Our Service Schedule

Sunday Services: 9:00 AM      Sunday School for all ages 10:00 AM    Coffee & Donut Fellowship in the Gym 10:30 AM    Sunday Morning Service 6:00 PM      Sunday Evening Service Sunday Morning Worship is broadcast live on FM 95.9 WKLX! Audiotapes and CDs are available. Wednesday Services: AWANA is a  club program for kids from preschool to sixth grade.  AWANA runs from September through May on Wednesday nights from 6:45-8:15 PM.  Jr/Sr High Youth Groups meet on Wednesday nights from 6:45-8:15 PM for a time of fellowship and spiritual challenge. At 6:45 PM during the school year, a parenting course, Growing Kids God's Way, is offered to parents with young children. At 7:00 PM adults meet in the auditorium for small group Bible study and prayer. Nursery care is provided. During the summer months, Wednesday night family home Bible studies are held throughout the area.  Call the church for locations.

Our Statement of Beliefs

We are an independent, fundamental Baptist church family with a desire that everyone comes to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and then "walks worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God" (Colossians 1:9).     DOCTRINAL STATEMENT Chisago Lakes Baptist Church--Chisago City, Minnesota I.The Doctrine of God            We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in the three persons of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. (II Cor. 13:14; Matt. 3:16,17; Jn. 8:58, 14:9; Acts 5:3,4; Heb. 13:8; Gen. 1:2.).  God the Father rules the universe from Heaven's glory and has never been seen by mortal eye. (Dan. 4:35; Jn. 1:18).  God the Son became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God, and redeem sinful man. We believe the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through the shedding of His blood and His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical, resurrection from the dead. (Rom. 3:24; I Peter 2:24; Eph. 1:7; Jn. 1:14; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:18-25; I Peter 1:18,19; Rom. 5:6,25).  God the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts men of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment. He is the divine agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers unto the day of redemption. (Jn. 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; I Cor. 12:12-24; Eph. 1:13,14; Jn. 3:5; Eph. 4:30).   II. The Doctrine of Man             We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin, the race fell, inherited a sinful nature and became alienated from God. We believe man to be totally depraved, and of himself, unable to redeem his lost condition. (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:10-23, 5:12, 8:7-8; Eph. 2:1-3).   III. The Doctrine of Salvation             We believe that salvation is the gift of God, brought to man by grace, and received by personal faith in Jesus Christ. (Eph. 2:8).  We believe that salvation becomes a reality in the life when the individual repents of his sins, (II Cor. 7:9-11), and places his faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ as his complete and only hope of salvation. (Eph. 1:7, 2:3-10) We believe the Holy Spirit is the person who enters and regenerates the believer. (Titus 3:5) We believe that the believer is indwelt by the Spirit of God who causes the believer to call upon God and know that God is the object of God's special care, that he is under the working of the Spirit of God, who is separating the believer from worldly practice and preparing him for Heaven. (Phil. 1:6; Jude 1; II Tim. 2:21;-I Thess. 5:23) We believe that the believer has immediate access to God. We believe that all saved individuals should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:12) We believe that separation from all religious apostasy and all sinful practice, pleasure and association is commanded by God (II Tim. 3:5; Rom. 12:1-2; I Jn. 2:15-17; Ps. 1:1; II Cor. 6:14-18). We believe that the salvation of every believer is secure for all eternity from the moment of regeneration. This security is guaranteed to each believer by the fact that the life received is eternal life, by the keeping power of God, by the sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit and by the interceding ministry of Christ. (Jn. 5:24, 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1, 29,30,36,39; Eph. 4:30; Heb. 7:25).  We believe that immediate, positional sanctification is the process by which, according to God's will, we are made partakers of his holiness; that it is progressive; that it is begun in regeneration; that it progresses if the believer is yielded to the Holy Spirit's control; that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, self-examination, watchfulness and prayer. (I Thess. 4:3, 5:23; Prov. 4:18; I Jn. 2:29; Phil. 2:12,12; Eph. 6:18; Jn. 17:17). We believe that ultimate sanctification will be the portion of every believer when finally in the presence of the Lord, complete and entire, with soul and spirit united in the resurrected body, free from every trace or effect of sin and rebellion. (I Jn. 3:2; I Car. 15:52-54; Eph. 4:30, 5:27; Phil. 4:20-21).   IV. The Doctrine of the Church             We believe that the Church is a spiritual organism composed of all believers of this age. It is the Body of Christ, and the Bride of Christ. (I Car. 12:12-14; II Car. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27). We believe that every believer is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ, and hence every believer is commanded to be immersed as a testimony of this experience ( Rom. 5:3-5).  We believe that the Church ought to observe the Lord's Table periodically as a means of worship and of remembering the Lord's death till He comes. (I Cor. 11:23-26).  We believe the Church has a two-fold ministry. First, that of evangelizing the world, and, secondly, that of building up every saint in the things of the spiritual life. (Matt. 26:19-20).  We believe that the establishment of the local church is clearly taught in New Testament Scripture, and that every local church should be composed of professed believers in Christ who have followed the Lord in baptism by immersion, and who seek to live lives separated from the sinful practices of the world. (Acts 2:41-47).   V. The Doctrine of the Scriptures             We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbally inspired Word of God and the final authority for faith and life. We believe them to be inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. (II Tim. 3:16; II Pet. 1:20-21; Matt. 5:18). We recommend only those versions or translations of the Bible which are true to the original languages and do not mar the teachings therein.  We believe the Bible teaches that every Christian ought to study the Word of Cod consistently in order to grow spiritually. (I Pet. 2:2-3; Heb. 4:12).   VI. The Doctrine of Angels             We believe in the existence of angels, which are created beings, who worship and serve God consistently. (Matt. 18:10; Mark 13:32, 8:38; Matt. 13:41) They are greater in power than men. (II Pet. 2:11).  We believe the New Testament teaches that angels are used of the Lord to help the church of this age. (Acts 8:26, 10:3; Luke 15:10; Matt. 4:11, Luke 22:43; Acts 12:8-11).  They will separate the righteous from the wicked in the last days. (Matt. 13:39-42).   VII. The Doctrine of Satan             We believe Satan to be one of the highest created beings that rebelled against God, and that he caused a number of the heavenly host to rebel with him. (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19).  He has thus become the leader of a host of demons who are opposed to God and all that is righteous. (Matt. 12:24) We believe he is the god of this wicked world, and the head of the kingdom of darkness. (II Cor. 4:4) He is the tempter, (Matt. 4:3) and his primary work is to hinder the program of God in this world. (I Thess. 2:18; Heb. 2:14).  We believe that he is the defeated foe, that we, as Christians, can successfully resist him in the power of God (James 4:7) and that Satan and his host will spend all eternity in conscious agony in the lake of fire prepared for the devil and his angels. (Gen. 3:14; Matt. 13:19,39, 25:41; Rev. 20:10).   VIII. The Doctrine of Last Things    A.     The Return of the Lord          We believe in the blessed hope; the personal, imminent, pre-tribulational pre-millennial coming of our Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones, and His subsequent return with His own to rule and reign one thousand years on the earth. (Zech. 14:4-11; I Thess. 1:10, 4:13-18, 5:9; Rev. 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:1-6).   B.       The Resurrection           We believe that the saints of God will be resurrected previous to the tribulation period, and that we will receive at that time immortal bodies. (I Thess. 4:13-18; I Cor. 15:50-54) We believe that the unsaved dead will be resurrected at the end of the millennial reign of Christ, and will be judged before the Great White Throne, and cast into the lake of fire to eternally suffer conscious pain for their sin in rejecting God's mercy. (Rev. 20:11-15).   C.       The Judgments           We believe the Bible teaches every Christian shall be judged. This judgment is for rewards and will not affect our salvation. (I Cor. 3:8-16, 4:5; II Cor. 5:10; II Tim. 4:1)We believe the unsaved dead will be resurrected to judgment at the Great White Throne. (Rev. 20:11-15).   D.     The Eternal Glory of the Saints         We believe that following the White Throne Judgment, God will bring to pass a New Heaven and a New Earth, which will be similar to Paradise past, except that it will be a place where nothing can enter and corrupt the fellowship, peace and joy of that day. (Rev. 21-22).   Our Constitution & Bylaws

Our Church History

Chisago Lakes Baptist Church, orginally called the Bible Baptist Church, began with 25 charter members and only four families in the living room of the Robert Forsyth home in Shafer MN.  After signing the charter membership on Easter Sunday, 1962, two of the families cashed in life insurance policies to obtain enough funds to purchase a large home in Lindstrom to serve as their regular meeting place.  Unable to support a full-time pastor at that time, the church was served by Reverend Percy Heilig, a retired pastor who had moved into the area, and Clark Goss, who continues to be a member of this church.    In June of 1967, Ernest Schmidt accepted a full-time position as pastor and the church began to grow under his leadership.  The congregation began to meet in facilities which later became the city hall of Chisago City.  Seventy-five new members joined the church in the four years Pastor Schmidt served.  Upon Pastor Schmidt's resignation in 1971, Gene Brush became pastor and the church bought the present property of approximately 20 acres at the junction of US 8 and Minnesota 22.  Pastor Brush led the church's first building program and the first service was held in the new sanctuary in July 1973.  The next year, Chisago Lakes opened a private school on the same property, which continues today with grades K-12.  Pastor Brush resigned in 1975 to go as a missionary to Spain.    Dr. George Cable came from Wisconsin in December 1975 to become the third resident pastor of Chisago Lakes.  In 1979, the church and school were renamed Chisago Lakes Baptist Church to reflect its indentity with the community.  A new educational building was completed with a gymnasium in 1978; an annex for further classrooms and church offices was constructed two years later.  At about this time, Chisago Lakes began to broadcast Sunday morning services over WLKX, Forest Lake, which continues today.  Membership growth was such that it became apparent that new church assembly space would be needed in the near future. In December of 1996, Dr. Cable retired.    During the next 18 months, the pulpit was filled by an assistant pastor and an interim pastor.  Chisago Lakes once again called Dr. Ernest Schmidt, who accepted the position in 1998.  Under Pastor Schmidt's leadership, the church has continued to grow, and Dr. Cable's earlier vision of a larger assembly area was finally realized in January 2001, with the opening of a new 400 seat auditorium, dedicated on February 4, 2001.    In April 2002, Pastor Schmidt announced his resignation and accepted the call to Faith Baptist Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa to lead the Pastoral Department in Practical Theology.  Beginning in June 2002, Pastor Matt Morrell fulfilled the Assistant and Pastoral duites of Chisago Lakes Baptist Church; he was called to be the senior pastor in April 2003.