Services
Sunday Services
Wednesday Night Adults
Sunday School 9:00am - 9:45am
Morning Worship 10:15am
Evening Worship 6:00pm
Nursery provided for all services
(ages infant to 3 years old)
Adult Bible Study and Prayer Meeting 7:00pm
Wednesday Night Kids
6:45-8:30pm
during the school year ONLY
Adventure Club: ages 3 - 3rd grade
Ignite: 7th - 12th Grade
Church Covenant
Having been led by the Holy Spirit to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior,
and on the public confession of our faith, having been immersed in the name of the Father and the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God and this assembly solemnly
and joyfully reaffirm our covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
We purpose therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love,
to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness and comfort,
to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to attend its services regularly; to sustain its worship,
ordinances, disciplines and doctrines; to give it a sacred preeminence over all institutions of human origin;
to give faithfully of time and talent in its activities; to contribute cheerfully and regularly as God has prospered us, to the ministry, the expenses of the church, relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel throughout all nations. We also will endeavor to begin and maintain secret prayer,
personal Bible study and family prayer and Bible study, to train our children according to the Word of God;
to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world,
to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our conduct, to avoid all gossip,
backbiting, and bitterness; to abstain from all forms of activity which dishonor our Lord Jesus Christ
and cause stumbling to a fellow believer or hinder the winning of a soul to Christ.
We further purpose to encourage one another in the blessed hope of our Lord’s return;
to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer;
to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech;
to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation,
and mindful of the guidelines of our Savior, to seek it without delay.
We moreover purpose that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible,
unite with some other church of like faith and order where we can carry out the spirit of this Covenant
and the principles of God’s Word.
In the event there is no such church, we shall seek with the Lord’s help to establish one.
Vision Statement
We were natural born enemies of God.
Blinded by our pride and hopelessly enslaved to sin, we were each condemned to eternal suffering
and separation from God.
We are adopted children of God.
By God's grace through Jesus' life,
death and resurrection,
together we are growing up in every way into Christ.
We will be holy people of God.
Together we will live forever as worshippers
who delight in God's holiness
and experience His glory.
Mission
Statement
Therefore...
as the Bride of Christ let us love God supremely. By the power of His Spirit,
we proclaim His name as we strive
to both become and make disciples
growing in grace and truth
for His glory alone.
Our History
In 1835 seven pioneers traveled to the wilderness of north central Ohio.
These seven people were the founding members of Camden Baptist Church.
They began holding worship services in a log cabin and did so until they built a permanent church building in 1849.
The church burned down ten years later and was rebuilt in 1860 after the same pattern of the previous building.
This building remained until the summer of 1998 when it too burned down due to a lightning strike, accompanied by a severe thunderstorm. By this time the church had grown to approximately 300 people.
Several building expansions had taken place between 1968 - 1998.
A Christian woman in the community donated 20 acres of land to the church just a few days after the devastating fire.
For the next two years, until the new church was completed,
the congregation met for worship in the Fellowship Hall of the former building which survived the fire. Today we meet each Sunday for worship and each Wednesday for prayer.
We are mindful that God has given us a rich Christian heritage
through the faithfulness of generations of believers who have gone before.
We are also mindful of the Biblical principle "to whom much is given, much shall be required."
Staff
Larry Nocella
Senior Pastor
Larry Nocella began serving at Camden in 1994
in the role of youth pastor.
After six years he was asked to serve as senior pastor and has continued in that role since the fall of 2000. It was at his home church in Columbus where he met and married his high school sweetheart, Lori. The Lord has blessed them with four children and two grandchildren.
The two greatest blessings he enjoys as a pastor are: 1) seeing people respond to Christ's offer of salvation from sin and becoming part of the family of God and 2) watching professing believers
grow in their faith in Christ.
Rita Marcum
Church Secretary
Rita grew up in the area and has been attending Camden Baptist since she was 6 years old.
She has faithfully served as secretary
off and on since the 1970's.
She has been full time since 1998 and the Lord has used her to bless many lives in this ministry. Rita married Jim Marcum on May 1, 1982
and they have 2 daughters.
The Marcum's live in Wellington, Ohio.
William "Bill" Kopas Jr
Associate Pastor
Pastor Bill and Jeanne (PB&J) have been blessed to call Camden Baptist Church home since 2001. Married in 1991, together they have been privileged to parent eight children.
Over the course of their marriage, family, and ministry they have witnessed God’s faithfulness through the best and worst of times.
They are more convinced than ever
that God’s grace is sufficient,
and His Word is trustworthy.
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
(Isaiah 6:3, ESV)
