On June 25, 1995 Caveland Baptist Church leased the Victorious Faith Church for three years.  On May 25, 1997 Caveland purchased an additional acre of land for future building, making a total of three acres. Caveland began to build in 1998-99 and even had the basement dug, but the church building that was being leased went up for sale. Caveland decided to stop the building process of the new church and buy the existing church building. On February 14^th, 1999 Caveland purchased the church building on 207 Broadway in Cave City and on August 29^th of the same year, bought another acre of land, giving the church a total of four acres for future building. The Lord blessed the church, so that all was paid for in approximately one year!

          In December of 1999, Pastor Sammy Hunt announced his call to leave the church. After his resignation, on Jan 16^th, 2000, Pastor Chad Hunt (his eldest son) was elected as Senior Pastor. The church continued to grow in membership, and soon the church averaged 100-120 people each Sunday. Today Caveland has reached over 500 in attendance, completed phase one building project in Nov. 2006, and plans to complete an additional sanctuary, youth sanctuary, and education facility in 2008-2009.

Phase One Nov. 2006

Our Beliefs

The Holy Bible is the true and only word of God, written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 3:15-17, 2 Pet. 1:19-21).

God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and all living things (Gen. 1, Gen. 2:7).

The Lord God of Heaven is the only God (1 Corth. 8: 6).

Our God consist of three persons (Trinity), The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit (1 John 5:7, Mt. 28:19, Jn. 14:26).

Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven; there is no other way. (Jn. 14:6)

Salvation is obtained only through faith in Jesus Christ, by grace and not by our works (Eph. 2: 8-10).

Jesus Christ freely gave His life on the cross; He arose on the third day, and is now in Heaven with the Father. The blood of Jesus Christ covers all sins (Acts 2: 22-27, Jn. 10: 17-18).

Those who believe and trust in Jesus Christ are eternally secure in their salvation. (Eph. 1:13, James 1:17, Jn. 10: 29, Rom. 8: 38-39)

The New Testament church is made up of born-again believers, directed by the Holy Spirit, and lead by the pastor and church leadership (1Corth. 12:7, 11, John 3: 3, 1 Tim. 3: 1-5).

The Gifts of the Spirit are available to all believers at the Holy Spirit’s discretion, and are to be used in an orderly fashion for the edifying of the church. (1 Corth. 12-14, Eph. 4:11-13)

The Lord’s Supper and Baptism are the two ordinances of the church.  (1 Corth. 11: 23-26)

Marriage- We believe that marriage is between one man and one woman; homosexual or bi-sexual relationships are an abomination to the Lord and against the Word of God. (Romans 1:25-29)

Divorce- We believe that divorce was not the intent of God in the beginning (Mt. 19:8), but was instituted during the time of Moses, and allowed reluctantly by Jesus Himself (Mt. 5:32, Mt. 19:9). While it is better to reconcile if possible, divorce sometimes is an unavoidable consequence of spousal behavior and the sins of mankind. Re-marriage, consequently, is preferred to living in or committing adultery.

     The apostle Paul recognized this and other concerns in First Corinthians chapter 7. Also, Paul spoke strongly against the undesirable practice of polygamy during his time, and forbade it (verse 2). Because Paul addressed this problem here, we can conclude that his listing of the qualifications of a bishop and deacon (First Timothy 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6) as requiring a candidate for these offices to have only one wife reflects his (and God’s) position regarding the practice of polygamy.

     A person who has been divorced has as much opportunity to serve God as one who has never been married or divorced before. We believe that our Father in Heaven forgives all sin when we come to Him with a true repentive heart. True repentance shows fruit of change and commitment, and that is what God is interested in