We had another great service here at Vision Baptist Church! I have no words to express the joy and gratitude I felt yesterday as we were able to come together as a church. It was wonderful to be in the same building even though I didn’t get to shake your hand or greet you as […]
World Evangelism Fellowship
We are so excited to announce the first World Evangelism Fellowship. Everyone interested is invited to our first meeting! Date: November 6, 2018 (This is Election Day, so please plan to vote before or after the fellowship meeting). Time: 9 AM to 12 PM *Lunch will be served after the meeting. Location: Vision Baptist Church 355 […]
Welcome Two New Missionary Families to VBM
We are so excited to announce that Vision Baptist Missions Board has accepted two new missionary families this week. Tim and Destiny Kelly will be heading to South Africa. Robert and Emma Becker will be heading to Argentina. Please be praying for these families as they begin deputation to get back to their countries.
New Ministry at the Forsyth County Jail
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 […]
Dear Givers and Supporters of Vision
Dear Givers and Supporters of Vision What a wonderful year the Lord God has given us. He has given us spiritual and numerical growth. He has now allowed us to see nine of our young men ordained to the gospel ministry. We ended the year with 24 missionaries that are members and sent out of […]
Special Guest: Seth Austin
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 […]
The Passover Seder
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 […]
2015 Celebration Sunday in Review
Where do we even start? What a wonderful day! We call our anniversary service “Celebration Sunday” and it most certainly lived up to its name! Starting at 9 am the church building was buzzing with activity. People were there setting up their classes, bringing in food, and ready to greet our visitors. We had just […]
Great Service and Newest Member!
Last night we took time to remember the sacrificial death of Christ by observing the Lord’s Supper. We were walked through the New Testament and was reminded of the perfect birth, life, and death of Jesus. Last night was extra special to us all because we had Ben Thomas lead us in the Lord’s Supper. […]
Send Me I’ll Go: Letting the Mission Choose Your Life
Jake Taube wrote this on his blog. I wanted to make sure and share it with everyone of you. Also at the end of the article you will see that I want to give away several copies of the book. Read on to see how to get your own free copy. Last week was an exciting one […]
Newest Members
We are very excited to have Brett Broadrick and Amber Daniel. They are engaged to be married this summer. They are wonderful couple with a very evident love for Jesus. We have the joy of getting to know them for the last several weeks. They both attended the Come and See Luncheon this last Sunday. […]
Newest Member: Bethlehem Robi
We would like to welcome Bethlehem (Beth) Robi as our newest member! She has already been a great blessing to our church in many ways. She has volunteered in different events. Recently she represented her home country of Ethiopia during a time of fellowship following the first night of our missions conference. She is also […]
Newest Member: Daniel Bennett
We would like to welcome Daniel Bennett as the newest member of Vision Baptist Church. He is a real joy to be around. He has already been helping Pastor Robert with the activities for the Single Focus ministry. He has one sister, Rebekah, who is also a member of Vision. He joined by letter […]
Dodge Hunger Update
This morning the Students of Vision spent several hours at the North Georgia Food Bank sorting cans, making food boxes, laughing, and most importantly glorifying our God! Early this year they took up almost 600 lbs in canned food items at our annual Dodge Hunger event! Today they took the cans of food […]
Bloom Outreach Report
Kanon Bloom helps lead the weekend outreach endeavors of our church. He is doing a super job at helping providing opportunities and resources for help us share the Gospel with the community. Here is his report from July. We had over 10 visitors come to VBS through contacts made at Saturday Outreach! Pray that we could get […]
Sunday in Review
Bulletin for the Week: VISIONNEWS | June 22nd, 2014 As procrastinators have said for generations “better late than never!” I thought I would post this Sunday Review before the next Sunday came. Which, by the way, will be awesome! It is 19:14 Sunday. We will be praying for our VBS workers, eating lunch together, and in the […]
Testimony: Kami Richardson
Kamerin and I are officially joining the family of Vision Baptist Church today. Words really can’t describe how grateful we both are, but I feel that something needs to be said in attempt to make our gratitude known, so here goes… About a year and a half ago, I received a handout on the door […]
Camp in Review
I really appreciate Hannah Shreve taking hundreds of pictures at the Our Generation Camp. When she gets time to sort through them and make some edits she plans to make them available for all of us to see! Here are a few picture taken and posted this week. I think it helps tell the story […]
Sunday in Review
Sunday in Review for May the 11th , 2014 VISIONNEWS:May 11 (Downloadable Bulletin) This weekend, like most weekends around the church, there were many activities taking place. We had a great time in fellowship and enjoyed some great weather. You can get a list of upcoming events by clicking on this link. Here is a quick […]
Obituary for Allison Clapp
Mrs. Allison Clapp was a loving mother, wonderful wife, and a compassionate servant in our church. On Monday morning our church family was stunned and saddened by the passing of Mrs. Allison Clapp. What we have not been surprised about has been the outpouring of love from our church and the community. Allison has been […]
Newest Member: Eric Elrod
Eric Elrod is our newest member as of Thursday night! He comes from a loving, Christian family and is moving his church membership from the church he attended during his childhood in Rydal, GA. He moved to Alpharetta to attend the Our Generation Training Center. He currently believes that God is directing his path to […]
Night of the S’mores / Recap
What an awesome night! We had about 65 people out for our first “Night of the S’mores”! There was much laughter, conversations with friends, kids playing, and a bunch of s’mores devoured. It was a great night enjoying the property that God has allowed us to purchase. It was a safe, enjoyable night thanks to […]
Live steam Debate
Join me (Trent), Ty, Santiago, and others as we watch this debate tomorrow night at the church. It starts at 7:00 pm but we are encouraging you to get there by 6:45 pm for some discussion and prayer. 100,000,000 people watched the Super Bowl last night. That is also the number of Americans that claim […]
Story Time and Ladies Bible Study
Story Time On Wednesdays at 10:15 am we have been having Story Time for children at the church. It is a chance for the kids to get together, learn a Bible lesson, and let the stay at home have a chance to get together. Starting on Wednesday, March the 5th Story Time will make some changes as we work […]
Ready or not here they come!
According to the Cumming Patch FrontDoor Communities closed on 158 acres in south Forsyth County to develop Traditions, a community with more than 400 homes.. Located 1.7 miles from Ga. 400 on GA 9, Castleberry Road and Majors Road, Traditions residents will have access to schools including West Forsyth High, as well as outdoor recreation sites […]
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 […]
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 […]
Old Fashion Sunday
This Sunday, be prepared to be transported back in time. Pastor is already there waiting for us (As this picture clearly shows!) This Sunday we will have Old Fashioned Sunday. We will have regular Sunday School (at 9:30 am), followed by the morning service. All will be normal except the decorations, the costumes, etc. Immediately […]
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 […]
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 […]
A new goal for our greatest mission!
When Vision Baptist Church was started nearly seven years, Pastor Gardner and the men helping him did it with the rally cry of reaching the world with the Gospel in our generation. After this years annual missions conference, our church boldly declared that they still believed in that vision. The Missions conference was a great […]
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? […]
Please pray for our Pastor!
Tomorrow morning, at 5:30 am, Pastor Gardner will be going into surgery to have a cancerous kidney removed. The surgery is scheduled to begin at 7:30 am and should take about four hours. Please be in prayer for Pastor Gardner and Miss Betty as they face this procedure and the recovery time afterwards!
Help needed!!!
We are extremely excited about the upcoming children’s crusade with evangelist Ed Dunlop. The crusade will run from April 1st to April 5th from 7:00pm to 8:30 pm. Before the crusade starts, there are some supplies that we need to collect. These will be used for games, prizes, and contest for throughout the week. […]
And the winner is…
This past Celebration Sunday, we held our 2nd Annual Chili and Dessert cook-off. The numerous contestants spent hours planning, cooking, sweating, and plotting so they could win the coveted prize. But when the cold-hearted judges give their final vote, only eight rose to the victory. A big thanks to everyone who brought all the […]
Vision’s Newest Member!
Pastor Gardner shared the following about the exciting baptism we had at church last Sunday! It is always an exciting time when we have people follow the Lord in this great act of obedience! I’m excited to present to you our newest member, Juan Garcia! Juan received Christ as his Savior just a few weeks […]
Congratulation to Aaron Moriarty
Pastor Gardner shared the following about the exciting baptism we had at Church yesterday! It is always an exciting time when we have people follow the Lord in this great act of obedience! Aaron, Anna, and Dylon celebrated Aaron’s step of obedience this past Sunday morning. Aaron was baptized. He thought he was saved but […]
Picture Days!
We are so excited about our new church directory and the chance for us to stay better connected with each other! This time we are wanting to do something a little different. We would like to include a picture of every one of you to go along with your contact information. In order to do […]
Congratulations to Whitney!
Written by Pastor Austin Gardner: Yesterday morning was a great blessing. God worked greatly among us! Whitney Elrod was baptized. Whitney had made a profession of faith as a young girl. She comes from a very godly home. While going through Foundations (our discipleship ministry), Whitney realized that she was not truly born again. Holly […]
Project Fulton County
Dear Vision Family, Over the last week you should have become aware of God’s moving among our church to see a church planted in Fulton County in 2012. Pastor Gardner has shared a vision with the church to see us plant churches throughout metro Atlanta for the last five years. You could say it was […]
No Cook Thursdays!
Avoid the Thursday night dinner rush and join us at Vision Baptist Church for No Cook Thursdays! No Cook Thursdays is a twice-a-month youth fundraiser event sponsored by Vision’s youthleaders. For $5/person and a maximum of $20/family (children 5 & under are free), you’ll get a hearty meal with sides, a drink, and a dessert […]
New Church To Be Started in Ouagadougou!
This has to be one of the most exciting times for a missionary. The kickoff of a new work. We have been blessed to start four other works in Burkina Faso, and this will be the fifth Gospel preaching church. Pastor Zacharie and his family served with us for about three years at Water of […]
Time Change Sunday
This coming Sunday, March 13th, will be Time Change Sunday! Be sure to set your clocks forward, maybe get to bed a little earlier, and be at church ready for a time of worship to our Lord and fellowship with other believers! Also, invite a friend to church on Sunday!
Time Change Sunday
This coming Sunday, March 13th, will be Time Change Sunday! Be sure to set your clocks forward, maybe get to bed a little earlier, and be at church ready for a time of worship to our Lord and fellowship with other believers! Also, invite a friend to church on Sunday!
Thank you from Kanisa Attendees!
Last week’s Kanisa Conference was a tremendous success, and the people of Vision worked hard to make it so! They cooked, cleaned, hosted, took care of babies, sang, played, attended, prayed, were friendly, served, and showed great heart for all 3 days. Here are two thank you notes from some of the attendees of the […]
Q & A Night!
Every first Sunday of the month is Question & Answer Night at Vision Baptist Church. If you have questions on past messages or questions you have had on your heart, take this opportunity to text them to 770-853-8148 or e-mail them to [email protected] This an incredible time to hear your questions addressed and answered based […]
Men’s and Women’s Fellowships this Thursday night!
This Thursday will be our first monthly men’s and women’s fellowships at Vision. They will take place during our regularly scheduled service from 7 to 8 pm. Mrs. Betty Gardner will lead the ladies session, and Bro. Austin Gardner will be leading the men’s session. Just come into church like normal. The men will be […]
Pastor Warren Frick joins the Vision Staff
Vision is delighted to introduce Pastor Warren Frick as the new Senior Saints Pastor. He will be leading those above the ages of 50-55 or so. The Fricks joined our church a little over a year ago and have been a tremendous blessing thus far. Pastor Frick has expressed his great desire to reach the […]
All systems are go!
Link to live feed: (https://visionbaptist.com/media/watch-live/) We have had people driving around to make sure we can make it to the church. We also have made sure the heat was running. All systems are go for this morning. We will have Adult Bible Fellowship at 9:30 am and our Worship Service at 10:30 as we do […]
Nehemiah Initiative
I just read this on AustinGardner.net and couldn’t wait to share it! Please, pray with us. God is doing great things at Vision and I think all of you know that. I am so excited to see steady growth. You are all such a blessing to me. We are about to put in the bathrooms, […]