Well as we begin preparations for the month of February I want to invite you to make plans to be at Vision every Sunday morning as we study the word of God on how to deepen our love relationship with our spouse and our children. Every Sunday morning I will preach on the family. Betty […]
Archives for January 2007
Please pray for Andrew Holt
Andrew Holt is the son of Jason and Lori Holt, our missionaries to Chile. Andrew is just a few weeks old. The Holt family has really had a battle of it, dealing with sickness in the whole family, the purchase of the land, a youth camp and the hardest of all little Andrew has been […]
Wonderful Sunday, January 28, 2007!
Well what can I say! Today God richly blessed us and I am very thankful to Him for all that He did today. I hope you are as excited and grateful to God as I am. We had 99 in Sunday School, 134 in the morning service, and 76 in the evening. God allowed us […]
The Principal Thing
The following is the transcript of my message delivered to the Georgia Senate at the invitation of Senator Chip Pearson. The Word of God says in Psalm 105:22, “and to teach his senators wisdom.†It is interesting for me to stand here before you, our state senators, and find in the Word of God that […]
How to keep your passion for world evangelism!
“I know when apostolic passion has died in my heart. It happens when I don’t spend my quiet time dreaming of the time when Jesus will be worshiped in languages that aren’t yet heard in heaven. I know it’s missing from my life when I sing about heaven, but live as if earth is my […]
World Evangelism Committee
Go ahead and mark your calendar and make plans now to be with us this Sunday, January 28th, from 1:30 until 4:30 for a meeting and training session of the World Evangelism Committee. Everyone is welcome to attend if you are a member or not. We are still in the process of training and preparing […]
Blessings
We had a wonderful men’s fellowship on Saturday with about 20 in attendance. We had a good time discussing the book “Man in the Mirror!” Next month we will meet again and I challenge you to have read the next two chapter–3 and 4. That will help you think about it before you come and […]
Julio Marquina Prayer Letter
December Caracas Venezuela  Dear Churches, I want to start out by wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of blessings from our great God.  This month has been full of blessings, since this month we were able to rent a building for our church, after a year and three months […]
Dedicating our new Building!
I want to challenge you to make plans now to be with us for this very special Sunday as we dedicate the new 15,000 square foot building that God has given us to use to worship and serve Him! It is going to be an excited and blessed day as we thank God. God has […]
Speaking to an Atheist
No one is born an atheist. People choose to become atheists as much as they choose to become Christians. And no matter how strenuously some may try to deny it, atheism is a belief system. It requires faith that God does not exist. When dialoguing with atheists, it is helpful to point out the logical […]
Quotes
“We want your churches to display the character of God.†—Matt Schmucker, Director of 9Marks Ministries “Looseness of belief is the inevitable parent of looseness of practice.†—B.B. Warfield
How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Failure for the Glory of Christ and His Global Cause
Let me challenge you to go read this blog by John Piper: http://blog.worship.com/worship/2007/01/how_to_deal_wit.html This is just one quote to get you interested: The Main Tragedy The great tragedy is not mainly masturbation or fornication or acting like a peeping Tom (or curious Cathy) on the internet. The tragedy is that Satan uses the guilt of […]
Nate Saint on Christmas
“As we have a high old time this Christmas, may we who know Christ hear the cry of the damned as they hurtle headlong into the Christless night without ever having a chance. May we be moved with compassion as our Lord was. May we shed tears of repentance for these we have failed to […]
First Blessing Service
We held our first ever Missionary Blessing service this past Thursday night. A and J are missionaries to North Africa with Macedonia World Baptist Missions. They are members of Grace Baptist Church in Middletown, Ohio. They have been a tremendous blessing to our church since before we ever started. Though they are not members they […]
Jason and Lori Holt have another son!
Congratulations to Jason and Lori Holt on the birth of their third child!!!  Andrew David Holt was born January 4th at 2:02 in the afternoon. He weighed 8lbs. 3 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. Both mother and baby are doing well.
Urgent Need in Burkina Faso!!!
I hope everyone is having a Happy New Year. I wanted to let everyone know that we are still $15,0000.00 short of the amount needed for the church building project in Burkina Faso for Bro. Keith Shumaker. There are many Muslims being saved and converted weekly, and he needs this building to continue spreading the […]
Chris Gardner Prayer Letter
Christmas in the States We were able to have Christmas in the States this year with my parents and in-laws. We really enjoyed the time spent with family and friends in the States. The day before we left Peru, Faith Baptist Church had a Cantata for Christmas. We had 257 people in the church on […]
Vision Baptist Church has moved!
We have moved to our new location. Our phone numbers all remain the same as well as does the post office box but our offices and meeting places have changed. We are now meeting 1235 Old Alpharetta Road Suite 165. The new place is both beautiful and much larger. I know that you are going […]
Welcome David Velke as our newest member!
We want to welcome a super fine young man into the membership of Vision Baptist Church. David Velke has surrendered his life to be a missionary and has a great desire to be used of God to get the gospel around the world. He has already gotten his private pilot’s license and is studying and […]