Port Bethel Baptist Church

What are services like?
WE PREACH THE GOSPEL SALVATION COMES THROUGH MAKING A PERSONAL DECISION TO REPENT AND RECEIVE JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS IS THE GOSPEL, THE DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESSURECTION.

What is the community like?
WE HOST ABOUT 50,000 INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS THAT VISIT OUR PORT, THOUSANDS OF PORT WORKERS, AND HUNDREDS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL

What if I'm not a Christian?
JESUS SAID WE MUST REPENT, BE BORN AGAIN, AND RECEIVE THE KINGDOM. THIS MEANS THAT WE MUST ADMIT TO GOD THAT WE HAVE DONE WRONG THINGS AND WE ARE WILLING TO TURN FROM THEM. WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS TO PAY FOR THE WRONG THINGS WE HAVE DONE AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD. WE MUST ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS AND INVITE JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS AND LIVES TO BE OUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR. WE DO THIS IN A PRAYER LIKE THIS: DEAR JESUS, I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER (HAVE DONE WRONG THINGS) AND I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. I BELIEVE YOU DIED FOR MY SINS AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD. I TURN FROM MY SINS AND INVITE YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART AND LIFE. I WANT TO TRUST AND FOLLOW YOU AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. IN YOUR NAME, AMEN WHEN WE PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS AND MEAN IT, JESUS COMES IN DWELL US IN OUR HEARTS AND LIVES AS OUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR, IN THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO HELP US LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE FROM THE INSIDE. HE WILL CHANGE US FROM THE INSIDE OUT AS WE YIELD OURSELVES TO HIM. HE EXPECTS US TO READ THE BIBLE EVERY DAY. TALK TO HIM IN PRAYER EVERYDAY. TELL OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT HIM, THAT HE LOVED US ENOUGH TO COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO DIE FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS. WE WANTS US TO WORSHIP TOGETHER WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS AND SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS. JESUS IS THE GOSPEL.: HE IS THE SON OF GOD (GOD IN THE FLESH) HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN, LIVED A SINLESS LIFE, WILLING DIED ON THE CROSS TO PAY FOR OUR SINS. HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. HE ASCENDED BACK INTO HEAVEN TO TAKE HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD'S THRONE WHERE HE REPRESENTS US BEFORE GOD AS OUR ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST. IF YOU HAVE PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND MEANT IT IN YOUR HEART, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT: [email protected] visit our web page at tampaportministries.com WESLEY DUNN PASTOR OF PORT BETHEL (THE SEAFARERS CHURCH) DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY/SENIOR CHAPLAIN TAMPA PORT MINISTRIES, INC./TAMPA SEAFARERS CENTER