Our History

Ko'olau Baptist Church was establish in 1965 when a young missionary couple from Baptist International Missions Incorporated, Pastor and Mrs. Max Helton, arrived in Hawaii. With a small nucleus of believers they organized the Ko'olau Baptist Church. Originally they met at Heeia Elementary School before later moving to the cafeteria at King Intermediate School. Later, approximately 2.5 acres of an old banana patch were purchased in  Read more... 

Meet Our Pastor

Both Pastor and Mrs. Woodfin hail from West Texas.  Skip and Dana met at church as teenagers and were married at age 20 in 1984.  They attended Arlington Baptist College where Pastor Woodfin was graduated in 1985.  Later he received his Masters in Theology from Landmark Baptist Seminary.  They have three children.  Their oldest son is married, and their two youngest children are in college.  The Woodfins were church planting missionaries for many years in Texas, Hawaii, and Indonesia.  Read more...

What We Believe

The following paragraphs simply summarize what we believe as a church family. We believe the Bible and teach it to be perfectly true. Every belief and teaching of Ko'olau Baptist Church flows from God’s Word.  The Bible itself is the sole final source of all that we believe.  This statement of faith does not exhaust our faith. Read more... 

How to be Saved?

There are big questions that haunt all of us. What happens when I die? Where will I spend eternity? The single most important question that you will ever answer is this - “If I were to die today, would I spend eternity in Heaven with God?” Your relationship to Jesus Christ is central to the answer to that question. Read more...