Lakeside Baptist Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Mark Forrest (Senior Pastor); Dr. Malcolm Yarnell (Teaching Pastor)

Founded Unknown

Denomination SBC

Service Times See website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry No

Website lbcgranbury.com

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Strong

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

All listed pastoral staff male. Two women on staff (Day Weeks - Preschool Minister, others) hold Minister/Director titles, not Pastor titles. Complementarian polity intact.

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Malcolm Yarnell as Teaching Pastor is a strong endorsement of expository, BF&M2000-aligned preaching — Yarnell is a longtime SWBTS systematic theology professor and author of multiple Baptist theology works.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Strong

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Strong

Assessment

Lakeside Baptist Church Granbury (founded 1985) is a confessional SBC church on Lake Granbury, led by Senior Pastor Mark Forrest with Dr. Malcolm Yarnell as Teaching Pastor — a major theological accountability marker (Yarnell is a SWBTS research professor and prominent Baptist theologian). All-male pastoral team, complementarian, BFM2000-aligned. Below the highest megachurch tier numerically but theologically robust.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source lbcgranbury.com/staff/
[2] Live source faithstreet.com/church/lakeside-baptist-church-granbury-tx

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