Ocean View Church

Specialties

Ocean View Church exists to glorify God by producing fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

History

Established in 1947.

Pastor B.B. Garrison, who made his way from Texas to the great mission field of California in order to establish a Baptist Bible Fellowship church «mid-​way» between Imperial Beach and Palm City, founded Midway Baptist Church in 1947. After Rev. Garrison’s retirement and a one-​year stay by interim pastor Ron Bates, Jim and Pat Baize arrived at Midway in November 1973.

The rest, as they say, is history. Midway experienced dynamic growth under the leadership of Jim Baize and went from about 100 in attendance and a budget of $ 33,000.00 to more than 500 in attendance in just three short years. The old building located at 612 — 11^th Street in Imperial Beach was quickly outgrown, so new property was purchased. The church moved to 2460 Palm Avenue in South San Diego in October 1977.

From an initial purchase of eight acres and an attendance of about 600 at the time of relocation, Midway has grown to its current attendance average of almost 1400, has a budget of over one and one-​half million