St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

St. Paul’s has been our church home for almost 20 years. It has a very welcoming congregation. Pastor Kal Waetzig is a very caring pastor and his team of church and school staff are dedicated and skilled. The school Bella Vista Christian Academy provides an excellent start for your kids with the preschool and continues through 8^th grade. This is a wonderful place to get acquainted with our Lord Jesus and to serve Him.

This church is the one church for us. When my wife and I married nearly two decades ago, we came from diverse religious backgrounds. She was coming from a Baptist church and I came from a Greek Orthodox church. This church offered a bit from both worlds, a contemporary format ensuring the enthusiasm of youth, plus it offered long-​standing traditions.
St Paul’s Lutheran Church was founded more than 122 years ago and it is deeply rooted in the Word of our Lord. Traditional values and worship are available. Contemporary style of worship is also available and thriving. There is a strong youth program, complete with a pre-​school and a K-​8 school providing first-​class education.
If you’re looking for a church, please consider this church. The Pastor, staff, and everyone attending are extremely friendly and they’ll all give you a welcoming embrace when you arrive.

Avoid this Lutheran church at all costs. Find a Lutheran church in another city. This church says the Law is irrelevant legalism and should not be taught. They also believe that baptism is a public profession and not the entrance into the New Covenant in Jesus Christ and the source of grace. They do not agree with the Bible or Luther. Anyone who refuses to enter New Covenant through baptism or blasphemes the Holy Spirit will be condemned. Don’t make this you!!!

After visiting nearly every church in the area we were very pleased to find St Paul’s. The Pastor (Kal Waetzig), his Wife and the entire Staff at St Paul’s have always been encouraging and helpful to many people and especially to us. God is alive and working through the Family at St Paul’s and I highly recommend this church if you’re looking for a ‘Home’ (and especially a Youth Group for your children), like we were.

I love this place! This is my church home and we agreed to move halfway across the country to be a part of this amazing ministry team and this church family. I love that this is a place where whether it’s a time of joy, sadness, anger, celebrations or disagreements between this church family, the focus is still to get people to know Jesus Christ and to better realize what his work for us does to change our lives!
Not only do we love our church family but we love Bella Vista Christian Academy (Preschool, K-​8^th Grade). The staff and teaching faculty are absolutely top-​notch and are clearly working to provide a premier Christ-​centered education that hones and prepares children to use their gift and talents in their next phase of life whether that’s simply the next grade or gearing up for high school.
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I’ve attended St. Paul’s for several years. The members of this church are some of the kindest most loving folks I’ve met in my life.
One example of how loving this church can be occurred when my wife and I brought home our adoptive son with no warning of the day he was coming. We were ill prepared thinking we would have several more months to plan and had nothing, no crib, no clothes, not even diapers. The members of this church met us at our home when we got there with everything that one would ever need for a newborn. Crib, diapers, bottles, formula, clothes and the list goes on longer than I’ve got room for in this review. We didn’t need to leave home for anything for several weeks.
This is just one example of the amazing work the members of this church do for their community. They truly live what it means to follow Christ.
Mr. William G, I’m sorry you had a bad experience. The ‘father’ of this church is God. Please come back and let us make you feel more welcomed. If you felt lied to, please message me with more details, I’d be interested in understanding your point of view.