Rosamond deserves better. The lead pastor makes nearly $100,000 in salary & benefits. A church that…read moreclaims to serve the community shouldn't pay the person at the top significantly more than what most of its residents make. The rest of the pastoral staff is inexperienced, untrained, and lacks formal education. Affairs have even taken place between staff members. Preaching revolves around the lie that God determined everything that happens in your life before you were even born. This means that your choices and experiences aren't really yours, and you have no real control over your life. Church beliefs are also anti-gay, anti-women, and pro-Republican. Men run this church. Women cannot read the Bible out loud in the presence of men, and are only allowed to hold leadership roles over other women and children. Also, the demographics of this church are overwhelmingly white. It does not represent Rosamond at-large, which is concerning as a "community" church. If their monstrosity of a building wasn't visible from everywhere, you wouldn't even know this church existed. Wayside Chapel simply doesn't care about Rosamond...just money to keep the multi-million dollar building in operation. Feel free to visit and see for yourself. You'll come to the same conclusion I did: Rosamond deserves better.

Wayside has amazing programs for children! I love that my kids are happy to come to Church again…read moreand leave after having a fun time! The Church is involved in the local community, which is important to me. It's a smaller Church community and the people are friendly - it's easy to get to know people and become involved. The Pastors and staff are great! I love the Sunday School before Worship. All in all, it's a cozy place... a "homey" place!

After more than 30 years at this church, we made the difficult decision to leave, and I want to…read moreshare honestly why. Over time, our experience became deeply hurtful. There were interactions that felt dismissive and, at times, like our concerns were not being acknowledged. A pattern developed in leadership dynamics that made it hard for us to feel genuinely heard or respected. What was especially painful was that my wife was never truly given the opportunity to share her perspective. She invested an incredible amount of time and effort helping hold things together during a period when the church was without a pastor. To see that work undone so quickly was both discouraging and disheartening. Because of these experiences, our trust has been broken in a way that we do not feel can be repaired. For that reason, we cannot return. This was not a decision we made lightly, but it reflects our honest experience and the impact it has had on us.

I always feel welcome here and yet I can be as inconspicuous as I want. I appreciate the tables…read morevery much as I like to take notes and have a place to set my coffee which they allow you to have. Wish they had more tables as they fill up fast. The sermones always have a message to take to heart.

This church is on fire with great preaching and teaching and a church alive…read moreIs worth the drive