Oasis at Conway Gardens

Oasis at Conway Gardens  is a small Southern Baptist church on the east side of Orlando, Florida. The church was planted in 1953 and serves the Conway Gardens, Curry Ford West, and Hour Glass District neighborhoods by “Loving God, and Loving our Neighbors as Ourselves.” 

At the height of our history we were a church of 200 people with many vibrant ministries. Five years ago, we were a church of about 30-35 people, with questions about our future. For the last 5 years we’ve had several planning retreats, seriously praying and seeking God about the future of this ministry. Then COVID hit. But God has been faithful. We lost some friends but gained new ones as well. 

Today we are still a church of 35-40 people on a given Sunday. But now we have 3 other congregations renting our property, meeting separately, but worshiping and cooperating with us for the Kingdom of God. The other congregations are: one traditional Spanish speaking Pentecostal church, one second generation Caribbean, Spanish speaking, Reformed church, and one English speaking Reformed church. People are coming to Jesus in all four congregations. The senior leadership of all four churches meet together quarterly to share what God is doing, to pray, and to discuss how He would have us navigate our cooperative relationship. We truly love each other. While Oasis has been debt free for many years, the result of this arrangement is a financially stable church, looking to the future, and slowly growing.