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In the early months of 1959, Harold Nichols walked into Narramore Hardware in Lakeside, with the intention of convincing Mr. Narramore that he needed to buy some fire extinguishers. The conversation turned from fire extinguishers to things of the Lord and Mr. Narramore said that he was interested in starting a new church in the Lakeside area.

As a result of this conversation, four or five families decided to meet one Sunday to worship the Lord in the home of Narramore's with Mr. Nichols as the Pastor.

Soon others became interested, a larger place was needed, and a small room above the Lakeside Theater was rented. The congregation continued to grow and thoughts turned to a church site where a suitable building could be erected.

Their faith was convincing and four acres on Mapleview Street, in Lakeside were purchased, thus the name... Mapleview Baptist Church. The little room above the theater was bulging at the seams and larger temporary quarters were found, this time in a storage room behind the hardware store.

About this time, Mr. Nichols said that perhaps it was time to find a permanent Pastor. The Lord sent Pastor Jack Lockhart, his wife, Betty and their four children; including Dana, who was born the first Sunday Pastor Jack served as Pastor at Mapleview.

In June, 1959, the church filed an application for affiliation and a written request for a New Church Call with the Conservative Baptist Association of Southern California. They submitted a copy of our Constitution, Covenant, and Doctrinal Statement to Dr. George Vouga in August, 1959 as requested. These were submitted to the Affiliations Committee and processed and the church was received at the annual meeting in October, l959.

A request was also sent to the Conservative Baptist Association of America, in June, l959, to affiliate with them. In August, we sent them a copy of our Constitution and minutes in which the church voted to affiliate. The application was presented at the annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts in June, 1960 and accepted.

The congregation continued to grow and the time soon came when it was necessary to take a step of faith concerning a permanent church building. In the latter part of 1960, ground was broken on the Mapleview site and the building began to take shape. With very little cash, much faith and trust in the Lord, and many hours of volunteer labor, Mapleview Baptist Church grew to become a beacon calling the people to come worship the Lord here with us. The first service was held on Easter Sunday, in April 196l.

The congregation and Sunday School continued to grow and the space again became a problem. The Pastors and Executive Board suggested to the members that when attendance reached 250 in Sunday School for four successive Sundays, that we should consider another building program. That goal was reached in the Spring of l967. It was time to take another step of faith. To encourage our hearts, Pastor Jack gave us the verse from Haggai 1:8, "Go up to the mountain and bring wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord."

Ground breaking services were held on Sunday evening in early October, l968. The next day, the building of the house began and once again with continual trust and prayer and much volunteer labor.

Ground breaking services were held on Sunday evening in early October, l968. The next day, the building of the house began and once again with continual trust and prayer and much volunteer labor.

On January l, l977, Pastor Dave Harris was invited to shepherd the Congregation.

In l978, during the months of December and January, 1979, the Lord's people, by special offering, gave $27,450 in order to purchase a new bus for the use of the church.

In l980, we became a sending Missionary church for Don and Phyllis Beiter by providing 25% of their total financial needs to go back to the Mission Field with MAF in Indonesia.

On June 20, 1983, Ron Thomas came on staff as Assistant to the Pastor in an administrative capacity.

Easter Sunday, 1984 was Pastor Dave Harris' last Sunday. We were one year and five months without a Pastor. During this time, on November 18, 1984, our constitution was amended and ratified to include deacons and elders.  Awana clubs were also started in September, l984.

On September 29, 1985, the church fellowship unanimously called Pastor John Redman to pastor the flock. He and his wife, Anne and two sons, Stephen and Andrew, had formerly served on the mission field in the Philippines for 14 years. In October 1985, Ron Thomas was appointed Assistant Pastor by the church fellowship

The indebtedness on the church building was paid for and to celebrate, a "Country Sunday at Mapleview" was held on Labor Day, 1986 with well over 500 people present at the morning service and a beef barbecue after the service. Later in the afternoon, there was singing and a musical concert by a country blue grass Gospel Band.

In 1988, we became the sending church for Ruthie Burton to go with Baptist Mid Missions to the mission field of Brazil, where she works with deaf children.

On December 4, 1988, an Ordination Council of local CBA Pastors, including Pastor Dave Harris and Rev. Dennis Baker, ordained Ron Thomas to the work of the Gospel Ministry.

In March 1989, Pastor John Redman was invited to serve on the Ordination Committee for CBA of Southern California.

Pastor Ron Thomas was elected President of the South Area Conservative Baptist Pastors' Fellowship, for a period of two years, in April, 1989.

In September, 1989, the church celebrated it's 30th Year Anniversary. Former Pastors Dave Harris and Jack Lockhart came back to speak during the morning services of September 17th and September 24th.

Throughout 1989 Pastor John Redman had been interacting with the Board of Elders and Board of Deacons concerning the real need for Mapleview to reach out and plant a new church in Alpine. Following a combined meeting of the Boards which was addressed by Dr. Bob Logan, Pastor John proceeded to preach a series of messages on Sundays, on the subject of church planting.

There was a special time set aside for the church members to discuss the whole matter and in December, 1989, the membership made a solid commitment to this new venture of faith, with the goal of seeing it become a reality during 1990.

At the Annual Business Meeting in January 1992, on the recommendation of the joint boards, it was decided that one of the goals for that year would be to hire a Youth & Music Director and budget provision was made for this purpose. The pastoral staff began the search process and recommended a candidate for this position to the church boards. At the monthly business meeting held on March 29, 1992, the church unanimously approved hiring Geoff Ellsworth to serve as Music & Youth Director, effective July, 1992.

Following considerable discussions by the elders and deacons concerning the church Mission Statement, the following statement was formally adopted in the church business meeting held on May 31, 1992: "Exalting the Lord - Winning the Lost - Equipping for Service."

Mapleview grew steadily during 1994 and it became apparent that we needed additional help in the area of Children’s Ministries. After careful prayer and thought, the church budget for the year was amended to allow for an increase to enable us to hire a suitable person to fill that position in a part time capacity. Rev. Phillip S. Gale, the Director for Child Evangelism Fellowship in San Diego, was available and we were fortunate to be able to add him to our ministry team in July.

On January 21, 1997, after almost eleven and a half years as senior pastor of Mapleview Baptist Church, pastor John Redman accepted the unanimous call to serve as Executive Director for the Conservative Baptist Association of Southern California. His last Sunday in the pulpit was February 23^rd, and his ministry at Mapleview concluded on February 28, 1997. Pastor Redman was installed as the Executive Director of the Association at the annual meetings in Cerritos on Sunday, March 2,
1997.

Evangelism Training with Bob Siegel of Mission to the Americas. Bob was with us on Sunday evenings from March through May. Neil Schultz was added to the staff as the Director of Youth and Worship in June. Work was started on the renovation of Maranatha.

The renovation of Maranatha and the planting of sod in the play area in the back was completed. The completion of Maranatha gave us a new and larger nursery, updated kitchen (complete with a new commercial refrigerator and triple sink purchased from the Scrip program), and refurbished children’s classrooms and fellowship hall.

The renovation committee has begun working on plans for the sanctuary, restrooms, adult classrooms, offices and surrounding grounds. The committee made trips to new and renovated churches to get ideas. As the committee worked it became evident we could use help from a professional architect to provide for a facility that will serve our children and grandchildren. A recommendation was made to the fellowship that we contract with an architect to help us develop a master plan. It was discussed with the entire congregation and time was given to pray and think about the issue. In July a unanimous decision was made to allocate funds to contract with an architect for the development of a master plan. We have contracted with Rod Higgins of Architects Higgins/Graham, APC and have met with him to begin drawings. We are looking forward to moving ahead with this project.

The Church have moved ahead this year regarding plans of our facilities. With the help of architect Rod Higgins we are in the process of presenting the Master Plan to the County Building Department with a request to modify our Major Use Permit. We are presently working to make adjustments and meet what the county requested after the first submittal.

In light of the scope of the Master Plan and magnitude of the Renovation, in September we agreed to contract with a capital stewardship ministry to help us reach our goals. In researching capital stewardship programs we heard testimony of how churches not only met their financial goals but also grew spiritually in some wonderful ways. In fact, often the spiritual benefit was considered the best part. There is a place for everyone to participate in both the ministry activity as well as giving. An important principle needs to guide our heart's attitude as we consider what God would have our personal role to be. That principle is stated as "Not equal giving, but equal sacrifice." The program is about 31/2 years in length and is intended to allow us to accomplish our goals and be debt free at the conclusion. We are presently working with Howard Cargill of Cargill Associates in laying out our capital stewardship program. Our first public presentation is planned for December. The importance of this program is such that much of our focus and activity in the first quarter of next year will be directed toward it. We have much to be thankful for regarding our facility but is clearly time to address the current needs and plan for the future. I hope you will in a serious way commit this to the Lord in prayer. It is exciting to think about what God will do if we will follow.

Neil and Robyn Schultz left us in July for Texas where Neil began this fall at Dallas Theological Seminary. We recently heard from them. They are very busy but doing well in school and ministry. We are grateful for Emmanuel and Jennifer Sanchez. Emmanuel was added to our staff in August as a youth intern and is working with our Junior High students. Many thanks to those who have been flexible and willing to serve through the changes in the areas of youth and music.

Our priorities for 2001 also reflect continued commitment to developing effectiveness in outreach and Christian education. To these ongoing priorities we are proposing an additional one, the development of small group ministries. The intent is to provide a better opportunity for us to connect relationally for the purpose of spiritual growth and fellowship. These priorities are at the heart of our purpose as a local church.