Westside Baptist Church
Benjamin William Cazort is an experienced educator and pastoral figure with a strong background in working with high-risk youth. Since January 2012, Benjamin has served as a Substitute Teacher for the Polk County School Board, teaching various subjects across all grade levels. In addition to this role, Benjamin has been a Pastor-at-large and Associate for the Central Florida Cottage Church Ministry at Westside Baptist Church since April 2009, focusing on counseling youth at the Leslie Peters Juvenile Facility. Previous experience includes a position as a Volunteer Counselor and Educator for Abe Brown Ministry, as well as over a decade in educational roles, including teaching Spanish at Henderson Middle School. Benjamin holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Arkansas (Monticello) and a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
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Westside Baptist Church
From humble beginnings in 1946, meeting in a small Army Chapel, growth into a 2,500 member family of faith has been a journey of unwavering faith for Westside Baptist Church. Started in 1946, with just 73 members, the congregation grew quickly, and in 1947 an Army Chapel was purchased for $1,500 from Camp Murphy, and moved to Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce. The late 1980’s and early ’90’s brought tremendous growth to Westside. Under Dr. Dale Ingersoll’s leadership, the church moved to South Jenkins Road in 1991. Today, the Westside family has completed a truly ground-breaking addition with a new 64,843 square-foot, 1,740 seat sanctuary. Over the last 62 years, Westside has shared many challenges and blessings, faithfully spreading the Gospel of Christ throughout our community. Celebrating the past and moving forward by faith, Westside Baptist Church is built on a foundation of transforming lives, strengthening families, and sharing in the burdens, sorrows and great joys of life. This is the foundation that makes members of Westside “Forever Family.” Westside Baptist Church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Florida Baptist Convention and the Treasure Coast Baptist Association.