Lakeside Baptist Church
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Granbury, TX
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Who We Are
Lakeside is a church whose desire is to engage our community and our world with the Gospel. We desire to be grounded in worship, growing in discipleship, and going in service. Because children and students are our priority, our staff and volunteers submit to the most stringent training, policies, and background checks through Ministry Safe.
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Mark Forrest
Brought up in an unchurched family in New Orleans, LA. As a teenager we moved to Shreveport, LA after my parents divorced and a group of students I rode the bus with invited me to youth events and eventually shared the Gospel with me. I was saved on November 8, 1980. I went on to college majoring in Finance believing I could make it as a stock broker, but after 4 years of being involved in the Baptist Student Ministry, I sensed a call to full time ministry. I then went to Southwestern Seminary in Ft. worth, TX. I then married my college sweetheart and after seminary, we left with our six month old daughter to serve in Malawi, Africa as missionaries for two years. After we returned home, I went back to Southwestern to work on my doctorate and began pastoring. I have pastored three wonderful churches in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and have learned so much about ministry. We now have 6 children and they all enjoy being a support in my role as pastor at Lakeside.