Welcome to Genesis Baptist Church. 
We are delighted to have you visit with our
church family.

 Dr. Gregory T. Headen, Pastor

        We have created this website in an effort to help you become
more knowledgeable about our church and the various ministries, programs and events currently in place.   It is our earnest desire
that you continue to grow in your faith by developing a personal
and unshakeable relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. Our church family is available to support and encourage
you along your journey.  Thank you for selecting Genesis as
your site to visit.

CHURCH HISTORY

          In February 27, 1997, about seventy-five members met at the Hayes Taylor YMCA, on
East Market Street in Greensboro North Carolina for prayer and Bible Study with Pastor Headen
and Reverend McLaughlin.

         The small group praised the Lord with songs and studied the Bible.  Afterwards, some
of the members asked Pastor Headen to reserve a room for a worship service on the coming
Sunday.  Pastor Headen did not think many people would come, but he reserved a room at the
Hilton Hotel in downtown Greensboro.  The news spread quickly, and on March 2, 1997, approximately
250 people arrived at the hotel for the Sunday morning worship service.   Church services
continued to be held weekly at the hotel for six months.  On October 5, 1997, the congregation
and worship services were relocated to our present location at 2812 E. Bessemer Avenue,
Greensboro North Carolina.

VISION STATEMENT

The vision of Genesis is to experience the presence of God as He inhabits the praises of his people,
to learn more about God by studying the Bible, Christian Theology and Church History, giving truth
practical application to our lives, work, and relationships; and to be a Christian community that reaches
for the lost and hurting in every creative way possible based on our gifts, talents, and resources.  We
seek to have those we reach to experience God’s presence, learn and apply truth to their lives, and
reach others by sharing their faith.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

  We Believe...

- Every human being is to be valued as a creature in the image of God with inherent worth, a
candidate for redemption and eternal life without respect to age, race, gender, or socioeconomic
status.

-The Bible is the supreme guide in matters of faith practice. We believe it to be written by persons
who were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

- Only those who are connected to Jesus Christ by faith in his life, death, and resurrection and who
are participants in his redemptive purpose in the world are truly the Body of Christ.

- The gifts and calling of every believer in Jesus Christ without regard to cultural, biological, or social
distinctions. We are obligated to encourage every person who believes to stir up the gift that is within
him/her and to walk in his/her calling.

-That genuine fellowship is one of the highest expressions of Christian community and nurture for
the human spirit. We are obligated to participate in and to enhance such fellowship.

-That the nurture of our children and young people is of utmost priority, that whole persons do not fall
from the sky, but they have to be made through nurture, growth, and development. This is much of the
church’s ministry.

-That we are sent to the world as witnesses for our Lord. A complacent disposition with regard to saving
souls is contradictory to the teaching of our Lord. We must proactively find the lost, share with them the
gospel, and lead them to the Savior, Jesus Christ.