About Us
We are a non-denominational church who believe we exist to make Disciples who…GO to the missing, LOVE the marginalized and LIVE as God's kids. We all carry a story as unique and varied as we are. We want to hear yours and walk alongside you in the journey. Together, we are exploring who God is and discovering that a life worth living is only found in Christ.
There is a place for you here. Join us.
Our Mission
Making Disciples who…GO to the missing, LOVE the marginalized, and LIVE as God’s kids.
Go to the missing. Jesus spent much of His time pursuing those who had not embraced Him—encouraging them in love and truth. So we strive to do that as well.
Love the marginalized. We think of ‘marginalized’ as a verb—an action happening to a group of people. It’s an action that the world is performing, not God. Or in other words, the marginalized are people who Jesus invites, but the world doesn’t. So we want to invite and love them as well.
Live as God’s kids. We believe that God created every single one of us and has given us the opportunity to live as His kids. We want to live lives that honor our Father and reflect His heart. We not only want to embrace and accept Jesus into our hearts, but also want to pattern our lives as His disciples.
Our Values
Relationships. The people in your life shape your life (Proverbs 13:20).
Relevance. We want to be culturally and biblically relevant. If we are merely culturally relevant, it's meaningless (2 Timothy 3:16).
Replication. We want to be the church, not just do church. So we take the words of Jesus seriously when He said, "go make disciples" (Matthew 28:19).
Restoration You can't read the bible without learning about the restoring heart of God. He wants to restore you, your family, our community and the world. (Joel 2:25).
Our Beliefs
Our basic beliefs represent the most simple and foundational beliefs of Christian orthodoxy and capture the basic contours of Christian theology. For a more complete picture of what we believe, please read below.
The Bible. The Bible is the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to man, the infallible rule of faith and conduct, and is superior to conscience and reason, but not contrary to reason. (2 Tim. 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Heb. 4:12)
The Trinity. The triune Godhead is comprised of three (3) separate and distinct personalities, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, who are eternally self-existent, self-revealed and function as one entity. Jesus Christ, who is God manifested in the flesh, is the second member of the Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with The Father and The Holy Spirit.
The Fall. Man was created good and upright, for God said, "Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness". But, man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ the Son of God (Genesis 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21).
Salvation.
(a) Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. On the cross Jesus Christ became sin and sickness providing both salvation and divine healing for all mankind (Psalm 103:3), being justified freely by His Grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. For by grace we are saved through faith. "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation". (Romans 3:24; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 10:8-10).
(b) The evidence of Salvation. The inward evidence to the believer of his salvation, is the direct witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. "And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us" (1 John 3:23).
(c) Faith and Works. Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and not by human works; however, our works will determine the rewards in eternity (Romans 10:9-10 and II Cor. 5:10).
Baptism. The ordinance of baptism by a burial with Christ should be observed as commanded in the Scriptures by all who have really repented and in their hearts have truly believed on Christ as Savior and Lord. In so doing, they declare to the world that they have died with Jesus and that they have also been raised with Him to walk in newness of life. (Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:47, 48; Romans 6:4).
Communion. "And when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, 'This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup" (1 Cor. 11:24; 25, 28).
The Father. All believers are entitled to, and should ardently expect and earnestly seek, the promise of the Father, the Baptism in the Holy Ghost and Fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; 1 Cor. 12:1-31). This wonderful experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth (Acts 2:38; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9).
The Son. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, fully divine and fully human, the eternal and pre-existent Word. By His death Christ made full atonement for our sins, and by His resurrection He showed Himself to be the Lord and giver of life to all who believe. He is the only plan for bringing people who are enemies of God back into a right relationship with God. He lived a perfect life, so that He could be a substitution for us in reconciling us with God, Who is perfect. He received punishment for our sins when He died on the cross to satisfy God’s wrath. He defeated death in His resurrection so that we could have life. He overcame sin, death, and evil to set the world right. He ushered in the Kingdom of God here and now and for eternity (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-23, 3:17, 8:29, 14:33, 16:16, 28:5-6, Acts 1:9. 2:22-24, 7:55-56, Romans 1:3-4, 3:23-26, 8, 10:4, 1 Corinthians 8:6).
The Holy Spirit. We believe the Holy Spirit is given to each believer, for the good of all, for the benefit of the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 12:1-11).
The Church. The Ministry is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in Heaven (Ephesians 1:22; 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23).
The Return. Jesus is coming again to gather all His Saints to Heaven (I Cor. 15:51-52; I Thess. 4:16-17; and II Thess. 2:1).
How we began…
Blue Ash Community Church was founded to impact the Blue Ash Community and surrounding communities. In February 2013, we opened for weekly services at the Sycamore Senior Center (which is now Infintech) in Blue Ash, Ohio.
In March 2016, we moved our services to the new Envision Cinemas.
In April 2017, we were blessed with a new church home, 10272 Alliance Road, what is our permanent home!
In February 2019, our church family contributed $56,000 for the expansion to Impact more of the Blue Ash Community.
June 2019 we expanded to open a new BACC Kids wing.
In February 2023, we launched our THRIVE initiative to deepen our roots and expand our reach. THRIVE is a 3-year commitment to expand adding 5,900 sq ft to the footprint of BACC. In April 2024, the space was opened and provided a renovated auditorium, a dedicated BA Youth room, added rooms for the Blue Ash Kids, with additional classrooms and a dedicated sensory room, a larger lobby and a Prayer Room.