our mission, mandate, beliefs, & leadership

our mission

To be a Kingdom of priests to our God, preparing the way for the return of the Messiah and equipping a people fit for the Messiah’s use in advancing the Kingdom. We are a diverse fellowship of believers in Yeshua as our Messiah and adherents to His teachings. We exist to demonstrate the love, glory, and power of God. We are a ministry of signs, wonders, miracles, and deliverance, commissioned to equip and mature the Body of Yeshua to be bold witnesses in the earth.

our mandate

To prepare the nations for the bodily return of Yeshua, as well as for the judgments and tribulation preceding His return.

our beliefs

  1. We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God and the first and final authority on all matters of life and godliness.  We believe that Scripture shapes our beliefs, philosophies, and every aspect of life.

  2. We believe in one triune, self-existing, infinite, all-powerful, all-knowing, altogether holy and good God who manifests Himself in three distinct persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

  3. We believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is the only begotten Son of God, our Messiah, the only means of salvation, and the way to a restored relationship with the Father. We believe in the deity of Yeshua (Jesus), in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, Yahweh/Yahuah, and in His personal return in power and glory.

  4. We believe the Holy Spirit is a person and is our Teacher and Helper. 

  5. We are a self-governing entity, an organism rather than an organization, with elders appointed by the senior pastor who, along with the pastoral team, oversee the church's organization, structure, and traditions. We believe that God is restoring all things and creating one new man of Jew and Gentile, male and female. We desire to advance the Kingdom of God by maturing the Body of Christ, accomplished through personal devotion, prayer and fasting, corporate worship, deliverance, discipleship, activation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, ministry of the 5-Fold ministry offices, and through the discovery of identity and personal purpose.

  6. We observe foot washing and conduct the blessing of dedication of infants and small children. 

  7. Communion is open to all who have accepted the atoning blood sacrifice of Yeshua for the remission of sins (including children).

  8. We believe that baptism is a sign of a Believer’s fellowship with Yeshua in His death, burial, and resurrection, and of the Believer being engrafted into Yeshua. We baptize Believers into the name of Yeshua (Jesus). 

  9. We believe in the bodily return of Yeshua, His millennial reign upon the earth, and eternal reward.

Meet our pastors

Pastor Ty McDonald, Church Planter, Apostle, Trainer/Equipper, and Public Speaker 

Associate Pastor Ronnie McDonald, Former Judge, Public Servant, Community Builder, Public Speaker 

Dr. Ty McDonald is a wife, mother of 3, pastor, and small business owner. A 1993 graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in English and Public Relations, she also earned a master's and PhD in Systematic Theology. She identifies as a daughter of the Most High God, Yahuwah, who lives to honor and make her Father smile. Pastor Ty has served as a Legislative Director in the Texas House of Representatives, as a Freshman English Teacher with Bastrop Independent School District, as a Soft Skills Trainer at the Lower Colorado River Authority, as Senior Pastor of BOLD Church with her husband, Pastor Ronnie, as a Partner at the Ruach Group Consulting, and as the apostolic covering of the BOLD Fellowship of Churches. Pastor Ty was also elected to the Bastrop ISD School Board and was later elected as the first Black American president of the Board. Pastor Ty is married to former County Judge Ronnie McDonald for 29 years. Together, they pastor BOLD Church and also oversee BOLD Fellowship International, ARTIOS School of Ministry, and operations at The Ruach Group.

Pastor Ronnie McDonald is a governmental leader and gifted statesman, elected to the office of Bastrop County Judge in 1997 to become the youngest County Judge in Texas history and the first Black County Judge in Bastrop County and in Texas. Our two pastors are a dynamic team and serve the congregation and our God with excellence.

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