About Us

Membership

While all genuine believers are members of the universal body of Christ, we believe Scripture teaches that such believers are to express this tangibly through membership in a specific local church. Membership in the local church is crucial for our mutual encouragement, protection, accountability and instruction. 

All prospective members must attend our membership class, which is typically offered a couple of times each year. In this class, we cover topics such as the importance of joining a local church, our statement of faith, our church covenant, our philosophy of ministry and how we intend to live our lives together as the body of Christ. 

Step 1 - Prospective Membership Class 

If you decide to move forward with membership at Goodwood Community after attending the class, the next step is to meet with an elder for a membership interview where we will spend time getting to know one another, answer any questions you may have about our church, hear your story of coming to faith in Christ. Prospective members will then sign our membership commitment (affirming our statement of faith and agreeing to live according to our church covenant). 

Step 2 - Membership Interview

Upon hearing a credible profession of faith and a Biblical understanding of the gospel, the interviewing elder will recommend the candidate for membership to the congregation at the next member's meeting. The current members will be encouraged to get to know the candidate over the next few months in order to cast a meaningful vote to include the prospective member into membership. 

Step 3 - Elder Recommendation 

At the following member's meeting (usually held every few months), the congregation will vote to welcome candidates into membership. 

Step 4 - Congregational Affirmation 

Our Leadership

  • Matt is from Baton Rouge and graduated from UL Lafayette. He met his wife Carla shortly after graduating college and they were married in 2009. He and Carla, along with their two kids, Samuel (12) and Lucia (10), reside in Baton Rouge.  He previously served as an elder for seven years at Christ Covenant Church.

     Matt is an audit professional for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in which he leads risk-based consulting engagements and works with business owners throughout the year to evaluate and assess controls in preparation for annual audits.

     Matt enjoys cooking and eating good food, traveling and spending time with his family, and doing projects around his house.

  • Eric grew up in Baton Rouge in an unchurched family.  He was introduced to Jesus by an elementary school classmate.  He is a graduate of LSU and while there, met and married his wife Patti, in 1986.  They have 6 married children and many grandchildren. Two of their children and their families live and serve as missionaries overseas.

    Eric is the owner of a health screening company and loves to spend time with his family, playing cards with friends, hiking, running, reading, and smoking massive amounts of meat on his industrial smoker. 

  • Casey grew up in Dothan, Alabama in a Christian family.  He heard the gospel and became a Christian sometime during late childhood/early adolescence.  He graduated from Troy University, and it was there through the ministry of Campus Outreach, that he grew significantly in his faith and a heart for evangelism and discipleship.  

    It was also at Troy where he met his wife Jill, and they were married in 2000. They have three children- Jadyn, Jonathan, and Joshua.  Casey has worked for Campus Outreach for 23 years-serving for the last decade as the Regional Director for the ministry in this state. He has been an elder at Christ Covenant Church for seven years and graduated with a masters of divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

    He loves spending time with his family (especially wrestling his boys in the pool), the mountains, watching war movies, sweet tea, college football, and the never-ending quest for really good bbque.