Our Mission & Vision 
The mission of Eastgate Bible Fellowship is to love God, to love others, and to magnify the name of Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to help people grow in Christ and reach their world for Him. The vision of our church is to glorify our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, to make true disciples throughout all the nations by means of missionary activity and support, to minister the ordinances, to edify believers, and to do all that is sovereignly possible and biblically permissible to magnify the name of Jesus.
Leadership Team:
Our leadership team recognizes the authority of God, and realizes that we are shepherds who serve under the Chief Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We desire to devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word. Our passion and goal is to equip the believers for the work of the ministry until we all attain maturity in the fullness of Christ.
Robin Porter
Lead Pastor
Robin lives in Bellevue, WA with his wife, Joy, and two boys, Noa and Cole.
As the primary teaching pastor, Robin has a passion for carefully unpacking the truths of Scripture. He has served at Eastgate Bible Fellowship for 15 years in a variety of ways. Robin has served as the Associate Pastor, Youth Leader, Music Leader, and Adult Sunday School Coordinator.
Pastor Robin also serves on the Board at Camp Gilead.
Ken Mills
Youth Leader
Ken Mills lives with Renton, WA with his wife, Linda, and two daughters. Ken and Linda were high school sweethearts and have been married for nearly 19 years. As a servant leader across many areas of Eastgate Bible Fellowship, he has the distinct honor and privilege of leading our youth – grades 6-12.
Ken also serves as an Elder on the Eastgate Board of Elders and serves on the Camp Gilead Board, where he has also served as a volunteer and speaker.
Sue Baxter
Children’s Ministry Coordinator and Office Secretary
Sue and her husband, Bob, live in Renton WA. Sue has faithfully attended EBF for the last 40 years and has been the Children’s Ministry Coordinator for 5+ years. She is a dedicated leader who wants to provide children with the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.
What we believe:
The following six categories will help you understand what we believe about certain issues. If you have any questions please contact us as we would love to talk with you.
The Scriptures
We believe the Bible was given to us by God who used Apostles and Prophets to communicate His message without error. We believe that God’s revelation to us is complete and is the expression of how God wants us to live.
The One True God
We believe that there is one God eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Father is the source of all things and the one who sent the Son as His gift into the world.
The Son is Jesus Christ who exists eternally and is co-equal with the Father. He was born into this world through the virgin Mary and is both true God and true man. He lived a sinless life, died as the sacrifice for our sins, rose physically from the dead and ascended back to the Father where He is now representing us.
The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and the Son. He indwells everyone who believes in Jesus Christ as Savior and baptizes believers into Christ and His Church at the moment of conversion. The Holy Spirit is God’s seal of ownership on us to preserve us in Christ until Christ returns.
Man and Sin
We believe that man is the product of the direct creative act of God and was made in the image of his Creator.
We believe that mankind fell from a perfect relationship with God when Adam, our representative head, rebelled against Him. As a consequence of Adam’s sin mankind was separated from God, became spiritually dead and subject to the influence of Satan.We believe in the sanctity of human life, which begins at the moment of conception.We believe that all sexual relationships must pattern themselves after a faithful heterosexual relationship within marriage.
Salvation
We believe that salvation is a free gift of God brought to us through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, apart from any human merit or works. Our sole response to God’s grace is faith or trust in Christ’s sacrifice.
The Church
We believe all who have experienced the”new birth” through faith in Christ’s sacrifice are a part of His Church.We believe the local church is a congregation of baptized believer’s, associated in faith and the carrying out of “The Great Commission.”
Future Events
We believe Jesus will return and that His return is imminent.
We believe in the physical resurrection of all people; those who believe, to enjoy God’s presence for eternity, and those who don’t believe, to judgement and separation from God.