Our goal at Harvest Baptist Church is to spiritually impact every individual God gives us. We want to help you experience the power of a genuine conversation and to be set free from any form of bondage. Ultimately, we want to help create within you a new culture of spiritual greatness. All of this together will in return help impact and reach the world for God’s glory.
I love this church! Christ is exalted and the members of the church come from all different walks of life. The word of God is preached, the gospel goes out and the widows are taking care of. This is a great church to raise your family in. We love our preacher and his family. One of the members of the church gave us a van when we first moved here. I can speak of so many other accounts where they loved on us when we did not know anyone.
This is a great example of a cult fronting as a “church.” The pastor has ran off his son-in-laws parents, tells the congregation and anyone who will listen that they run by faith, then gets up and tells them that the staff couldn’t be paid or had to take a reduced salary because the offerings weren’t large enough. Has changed his standards on the internet and songs (he used to preach against the internet – even had special speakers in to preach against it & told the congregation that they would only use the old-fashioned hymns and not the “new Christian worship music” then started letting his son bring in “old choruses” that are in fact current contemporary Christian music (but just the choruses). Has stolen faculty from other churches around the country that he goes to speak at & brings them here to serve (many are gone & some out of the ministry altogether after 2-3 years of working for Smith. Has accepted money to buy buildings from Jack Decoster, yes the same one who was convicted of the salmonella tainted eggs from his egg farms & hiring illegal workers to work his farms. Not to mention running off a staff member because his adult daughter who lived on her own in a different town got pregnant out of wedlock. It is preached that women should have no say & not wear pants or anything other than skirts or dresses all the time. He expects complete obedience and following his rules or you get preached at from his pulpit.
3 Reviews on “Harvest Baptist Church - Fort Dodge, IA”
Great place, Great atmosphere, and very welcoming!
I love this church! Christ is exalted and the members of the church come from all different walks of life. The word of God is preached, the gospel goes out and the widows are taking care of. This is a great church to raise your family in. We love our preacher and his family. One of the members of the church gave us a van when we first moved here. I can speak of so many other accounts where they loved on us when we did not know anyone.
This is a great example of a cult fronting as a “church.” The pastor has ran off his son-in-laws parents, tells the congregation and anyone who will listen that they run by faith, then gets up and tells them that the staff couldn’t be paid or had to take a reduced salary because the offerings weren’t large enough. Has changed his standards on the internet and songs (he used to preach against the internet – even had special speakers in to preach against it & told the congregation that they would only use the old-fashioned hymns and not the “new Christian worship music” then started letting his son bring in “old choruses” that are in fact current contemporary Christian music (but just the choruses). Has stolen faculty from other churches around the country that he goes to speak at & brings them here to serve (many are gone & some out of the ministry altogether after 2-3 years of working for Smith. Has accepted money to buy buildings from Jack Decoster, yes the same one who was convicted of the salmonella tainted eggs from his egg farms & hiring illegal workers to work his farms. Not to mention running off a staff member because his adult daughter who lived on her own in a different town got pregnant out of wedlock. It is preached that women should have no say & not wear pants or anything other than skirts or dresses all the time. He expects complete obedience and following his rules or you get preached at from his pulpit.
You are unfounded on your facts, before running your mouth off about the minsistry and how it works maybe try to live and breath in it.