A Word about Finances and Missions
Bayside Community Church has no debt and has no employees. This means
that all of the
gifts to Bayside are used to meet the Church’s modest operating
expenses, to support the personal ministries of our speakers through
honorariums, and to support missionary activities from schools,
colleges and seminaries to domestic and foreign evangelistic
ministries.
Christian Education
Bayside supports a number of seminaries, Christian colleges, Bible
schools, and Christian High schools. These have included Dallas
Theological Seminary, Southern Evangelical Seminary, Moody Bible
Institute, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Emmaus Bible
College, Clearwater Christian College, Cambridge Christian School,
Union University (Stephen Olford Study Program), and Tyndale
Theological Seminary. Bayside also supports The Ryrie Foundation,
providing scholarships for seminary students.
- ALPHA House
- (Adoption, Home for Unwed Mothers)
- Back to the Bible
Ministries
- Bible Discipleship
Ministries
- (Jobe Martin - Youth and Adult Teaching and Apologetics)
- C.S.
Lewis Society
- A Tampa Bay area ministry of apologetics
founded by Dr. Thomas Woodward, author of Doubts About Darwin.
Dr. Woodward has spoken on several occasions here at Bayside.
- CAM
International
- (Overseas)
- Child Evangelism
Fellowship
- This worldwide ministry for children is led in Hillsborough
County by
Bayside’s Sunday School teachers, Bob and Donna Kuntz. Bayside sponsors
the CEF Florida State Fair ministry which has resulted in hundreds of
conversions each year. Bayside has also supported the CEF ministry of
Sam and Sadie Doherty in Ireland.
- Christian Destiny
- (Radio ministry, Evangelism and Apologetics)
- Christian Legal Society
- Dallas Theological Seminary
- Executive Ministries
- (Adult Teaching and Evangelism)
- Family First
- First Ladies Prayer Breakfast
- Friends of Israel Gospel
Ministries
- God's Story Project
- (Christian Film)
- Grace Evangelical Society
- (Robert Wilkin - Adult Evangelism)
- Great Commission Ministries
- (Ryan McKenna - Campus)
- Hope Children's Home
- Bayside supports this school, which has dormitories and a campus
in North Tampa, for orphans, unwanted children, and children from
broken or dysfunctional families. The children range in age from
pre-school to high school seniors. Bayside provides financial support
and also sponsors a Christmas party with a gift for each child.
- Institute for Basic Life Principles
- Institute for Creation Research
- Christian scientific organization founded by Dr. Henry Morris,
Jr. ICR scientists engage in research, sponsor educational programs and
trips to locations including the Grand Canyon, Mount St. Helen's, and
Yellowstone National Park.
- Juventud Evangelica
- (Victor Lopez - Spanish Speaking Ministry - USA)
- Meals on Wheels
- (Food for the Needy)
- Meekness and Truth
Ministries
- (Dave Geisler - Campus)
- Messenger Films
- Christian film ministry of Tampa native Cris
Krusen, producer of Spanish and English language films resulting in
thousands of professions for Christ. Cris has often visited Bayside and
Bayside has sponsored “movie nights” showing his films - most recently
dealing with the conversion to Christ of a number of Muslims.
- Metropolitan Ministries
- (Food to the Needy)
- Moody Bible Institute
- Olford Ministries International
- (Pastoral Training)
- Probe Ministries
- (Kerby Anderson - Radio Ministry, Apologetics)
- Radio Bible Class
- Ryrie Foundation
- (Seminary Scholarships)
- Salvation Army
- (Food to the Needy)
- Samaritan's
Purse
- (Franklin Graham - Evangelism and Food)
This international ministry is led by
Franklin Graham. It provides disaster relief to affected areas
throughout the world, coupled with a strong Christian message.
- Sermon on the Mount
- Bayside members Ruth Young, Nancy Smitz,
and Chelsea McNabb have been involved with this evangelistic ministry
based in Pennsylvania and Florida. Lew Sterrett, head of the ministry,
has held programs at the Florida State Fair resulting in many
professions of faith in Christ.
- Southern Evangelical Seminary
- A Biblically-sound seminary with
a focus on apologetics founded by frequent Bayside speaker Dr. Norman
Geisler.
- Wales Goebel
Ministries
- Frequent Bayside speaker, Wales Goebel has founded a number of
ministries, including "Sav-a-Life," "Lifeline Village", and the Wales
Goebel Ministry. These ministries have established homes for unwed
mothers and counseling programs for young people, and have assisted in
adoption proceedings.
- Word of Life
- (Youth)