About Trinity Bible Chapel
To glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment. We exist to make mature disciples of Jesus Christ who love God wholeheartedly, love their neighbours faithfully, and live in a way that reflects His character, presence, and power. As we worship, grow in obedience, serve others, and make Christ known, we seek to glorify God in every part of life.
What Defines Us
Built on the foundation of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:11), our church is shaped by four key pillars — rooted in biblical truth and reflected in every area of ministry.
2 Timothy 4:2
John 4:24
Ephesians 6:18
Ephesians 6:19-20
How We Live It Out
The Three W's describe what it looks like to belong at Trinity — worshiping together, walking in obedience, and working for the good of the body and the advance of the gospel.
We gather each Lord’s Day to lift high the name of Jesus through the preached Word, congregational singing, prayer, and the ordinances — offering God the reverence and affection He alone deserves (John 4:24).
We pursue holiness together, growing in obedience to Christ through small groups, discipleship relationships, and mutual accountability, being conformed to His image in the ordinary rhythms of life (Romans 8:29).
We serve the body and the mission Christ has given us, using our gifts to build up the church, care for one another, and make His name known in our homes, our neighbourhoods, and beyond (Ephesians 4:12).
Our Story
In November 2000, a group of Christians began meeting in a small warehouse in the middle of Cambridge. Out of that gathering, a church was planted called The Warehouse Fellowship. From the beginning, there was a strong desire to worship the Lord faithfully and reach the surrounding community with the gospel. The early days were exciting as the church began to grow. By June 2001, the congregation moved from the warehouse to the gymnasium of Cambridge Christian School in the south end of Cambridge.
As time went on, growth slowed and the church began to feel increasingly isolated. Desiring to be part of a larger movement, the elders of The Warehouse Fellowship approached the leadership of Harvest Bible Fellowship and began the process of becoming a Harvest Bible Chapel. In August 2008, the church voted to join the Harvest Bible Fellowship. Those early years were difficult — leadership changed, the elder board experienced instability, and half the congregation left. Yet through that season, the church continued to pray, and the Lord slowly brought stability and renewed growth.
In September 2011, the Lord opened the door for a bus ministry to the nearby universities, which grew to bring hundreds of students to church each week. As more people came from across the region, the church's name changed to Harvest Bible Chapel Waterloo Region. A second Sunday service was added in March 2014, and in February 2016 the church relocated to Woodland Christian High School in Breslau. Through this entire season, God saved people, many were baptized, and the church was strengthened.
In late 2017, following the dissolving of the Harvest Bible Fellowship, the elders believed the Lord was leading the church into a new season. In January 2018, the church became Trinity Bible Chapel. Though the name changed, the church did not — we remain the same church, committed to the same gospel, and grounded in the same Word of God.
In 2019, we began plans to start a classical Christian school, King Alfred Academy, with the hopes of launching it in 2020. We did not know where the school would be housed, but we trusted the Lord and moved forward in faith. Shortly after this decision was made, a pastor from Northside Baptist Church located at 1373 Lobsinger Line in Waterloo, reached out to us about the idea of giving us their building and land and becoming a part of our congregation. By September of that year, their church joined ours and we were given their building and land. God provided exceedingly and abundantly beyond anything we could ever ask or think!
Renovations on the building began to make it ready for our church to move in with a target date of September 2020. In March of 2020, the government shut down churches and all of society due to the emergence of a novel coronavirus, COVID-19. We moved into our building in June of 2020 and still launched King Alfred Academy that September (with 20 families enrolled — a fulfilled prayer goal), despite all the uncertainty of that time. There is much to be said about all that transpired in the life of our church during the COVID years. In short, as we searched the Scriptures, we became convinced that the church needed to obey God, not man, and continue to gather for corporate worship regardless of what the government said. Through this season, despite facing much persecution and finding ourselves at odds with the government and the law, we experienced God's faithfulness again and again. God grew our church to almost 3x our size, saving many lost people and ultimately growing us in unity, sanctification, and love for one another.
Since COVID, we have thankfully found ourselves in a time of relative peace and stability as a church for which we are thankful. We are busy seeking to make disciples of those God has entrusted to our care through the faithful preaching of God's Word, the small groups ministry, the equipping of the saints for ministry in the body of Christ, and many other initiatives and activities. We are prayerfully desiring to plant a church in the near future and are also exploring ways in which we can increase the capacity of our facilities to grow the school and the church. We are excited and expectant for the future because the Lord has answered prayer before, and He has shown Himself faithful time and again.
We'd love to have you join us this Sunday in Waterloo, Ontario.