OCTAVIA BAPTIST CHURCH
Octavia Baptist Church Connecting People To GOD
Octavia Baptist Church,Smithville, Oklahoma,74957
The church building will comfortably seat 260 people, and uncomfortably, probably another 30 or 40. When we’ve had exceptionally large attendances at funerals or other gatherings, chairs have been added in the aisles and in the foyer to accommodate the visitors.
The old church building was moved from the property in Octavia proper to the new property on the highway after the new church facilities were built in 1991 – 92. It was remodeled, later added to, and serves as the Fellowship Hall. It not only serves our church but oftentimes the community for birthday parties, family reunions, weddings, and so on.
Our church motto is “Connecting People to God”. As you can see from some of the other pages on this web site, we are involved in youth ministry, children’s ministry, missions, as well as many other ministries as the need arises. As a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, our statement of faith is encapsulated in the Baptist Faith and Message. You can read the Baptist Faith and Message by clicking the underlined link.
We have heard over the past 30 years some wonderful sermons and lessons and received encouragement to keep on, challenges to change, words of comfort in the midst of tragedies, support during those trying times, and always they were delivered with love and compassion from one who knows many of us so well, and loves us in spite of that knowledge. Sermon notes are now available on this web site for all who are interested in reviewing or following along from Sunday to Sunday with us.
Our pastor and his family have become, in many ways, and to many people, our community’s pastor. They minister wherever and whenever there is a need. No one is turned away when they have a need.