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Sunday in Review – Tailgate Sunday
We had a great Sunday this past week as we celebrated the fourth of July by having our annual Tailgate Sunday. Many different Sunday school classes made different foods from Tamale’s to BBQ sliders to Indian food. We had a great time celebrating with each other. We had 290 people in attendance Sunday morning with…
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Sunday In Review!
We had another great Sunday at Vision Baptist Church this past Sunday. This Sunday was a unique Sunday, in that we had our first lunch/ afternoon service of the summer. We are planning to have a lunch/ afternoon service once a month this summer to give church people the opportunity to fellowship together. Sunday morning…
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Member Spotlight—The Penrods
We hope you have been enjoying our member spotlights and have been able to better get to know our members. This month we are spotlighting Dan and Shannon Penrod. Dan grew up in a godly Christian home where his dad was a lay pastor. From birth to graduation he…
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Sunday in Review
We had another great Sunday at Vision Baptist Church with 264 in attendance! Pastor preached a challenging message in our current Sunday AM series through the book of Mark entitled, “Living in Victory.” When we are saved we are made to not live in sin, God has given us power over sin and in Christ…
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Member Spotlight: Lemar and Latasha
Each month we try to spotlight members of our church. By spotlighting members of our church, we hope to give you the opportunity to better know the people of Vision. This month, take some time to get to know Lemar and Latasha. Lemar did not grow up in a Christian home. The only reason he…
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Two Baptized this Week!!!
María García – Lady that has been coming since Miguel was pastor. When she was younger she had been baptized and was following the routine of being a christian. The Soncco’s started doing foundations with her where she lives so that others in her neighborhood could come. As they were doing it she realized she…
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Sunday in Review: City on a Hill
We had a great week with Sam Wilson, missionary to Jewish people, as he taught and preached on soul winning. There is a great need to reach not only the world with the gospel. We were challenged as a church to do more to reach our community and shown ways to reach Jews in our…
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Sunday in Review/ New Member
This past Sunday morning we were excited to have 278 people in attendance with almost 160 people in our main service! Pastor preached a great message out of Mark on Judas in preparation for this upcoming Easter Sunday’s message. Judas was so close to Jesus and missed Him. Don’t miss out of a real relationship…
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New Member!
This past Sunday morning we were very excited to have our newest person join our church, Joseph Reidy! Joe was saved at the age of nine during a church camp. He has been faithfully attending our church the past couple months. He loves the Lord, has a passion for reaching people, and for reaching people…
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Sunday in Review
This past Sunday morning we were blessed to have 257 in attendance. The Spanish ministry alone had over fifty themselves! We are excited to see the continued growth of the Spanish ministry. Sunday morning pastor preached a great message on Baptism. We were continuing our study of the gospel of Mark. Baptism is a very important part…
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Celebration Sunday in Review!
This week we had our 11th annual Celebration Sunday, celebrating eleven years in ministry as a church. It was a great day full of special singing, preaching, and a great time of fellowship. There were over three hundred in attendance in all services! Pastor began His series on Mark Sunday morning and preached a great…
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Weekly Update!
We had another great week this past Sunday. Sunday night we had a special night with our wedding vow renewal night. Many married couples from our church stood together and renewed their vows to each other and once again publicly professed their love for each other. Pastor then preached a great message on marriage. At…
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Six Baptisms This Past Thursday!
Our church was really blessed to see the fruit of constant gospel preaching with six people baptized this past Thursday night. We are excited for each person baptized as they are moving forward with their Christian life! Abigail Cooke grew up as a missionary kid in Guatemala. She grew up going to church and doing…
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Member Spotlight: Peter and Rayisa Skudarnov
Vision Baptist Church provides a home where its people can live out God’s calling on their everyday lives to be messengers of the gospel here in the community and on the foreign field. From month to month, we would like to spotlight various members of our church body and the work they are doing…
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Weekly Update
This past week we had a great week at Vision Baptist Church. Sunday morning there were 287 people here, and we heard a great message out of Zachariah! Thursday night we were honored to have one of our veteran missionaries, David and Katie Gardner, back and preaching for us updating us on the work going…
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New Missionaries!
Tonight Ben Thomas and his soon to be wife Caroline were accepted as a missionary out of Vision Baptist Church and Vision Baptist Missions. He will be starting deputation soon and will be headed to the country of Myanmar, located in South East Asia. Ben is now the third person to graduate out of Vision Baptist’s youth ministry…
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Second Baptism of the New Year!
Tonight we had our second baptism in the new building and of the new year! Abby Cofeild was baptized tonight at the age of eight. Abby’s parents are Stephen and Stephanie Coalfield. They have been serving in our church as Sunday School teachers and Stephen has been leading worship. Abby was saved on May 9,…
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First Baptism in the New Building!
Benjamin Soncco Benjamin Soncco was saved few years ago on a Sunday night in Arequipa, Peru. David Gardner was preaching at Omega Baptist Church on life after death, it was then that Benjamin realized that he wasn’t saved. So that night on the way home from church Benjamin talked to his mom about salvation, and repented and…
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First Service in the New Building Brings New Member
Bethany Staley This past Sunday we were excited to have our first service in our new location! During this service we were blessed to have Bethany Staley join our church. Bethany has been working extremely hard the past couple of years in the church while training for missions at the Our Generation Training Center. She…
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New Members That Joined This Week
This past Sunday night we had a newlywed couple and a young man who joined the church on our last Sunday night in our current building! Mitch and Jacqulyn McCormack We are very excited to have the McCormack family in our church. Mitch and Jacqulyn McCormack are a newlywed couple that have decided to move to…
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Sunday in Review
Our series in Galatians continued with the 5th chapter which discussed our liberty in Christ. We learned, however that our liberty wasn’t bestowed upon us so that we could live however we like; but rather so that we can serve others. The attendance for the main service was up to 264 again. It is encouraging…
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Sunday in Review
It’s been 10 years. 10 years of preaching through the Bible, 10 years of supporting missions around the world, 10 years of seeing lives changed by the word of God. We were able, this past sunday, to celebrate our tenth anniversary as a church. We had the privilege of having 264 people attend this special…
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Sunday in Review
This past Sunday morning we were blessed to have 213 people attended our service. It is awesome watching God work in the church in the ways that He has. We are excited to be celebrating the church’s tenth anniversary next Sunday! A lot can happen in ten years, come next week to celebrate it with…
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Sunday in Review (Johnson Blessing Service)
This Sunday evening we were able to send off two of our members to the mission field. Ben and Crystal Johnson are headed to China to spread the gospel and plant churches in a culture that is familiar with neither. The church was able to hold a blessing service for this family, the church was…
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Two Baptisms!
We would like to congratulate David Clapp and Nancy Gonzales for getting baptized this past Sunday! Their baptism serves as an outward sign of their inward belief in Jesus Christ. We are excited that they decided to take this important step in their walk with Christ. Please welcome them to the Vision family! Here is…
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Welcome Pepperdines!
We would like to welcome the Pepperdine family. Ty, Rebecca, and their two daughters, Abigail and Emma, joined the Vision family this past Sunday. They have a great love for God, and we are very excited about them joining us. Please welcome the Pepperdines!
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Get to know the 41: Missionary in North Africa
From a very young age, C was exposed to missions. He grew up hearing stories from missionaries all around the world and witnessed the work of missionaries in Peru. C saw first hand their passion and desire to impact the world. Soon enough, C began to develop a desire to make his life count for…
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A Historic Night: Vision’s First Deacons
Last Thursday night, Vision celebrated a historic event as we ordained our first two deacons, Chuck Littlefield and Micah Rastelli. These men have filled the role of deacon long before we ordained them. Last Thursday night was our public acknowledgment that we have seen God working in their lives and that we know God has…
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Get to know the 41: Wayne Cooke, Colombia
Wayne Cooke is a missionary currently on deputation to Colombia, South America. In the last year, he and his wife Lina, and children, Alex, Jordan, and Abby, have traveled over 28,000 miles in 9 different states. While on the road, Wayne has been blessed to meet many individuals from all walks of life, see God…
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Get to know the 41: Jeff Bush, Vision Baptist Missions
We’re continuing to feature one of the 41 missionaries and ministries Vision supports, and this week, we’ll be getting to know Jeff Bush, director of Vision Baptist Missions. Jeff Bush has always loved sweet tea, so his recent move from Argentina to the state of Georgia has only given him more access to this much-loved…
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Get to know the 41: BEAMS
Founded in 1972, Bible Education and Missionary Service (BEAMS) provides missionaries with whole, hardback, King James Version Bibles, free of charge. BEAMS raises funds through offerings from local churches to purchase and supply these Bibles in English and many other languages for missionaries to give to those in need on the foreign mission fields. Since…
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Get to know the 41: Antioch Printing Ministry
We’re continuing to feature one of the 41 missionaries and ministries Vision supports, and this week, we’ll be getting to know the Antioch Printing Ministry. In 1980, the Antioch Printing Ministry was started with a tabletop press and a hand paper cutter. In its early days, many volunteered to fold the tracts as they…
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Welcome Sonya!
We want to extend a warm welcome to our newest member, Sonya Tavangaran! Sonya is very much involved in our Children ministry. She helps out in one of the kids Sunday School classes as well as in Children’s church. She also drives the van and picks up kids so they can come to church and hear…
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And the blessings keep coming…
Thursday night, we had the blessing of seeing three people baptized. This morning, that number grew to four. Sky Chen, who accepted Christ earlier in July, was baptized this morning during our morning service. Sky, who is from China, has been faithfully attending with his wife, Jennifer, and their young daughter, Jolette, and has been…
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Welcome to our newest members!
This Thursday night, we had the awesome privilege of seeing three people follow Jesus Christ in Believer’s Baptism and joining our church. Jahaziel Tremlay has been attending the church for several months. He had been saved a few years earlier, but never followed the the Lord in Baptism. We are excited to see what God…
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A night you don’t want to miss!
This Thursday night, at 7:00 pm, our church will be celebrating the return of Travis and Teri Snode during our Goer and Sender Coalition: Ireland Edition. During this exciting night, we will hear an update from the Snode family and the work they are doing in the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. If you…
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The Our Generation Summit 2013: WITNESS
Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Whose responsibility is it to be a WITNESS for Christ? Your pastor? Your youth pastor?…
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It is coming soon!
It is nearly time for one of the most important times of year: our annual missions conference. This action packed week is a time for our church to meet new missionaries and learn about exciting ministries from around the World. In the coming weeks, much more information will be post on the website about the…
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Join us this Sunday for Friend Day!!!
Dear Friend, I would like to invite you to join me Sunday at my church! I have been hoping you would be able to join me for a service sometime. This is a great week to visit. There will be many other people visiting this week as well. We will be going to the park…
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March Update from Miguel Murillo
Dear Brethren, I thank God for another month full of blessings of which you are a part of by way of your prayers and faithful support. From the 5th until the 12th of March, I was able to preach in the Mount Nebo Baptist Church in Maracay, Venezuela, where Pastor Gabriel Villahermosa, a former student…
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Join us this Thursday for Kamp Kitchen!
Camp time is nearly here!!! From May 28th – June 1st, the annual Our Generation Camp will be held at Fort Bluff Camp in Dalton Tennessee. This is a summer youth camp unlike anything you have ever been to before! We have missionaries from around the world coming in to spend time with teenagers and…
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Testimonies about the Bible Expo
Life is busy and crazy and you have a to-do list that is ten pages long. And we expect you to give up time to come to a Bible Expo! Will this conference really be worth your time? Below are two testimonies from some men about last years Bible Expo that shows you “Yes! It…
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Pastor Trent on the Bible Expo
Below is an article written by Pastor Trent in the upcoming Bible Expo. In his typical stlye, he shows why a conference like this is so important to have. This article is taken from pioneersenders.org 16 year old & 29 year old Trent need the Bible Expo! So I got to the climax of my…
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Join us for our Bible Expo!!!
On April 12th-13th, Pastor Scott Tewell, senior pastor of Rosedale Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, will be at Vision for our annual Bible Expo! The Bible Expo is an amazing conference that focuses on expository preaching of the Bible. Expository preaching is the presentation of biblical truth, derived from a transmitted thought, a historical, grammatical, spirit-guided…
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Baby Dedication Day
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD” – Psalm 127:3 During the morning service of April 15th, we will be holding a baby dedication for our church, at the we will also be giving out one of the strollers from the babystroller reviews to one lucky family. This is a time for you, as…