Sundays on West Center Road
Goldsby Church sits at 153 West Center Road in Goldsby, Oklahoma, a Southern Baptist congregation whose stated vision is to equip every member as a disciple-making witness for Jesus, impacting the community and the world. Sunday is the church's main gathering day, with two identical worship services at 9:00 AM and 10:45 AM designed so that families and friends can pick whichever hour works best for them.
Sunday School gathers at 9:30 AM for everyone from nursery age through adult, and an additional adult Sunday School hour is offered alongside the 10:45 service. Children in third grade and below may continue into Children's Church from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, and the nursery is staffed from 9:00 AM until noon for newborns through two-year-olds. After the morning hours, the church keeps going: a slate of small groups meets on Sunday evenings at 5:00 PM.
First-time guests find a low-key welcome. Visitors encounter friendly faces, heartfelt worship, biblical teaching, and a place where every member of the family can feel at home. Free coffee and donuts are set out before services, and the dress ranges from jeans and t-shirts to Sunday best. A Connect Card is tucked into the chair backs for anyone who would like the church to follow up after their visit.
A Week That Centers on Wednesday
Wednesday night is when much of the discipleship happens at Goldsby Church. A fellowship meal is served at 5:30 PM, and a range of adult classes and small groups gathers across the campus at 6:30 PM. The choices include a coed Bible study taught by Gary Miller and Scott Campbell, ladies groups led by Emily Sandusky and Kim Ohsfeldt, a men's study with Eric Ohsfeldt and Gabe Blair, and a Financial Peace class led by Bryan and Sherry Hodges. A men's Bible study and a women's Bible study also gather on Wednesday nights for those who prefer a focused setting.
The same evening brings children's programming for nursery through fifth grade from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, and middle and high school students gather for a free meal at 6:00 PM followed by student-led worship, a Bible lesson, and small groups broken up by age and gender. A Senior Adult Fellowship meets Tuesday evenings at 6:00 PM for the church's older members. The men's ministry gathers for breakfast on Saturday mornings, and a College and Young Adult Group meets on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM in the Conference Center at the West Campus.
Goldsby KIDS: Birth Through Fifth Grade
The children's ministry at Goldsby is organized under the name Goldsby KIDS and serves children from infants through sixth grade. The Children's Ministry building is to the east of the main church, with a covered walkway connecting to the west entrance for easy access. Inside, every classroom is staffed by background-checked volunteers trained by the children's staff, and security personnel monitor the hallways during each service.
Check-in runs through a computer system that prints matching name tags and parent receipts. Each family receives a tag for the adult and a corresponding tag for the child, and only an adult carrying the matching tag can pick up a child afterward. If the church needs to reach a parent during a service, it sends a text or a phone call directly. Background-checked volunteers work with the bed babies and toddlers during the worship services, and a rotation of volunteers teaches Children's Church during the second service for potty-trained Pre-K children and K-2nd graders in separate groups.
The teaching itself follows four threads. Catechisms introduce each age group to biblical truth through a question-and-answer format that grows more in-depth as the child advances. A chronological curriculum gives children a big-picture view of the Bible so that their faith rests on the whole story. Corporate singing is taught at every age because the church teaches that worship strengthens faith and makes the truth of God easy to remember. And prayer is woven throughout every lesson to help children learn how to talk to God and watch Him answer. Sundays begin with all-age Sunday School from 9:30 to 10:30 AM and continue into Children's Church and the nursery until noon. Wednesdays run from 6:30 to 7:30 PM for the same range of children.
What to Pack for the Nursery
For infants and toddlers, families are asked to bring two or three diapers, a complete change of clothes, and a bottle of milk, formula, juice, or water, along with any pacifiers or comfort items. Every personal item should be labeled with the child's first and last name before drop-off.
Students in the Portable Classrooms
Middle school and high school students at Goldsby Church, grades 7 through 12, are served by Goldsby Student Ministries. The ministry exists to walk alongside students and equip them to thrive in their walk with God and to lead others to thrive with them. Sunday morning classes meet in portable classrooms 3 and 4 west of the main building, where students study the Bible and fellowship together.
Wednesday nights are the main meeting of the week. A free meal is served at 6:00 PM, and then the students transition into a time of student-led worship, a Bible lesson, and small groups broken up by age and gender for deeper discussion. The students hold an annual slate of events, outings, retreats, and mission trips, and release forms and student registration information are available on the student ministry page.
For college-aged young adults, Connie Beller leads a College and Young Adult Group in the Conference Center at the West Campus on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM. The group is meant to keep students connected to the church community during the college years and to give young professionals a place to grow alongside peers.
Adult Small Groups for Every Season
Goldsby Church's adult ministry is organized almost entirely around Sunday School classes and small groups. The church's stated philosophy is that life is not meant to be lived alone, and the result is a wide array of classes meeting across the morning hours, evenings, and the middle of the week.
At 8:00 AM on Sunday mornings, an adult group taught by Ronny Joe Nelson and Robert Andrews meets in Portable Room 2. At 9:30 AM, the choices expand. Gary Miller leads a class in Room 102. Ronnie and Kelli Beller lead a class in the Youth Center at the West Campus. Josh Worthy teaches a Young Parents Group in Portable 3. Robbie Jenkins and Virgie Andrews lead a Senior Adult Ladies class in Room 100, while AJ Brewer leads a Senior Adult Men's group in Room 109. Lindy Brewer leads an Adult Ladies group in the Children's Building, and middle and high school students meet in Rooms 103 through 105. At 10:30 AM, Anthony Fraijo leads an adult group in Room 104, and an additional adult class is offered alongside the 10:45 AM worship service.
Small groups also gather during the week. Sunday evening small groups meet at 5:00 PM as another option for adults who want a deeper connection beyond Sunday morning. The seniors keep their own schedule with a Tuesday evening fellowship at 6:00 PM, and most adults return on Wednesday at 6:30 PM for a class that fits their season.
A Statement of Faith
Goldsby Church teaches a classical Baptist statement of faith, beginning with the Trinity. God, the church teaches, is the Creator and Ruler of the universe and has eternally existed in three co-equal personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, co-equal with the Father, who lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He rose again after three days, ascended to heaven, and will return someday to reign as King.
The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and Son. He makes people aware of their need for Jesus Christ, lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation, and gives each believer power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right. Every believer receives spiritual gifts when they are saved, and Christians seek to live under the Spirit's control daily.
The Bible is described as God's Word to us, written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs about daily living and, because it is inspired by God, is truth without any mixture of error. Human beings are made in the spiritual image of God, but every person is marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God called sin, which separates people from Him. Salvation is a free gift, received only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God's offer of forgiveness; it cannot be earned through self-improvement or good works. Eternal life begins the moment a person receives Christ by faith, and the saved are eternally sealed as children of God. Heaven and hell are real places of eternal existence, and all people will exist forever either separated from God by sin or united with Him through salvation.
Fostering Hope
One of the most distinctive ministries at Goldsby Church is Fostering Hope, a foster care and adoption ministry rooted in the verse from James that religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. The ministry exists, its leaders say, to put the scriptural mandate to care for vulnerable children into action.
The ministry has grown around a cluster of families from the church who are actively licensed as foster parents. The Garriott family is fostering a child and raising a biological child of their own, asking the congregation for prayer for guidance and peace. The Lyles family includes three biological children and two children currently in foster care, and they describe their home as a bridge of love between where a child has been and where God is leading them next. The McElvany family, married eight years, have welcomed fourteen children into their home through foster care alongside their own biological and adopted children, and they invite church members to walk alongside them by bringing a favorite snack or meal on hard days. The Harrison family took their first placement after being introduced to foster care earlier the same year and describe God as having taken over their journey since. Other families, including the Crawfords and Drew and Chelsi Beard, are walking through earlier stages of licensing or respite care.
Fostering Hope is not only for foster parents. The ministry keeps a running list of ways to support these families: bringing meals and snacks, donating supplies, helping with transportation, providing respite, supporting them financially, and praying. A Hope Box and other giving tools are linked through the Fostering Hope page for those who want to give directly to a family. The church's broader prayer ministry also lifts up the foster care families and the children in their homes.
Outreach and Missions
Outreach at Goldsby Church is rooted in the conviction that the church exists to proclaim Christ and lift Him high in the community, the state, the country, and around the world. The church supports that mission through outreach events on campus, outreach events in the community, partnerships with other ministries, giving through the Cooperative Program, and short-term mission trips locally, nationally, and overseas.
Ministry partners named by the church include Church in the Park Norman, the Hope Center in Purcell, the Village of Hope Guatemala mission, Eden Clinic Women, and Mission Norman. The church also maintains an Oklahoma Disaster Relief team that serves both locally and across the country when communities are hit by storms, floods, or other crises. Local mission projects include an annual Serve Day and ongoing ministry to local schools through a School Ministry volunteer team.
For those who want to join a mission trip or volunteer with one of these partners, questions can be directed to missions@goldsbychurch.com. The church also fields a Foster Care Ministry under the outreach umbrella for those who want to assist with the needs of local foster families or consider becoming foster parents themselves, and a Visitor Ministry that welcomes newcomers and reaches out to people new to the community.
Prayer as the Engine
Goldsby Church describes prayer as the engine that drives everything the congregation does, and the Prayer Ministry exists to cover every part of church life in prayer. The church is building a prayer team to seek God's presence, power, and guidance together, and a dedicated Prayer Room is in development for 24-hour access, prayer gatherings, and real-time prayer needs displayed on the walls for intercessors to engage with.
The ministry has gathered a library of prayers and verses for specific needs: addiction, anxiety, children, the church and fellow believers, financial provision, physical healing, and protection. Each section begins with a prayer written in the first person and is followed by a small set of Bible verses chosen for the topic. A prayer request can be submitted online through the church's prayer request form, and those interested in joining the prayer team can contact Dr. Butch Wilson, who leads the Prayer Ministry.
Ways to Serve and Connect
Goldsby Church runs on a volunteer rotation that spans every part of its life, and the church's Ways to Serve list reads like a map of its ministry. Children's ministry relies on rotations for Children's Church, Nursery and Toddlers, Sunday School teachers and assistants, Wednesday night teachers for babies through fifth grade, and helpers for children's events and outings. First Impressions includes greeting, parking lot drivers, safety and security, and traffic direction on Sunday mornings.
Outreach has teams for school ministry, foster care, visitor ministry, and service projects, while the student ministry uses volunteers for events, outings, and hospitality on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Men's and women's ministries pull together retreats, events, outings, and breakfasts. Hospitality covers Wednesday night meals, funeral meals, and church-wide events. The Worship team welcomes singers and instrumentalists, and an Audio/Visual team trains up sound, lights, lyric slides, and camera operators.
Building and Grounds keeps the campus in shape through workday projects several times a year and travels to clean and maintain the church's own cabin at Falls Creek, the Oklahoma Baptist camp, which hosts hundreds of children and students each summer. A Missions team supports local and national mission opportunities, the college ministry welcomes event and outing volunteers, and the Prayer Ministry recruits intercessors for the prayer effort.
All volunteers who serve directly with children or students are required to complete a background check. The church asks every volunteer to agree to a Statement of Faith and a Code of Conduct that covers demeanor, dress, physical and verbal interactions, dependability, and the way they represent Goldsby Church on social media. For those who want to connect but are not ready to commit to a specific role, the Connect Card on the back of every chair is one way to introduce yourself. Services are available online through Goldsby Church Live, and giving can be done online through the Give Now page or by mail to the church office.