Beltway Park Baptist Church

Beltway Park
Beltway Park Church
Beltway Park Church in 2013
32°20′59″N 99°46′33″W / 32.3498°N 99.7759°W / 32.3498; -99.7759Coordinates: 32°20′59″N 99°46′33″W / 32.3498°N 99.7759°W / 32.3498; -99.7759
Location	Abilene, Texas
Country	United States
Denomination	Evangelical, Charismatic Christianity
Weekly attendance	4,850
Website	beltway.org
History
Former name(s)	Beltway Park Baptist Church
Founded	August 11, 1985
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)	David McQueen

Beltway Park Church is a charismatic Christian megachurch located in Abilene, Texas that was founded in 1985. In 2015, Beltway Park averaged approximately 4,850 people in attendance each week. The head pastor is David McQueen. Beltway Park has two campuses, one located on the south side of Abilene in the Wylie, Taylor County, Texas area, and the other in North Abilene near Abilene Christian University.Matt Chandler was on staff at Beltway Park from 1996 to 1999 and indicates this time as important in restoring his value for the local church. Beltway Park has jumped into the Christian music industry with their album Heaven Came Down. This album was written and recorded by the Beltway college ministry. Beltway dropped Baptist from their name, symbolizing their distancing from traditional Baptist practice and theology and transition into a charismatic church.

In late 2013, Beltway Park announced plans to construct a new satellite campus on the north side of Abilene. Construction began by December 2013 and was completed in the spring on 2015. The church has continued to grow with the North Campus presence and has shown a 45% increase in average attendance since 2010.

Beltway Park is a Protestant, bible-believing fellowship that adheres to Christian orthodoxy and is in accordance with classic Christian doctrine.

Beltway Park is committed to credobaptism, immersion as a confession of faith. They offer classes on the subject as well as making water baptism a prerequisite to membership.

Beltway Park has adopted a charismatic Christian theology under McQueen's leadership. The church believes that all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and Faith healing are active in the church today. The church has a physical healing prayer team available for ministry. In the summer of 2015, a Word, Spirit, and Power conference was held and many were slain in the Spirit and some experienced holy laughter signifying the church's commitment and openness to the work of the Holy Spirit.