Prairie Baptist Church

Varied Worship experiences embracing creativity and giftedness, Caring, Service oriented, Spiritually and Theologically formative, working to be more authentic, honest, and healthy, works to understand one another and love one another inspite of our differences, open to dialogue, listening, caring, seeking ways to be meaningful to one another and our world as God seeks to transforms us and the world around us.


What Makes Prairie Baptist Church Distinctive?

We are an American Baptist Church…

• that lives out equal partnership between women and men, accepts people of great diversity and practices respect for everyone.
• with a strong tradition of ministries with children and youth, where continuing spiritual growth is valued and encouraged for every person.
• that humbly seeks to be the hands and feet of Christ in the world, caring for those in need.
• that offers participatory, creative styles of worship with high standards of excellence in preaching, music, liturgy and the experience of worship.
• with gifted leaders who make a difference in the world.
• based on the historic Baptist liberties of local church autonomy, separation of church and state, soul liberty, and scriptural liberty.
• that is a leadership church within the American Baptist Churches USA, committed to American Baptist values and mission.
• In the suburbs that cares deeply about racial and economic justice and equality.
• that practices open communion, open faith and an open contextual interpretation of scripture.
• that encourages questions and doesn’t impose answers.