that hope, and to each other (Romans 15:13; 1 Peter 1:3; Hebrews 6:19).
We are growing in grace, in knowledge, and in the likeness of Christ — because a faith that does not grow is a faith that has grown cold. Together, we open wide our doors and our lives, inviting the lonely, the broken, the seeking, and the skeptic to pull up a chair at the table the Father has set (2 Peter 3:18; Colossians 1:10; Philippians 1:6)
This is not our church — it is His. So we link arms across every generation, background, and story, pressing forward together toward the one thing that anchors the soul: the unshakeable, unending, world-changing hope of Jesus Christ.
Our Strategy
Gather for the Glory of God
Gathering with each other regularly is at the heart of our disciple-making mission as a church. Togetherness provides a relational ecosystem in which we grow in Christlikeness. Consider the value of gathering in three relational contexts of unique size, each of which adds specific value to growth: Corporate Worship, Life Groups (usually 10-25 people), and Discipleship Groups (usually 3-4 people).
Grow in the Grace of Christ
How do I grow in Christ? Through spiritual disciplines. Spiritual disciplines are biblically grounded practices that invite the transformative grace of God into your life. These rhythms provide pathways for growth and connection with God, and help us fully obey him.
Go in the Power of the Spirit
In Acts 1:8, Jesus gives His church a Spirit-empowered commission that unfolds outward: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses… in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The mission begins in our homes, neighborhoods, and local communities. Disciple-making starts with faithful presence and intentional instruction in everyday life.
From there, the mission extends to our “Judea”—our broader state and nation. Jesus reminds us in Luke 10:2 that “the harvest is plentiful,” calling His people to pray and to go as laborers into the fields around them.
Finally, the commission stretches to the “uttermost”—to the nations who have not yet heard. Jesus commands, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15), and “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). The church exists not merely for local growth but for global glory—the worship of Christ among every tribe and tongue.