Who We Are

Imperfect people trying to follow a perfect Savior and spread the light of Jesus.

Vision - The Church We See

  • A church rooted in the presence of God.

  • A church that is a refuge of peace, healing and where the searching find purpose.

  • A church alive and active in its community.

  • A multigenerational church where older saints dream and younger saints catch vision.

  • A church of passionate worship, persistent prayer, intentional and resilient discipleship.

  • Laughter heard in the halls as children and families grow a strong biblical foundation

  • Youth gathering to encounter Jesus.

  • A Church where doors and hearts are open to the lost, the lonely and the searching.

  • A church with towels over arms — serving with humility and putting love into action.

  • A church whose best days are not behind us — but ahead of us.

  • Because God. Is. Not. Done. Yet.

Our Values

Integrity - we let our yes be yes and our no be no. We talk to people, not about them and have the hard conversations (Mathew 5:36)

Humility - we embrace meekness (strength under control) modeled by Jesus who being equal to God did not use it to His own advantage (Phil 2:6)

Stewardship - we leave people and places better than we found them using our gifts to glorify God (Col 3:23, Matt 23:14-30)

Sprit lead - we lean not on our own understanding but in all our ways submit to Christ for direction embracing our total dependence on Jesus (Prov 3:5-6, John 15:4)

Community - we value relationships and embrace God’s design for interdependence in the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:12-27)

Hospitality - we celebrate the inherent worth and dignity of every person made in God’s image by doing what we can to make them feel seen, welcomed and loved (1 Peter 4:8-9, Hebrews 13:2)

Presence over Performance - we embrace our limitations knowing that only Christ was perfect and that it’s not through our might or strength but God’s power that brings transformation (2 Cor 12:9)

Generosity - we embody the abundant love of Jesus by being generous toward others with our love, time, grace and resources (2 Cor 9:6-7)

Meet our Pastor

Pastor Josh Tanzola and his wife, Carey Tanzola have been in ministry together since saying “I do.” They are thrilled to call Westfield their home and serve at Lakeshore Assemblies of God. They have two daughters, Charlotte and Guinevere.

Pastor Josh has been a licensed Assemblies of God pastor for 13 years and has served as a pastor and hospital chaplain. Pastor Josh and Carey felt a call to Westfield in 2025 and moved their family from Rochester, NY. Since they moved they have enjoyed meeting the kindest people on earth in Westfield, enjoying sunsets at Barcelona beach and exploring the natural beauty of Chautauqua county. Pastor Josh is honored to serve as the lead pastor at Lakeshore Assembly of God and excited for what God wants to do in this community.

“We are privileged to be serving the Lakeshore AG community that has been praying, serving and loving their greater community so well. We know God’s heart for the greater Chautauqua area is one of redemption, reach and revitalization and are honored to be a part of what God is doing!”

- Pastor Josh and Carey Tanzola

Our Beliefs

We are an Assemblies of God Church rooted in the 16 fundamental theological truths.

  • The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

  • The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • The terms "Trinity" and "persons" as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, as distinguished from "gods many and lords many." We therefore may speak with propriety of the Lord our God who is One Lord, as a trinity or as one Being of three persons, and still be absolutely scriptural.

  • Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.

  • Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

    Conditions to Salvation

    Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.

  • Baptism in Water

    The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.

    Holy Communion

    The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements --bread and the fruit of the vine-- is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4 [KJV/NIV]), a memorial of his suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26 [KJV/NIV]), and a prophecy of His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26 [KJV/NIV]), and is enjoined on all believers "till He come!"

  • All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.

  • The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.

    The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.

    • 1 Corinthians 12:4-10 [KJV/NIV]

    • 1 Corinthians 12:28 [KJV/NIV]

  • Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God.

    Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.

  • The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Since God’s purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshipped by man, to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, and to demonstrate His love and compassion for all the world, the priority reason for being of the Assemblies of God as part of the Church is:

    1. To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world.

    2. To be a corporate body in which man may worship God.

    3. To be a channel of God’s purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.

    4. To be a people who demonstrate God’s love and compassion for all the world.

  • A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church in:

    Evangelization of the world.

    Worship of God.

    Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.

    Meeting human need with ministries of love and compassion.

  • Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.

  • The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.

  • The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.

    This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel,

    and the establishment of universal peace.

  • There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

  • "We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness."

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