Will your church be open this Sunday? This question has become more and more common over the last couple of months. Each time I answer with “Most certainly and I hope you will be able to join us!” I have felt like my answer has been missing something. Meeting as a church is vitally important. …
After the service this morning I attended the Vision Bible Institute Informative Luncheon. I had the opportunity to start the meeting with prayer and ended up with a front row seat to hear the teachers speak about their upcoming classes. A free lunch is always something that I get excited about but God brought a …
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When Vision Baptist Church was officially started in March of 2006 we had all the dreams and desires of most church plants. We prayed that God would use our combined efforts to see people come to know Christ and become followers of Him. It was also our desire that God would use our new church …
Our Student Pastor, Trent Cornwell, has started a series of blog article for our teenagers. The articles are written for teenagers but have strong applications to all of us. We would encourage you check out the website for our Student Ministry. You can subscribe to get articles and read this blog in its entirety. …
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Last night we saw an answer to the prayers of many people. It has been our desire for many years now to have the opportunity to serve in the local jail by leading Bible studies. Over the last year, especially, Joseph Reidy has kept this prayer requests before us. We are so thankful this …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
On occasion, we have been questioned on why we preach through the Bible verse by verse and book by book. We know many good churches and Pastors do not preach the Book in a sequential order as we have chosen to do. We know and believe that our lessons and sermons must come from …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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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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 …
We gladly welcomed Brian and Joy Raaens into our church membership yesterday morning during our service. They also celebrated their 6th Wedding Anniversary yesterday! While attending Vision they have become involved in the Conn3ct Adult Bible Fellowship. Joy has also enjoyed fellowship and encouragement from other Home School Moms. They have already attended the Come …
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 …
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 …
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 …
II Corinthians 8:1-15 February 20, 2016 (High School Class) God’s grace just changes everything. This story uses a giving event to show off the power of God’s grace. This is not rich churches giving to poor churches, as we would expect should happen, but really poor churches giving to other poor churches. The churches of …
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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 …
Join us on Thursday, December the 3rd as we will have Seth Austin preaching for us. His testimony of arranging his life around the gospel is a testimony to all. He shares the Gospel in and through his daily life. He deals with the daily pain brought on by cerebral palsy and spondylolisthesis. Rather walking …
Okay, we understand that the idea of a full night of jumping on trampolines at SkyZone may not sound like fun to you. Even if that is true, I bet you still would love to be involved in an event that would help our students share the Gospel with their friends and give them a …
Parent Corner: The Lords Supper is no ordinary supper. The Parent Corner is one of the ways we endeavor to help keep you informed in the lessons and material being taught to the teenagers of our church. Here is the lesson taught to our high school students on the first Sunday of September. I Corinthians 11:17-34 …
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The High School Student Bible Fellowship has recently started a series in 1 Corinthians. We want to give you an update on our lesson from last week. This subject can be some what awkward to address. We address it with the students as he comes up in the Bible as we are teaching verse by …
I know I could say this about every Thursday Night Service at Vision but it is especially true about this Thursday Night! You will not want to miss learning about “The Messiah in the Passover” as it will be taught by Sam Wilson, Missionary to the Jewish People. It will be an informative and exciting …
What You Think of the Cross Determines your Wisdom or Foolishness I Corinthians 1:17-31 May 3, 2015 Knowledge is the collection of things that you know. Wisdom is the power or ability to properly use what you know. A person may know a damaging fact about someone. That is knowledge. Wisdom is the decision to …
As we prepare for services this Sunday I would like to take a moment to remind us of the wonderful service we had last Sunday. It was an awesome day of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. We had 179 people in our Adult Bible Fellowship and Sunday School time together! In our morning service we …
Here is the lesson taught to our High School – Student Bible Fellowship last Sunday morning. This is a great resource to continue the conversation with your teenagers about what they have learned. Mature Christians Imitate Christ by Serving Others. March 28, 2015 Romans 15 This chapter continues the discussion from chapter 14 on strong …
