We had 290 people in attendance Sunday morning with 158 in the main service. We were excited to see a lot of visitors and members in attendance. Pastor preached a challenging message on Spiritual Warfare as we looked through the Bible to see the reality of demonic activity and how Satan is working to destroy our lives.

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Sunday morning we had 243 people in attendance. The Spanish church had another good week with 36 people. Pastor preached a great message out of the Book of Mark called Sacrifice with a Purpose. We looked into the story of Zebedee, the father of John and James. Zebedee gave up so much when his sons went to follow Jesus, and James and John gave up so much when they left to follow Jesus. It is a sacrifice to follow Jesus, but it is a sacrifice with a purpose and great benefit.

During the afternoon time we had some specials with a few special testimonies. We were blessed to hear about how God is working in the lives of people in our church. Nate Fransis preached a message on why we can praise God. He has been good to us and that is why we can praise Him!

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            Dan grew up in a godly Christian home where his dad was a lay pastor. From birth to graduation he attended a church that taught the Gospel. While doing devotions with his mother at the age of seven, he got saved.

            Shannon was raised in the Catholic Church. When she started dating Dan during her freshman year of high school, she heard the Gospel message while visiting his church, Parkview Church of the Nazarene. But it wasn’t until the age of 24 that she decided to put her trust in Jesus and believe in His power to save her. Dan had asked her before if she would like to step out of the pew and go to the altar, but she had always felt too embarrassed. But one particular Sunday, Pastor Graves kept pleading “take Jesus home with you today!” Dan and Shannon just had to look at each other and they started making their way toward the altar. That day, Shannon “took Jesus home with her”.

            They first heard about Vision when they were seeking a Bible-preaching church with sound doctrine. They had just left their previous church and were going through a disappointing and heartbreaking time in their lives. Dan’s office just happened to be located conveniently right next door to Vision’s church building at the time. Brett Broadrick told them about the Thursday evening service at Vision, and they started attending that service.

            The Penrods love Vision because of the discipline here to stick with the Book. They appreciate the doctrine, leadership, and body of Christ at Vision. They also enjoy being part of a church whose members and missionaries live out the Great Commission. They value greatly the friendships they have grown since they have come to Vision.

            Currently Dan mentors, serves in the prayer ministry with his Sunday School, and represents Oceania on the World Evangelism Cabinet. Shannon served in the nursery for over a year and is now open to other opportunities. She is also actively praying for several friends who are not saved. Their family is also involved several community activities. We are blessed to have them serve with us at Vision Baptist Church.

Written By: Anna Skudarnov

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Sunday night we had a special time honoring our five seniors. We are excited about how each of them have been a blessing to our church and our youth group. We are excited to see them showing their love for God by doing ministry in our church! Please pray for each of them as they are entering adult hood. 

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Lemar did not grow up in a Christian home. The only reason he went to church one day at the age of seventeen was because his friend from high school invited him. That night was the night he realized his need for the Savior and got saved.

Latasha grew up in a Pentecostal church that taught speaking in tongues as a commandment. At the age of sixteen, after years of frustration, she finally gave up on salvation altogether. She was always breaking one of the commandments because she could not speak in tongues. And since she was taught that salvation was achieved by works, it seemed like she would never be able to earn salvation.

Just at one of the darkest moments in her life, in 2005, Latasha saw a commercial that had a prayer line. She decided to call. The young lady who picked up the phone explained to her that true biblical salvation is a free gift and not earned by works. Latasha accepted this free gift and began to look for a church.

It wasn’t until 2009, when Lemar and Latasha moved to Newnan, Georgia, that they found a Bible-based church. Bible Baptist Church invited Greg to Vacation Bible School and the whole family started attending church there. When they moved to Alpharetta in 2009, their church suggested they come to Vision and they’ve been here ever since.

Lemar and Latasha value the Bible teaching and preaching at Vision. They are always being challenged to understand and apply the Word of God and speak often of how much God has changed them since coming to Vision.

Not only do they love attending Vison, but they also feel blessed to be able to serve in the ministries here. Currently, Lemar serves on the World Vision Cabinet and represents Sub-Saharan Africa. He also participates in the usher ministry, helping to take up and count the offerings. Latasha is part of the team of greeters at church and she assists in the kid’s Sunday School class. They are both excited to keep serving the Lord alongside Vision.

Written By: Anna Skudarnov

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Pablo Hernández – Pablo’s girlfriend started coming to english classes and then started coming to church. She would try and get him to come to church but he wouldn’t so she started getting him to come to english classes then try to get him stay for church. He didn’t want to be there at first but slowly his face changing for being mad there to enjoying the service. Jimmy started working with him, and took him in from the beginning and led him to the lord, foundations, and this Sunday he baptized him.

God has been majorly blessing our Spanish ministry. Pastor Jimmy and his family have been laboring extremely hard and God has been blessing. This past Sunday afternoon the Spanish church had eighty seven people! Please continue to pray for our Spanish ministry and for Pastor Jimmy as he continues to work.

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Thursday Brother Sam brought a challenging message during the regular church service. Friday he met with the missionaries serving with Vision Baptist Missions on reaching Jews for four hours. Saturday he again met with the church on reaching Jews and outreach in general for four hours. Sunday he brought two more challenging messages on outreach.

We pray that if you were here you were challenged and will commit with many who have already in our church to do more to reach people in our community! We want to see fifty souls saved this year! Please be in prayer and be sharing the gospel so that we may see this goal reached!

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We kicked off our newest Sunday School (Adult Bible Fellowship) class this week. The Desi Bible fellowship will be reaching the constantly growing Indian community around Alpharetta and the surrounding areas. Be in prayer that God will continue to bless us in our goal to reach our community with the gospel.

We also had a new member join our church, Jens Looney. Jens has been a member of the Our Generation Training Center for a year and a half and has been faithfully helping out in many areas including cleaning the church. Jens has been a blessing to our church already in his attitude he brings to the church and we are excited to see him continue to grow as a member of our church.

We hope to see you this upcoming Easter morning as we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. Be in prayer for the service for any who may be lost to come to know Jesus!

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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 in the prisons. We are very blessed to have him in our church family and can’t wait to see what God will do with his life!

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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 of our church and the great commission that was given by Jesus Christ and should not be taken lightly by His people. It was important enough for Jesus himself to get baptized. Next Sunday morning we will continue our study of Baptism.

Sunday night we were blessed to have one of our assistant pastors, Robert Canfeild, preach the first message out of 2 Kings. Judgment always comes, just as God promised, but does that motivate us to tell the lost world about Jesus?

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