Serving Baptist churches in Lake County since 1924.
Fifty autonomous Baptist churches, one shared work: to share the gospel, equip disciples, and build up the body of Christ — from Clermont to Umatilla, and every lake town in between.
The 2026 Annual Meeting
Fifty churches, one evening. Messengers from every member church are invited.
Annual MeetingNot a headquarters.
A helping hand.
An association is not a denomination’s branch office, and it is not a church’s boss. Neighboring congregations chose one another. Since 1924 they have pooled what no one church could carry alone.
Every member church stays autonomous under Christ. LCBA holds no authority over them — it comes alongside so the gospel can reach everyone. LCBA never places or screens candidates; the calling belongs to the church.
Here is what you can
walk into.
A pew this Sunday. Help for a member church. Training we can already name. The association shelf. These doors live on this site — not only at the bottom of the page.
- Find a ChurchSearch fifty member churches by town or name, and find a pew this Sunday.Open
- For ChurchesWhat belonging already puts in reach: training, pastor-search help the association pays for, planting and renewal. LCBA never places or screens candidates; the calling belongs to the church.Open
- TrainingFour honest doors and a living catalog. The classroom is ready: teachers, pastor rooms, and Paths a church can hand its people — opened by the office. We will not send you to an empty login.Open
- ResourcesChild protection, the library, and tools a church can use this week.Open
Planted in 1924.
Still bearing fruit.
When citrus wagons still rolled through the county seat, a handful of congregations covenanted to do together what none could do alone. The towns grew, the steeples multiplied, and the covenant held.
1924
Established
Organized by charter congregations in Lake County, Florida.
50
Member churches
Each one autonomous; each one a partner in the same gospel work.
102yrs
Serving Lake County, FL
Through freezes, booms, hurricanes, and harvests — together.
There’s a church family
near you.
From lakeside chapels to county-seat sanctuaries — search our 50 member churches by town or name, and find a pew with your name on it this Sunday.
50member churches, every one autonomous
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Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.
Life among these churches.
Headlines from Baptist life, gathered for families and churches in Lake County. Every story opens at its source.
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