Our church began as an intentional mission of Balboa Baptist in 2005. Likewise, Balboa had begun as a mission of Barcelona Road Baptist in 1991. Long range planning for Balboa Baptist included a goal stating that when their membership reached 500, they would establish a mission church in the center of the Village. The objective was to have three Southern Baptist churches—Barcelona Road on the west end, Balboa on the east end, and a new church in the center—thus the establishment of Coronado Baptist Church. This mission church began meeting at the Coronado Community Center.
The first service was a Wednesday night prayer gathering on November 6, 2005. The planting pastor was Johnny Ross, whom Balboa had called on staff to lead the church planting effort. Five months later Coronado Baptist was self-supporting and self-governing. The incorporation date was April 9, 2006, with 91 charter members. Ross remained the intentional interim pastor until January 2007 when Gene Washburne became full-time pastor.
After seven years of praying, planning, sacrifice, waiting, and delays, the groundbreaking for modern facilities to house our various ministries was September 11, 2012. One year later, on September 29, 2013, we moved to the new facilities at 91 Coronado Drive, on about 13 acres of property at the corner of Minorca Road and Coronado Drive.
Since our beginnings, our church has grown. We have concentrated on expository Bible study, biblical preaching, missions, love, service, prayer, and outreach.
God has been gracious and kind to us in so many ways. We are a multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-lingual evangelical congregation of Christ followers from around the nation, and even the world. We come from various vocational, educational, socio-economic, and family backgrounds. We have folks who speak Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, modern Greek, and even Texan, Mississippian, Californian, and Cajun! We each testify to a personal life-changing relationship with Jesus as our only Lord and Savior by faith alone. Jesus Himself unites us as brothers and sisters adopted as children into His family.
As a congregation we can testify to how God has provided in unexpected ways.
Our challenge is to be found faithful in pursuit of the divine mission He has entrusted to us. The Great Commandment and the Great Commission are more than abstract concepts to us; they are the very reason for our existence, until He returns or calls us home to heaven.