Men, I am so excited about our 1st Annual MANCATION that starts tomorrow night. I hope all of you will make plans to be there at 7 pm for the Fish Fry and the Missionary Roast. I am joking about the roast but not the fish fry. We will have both our staff missionaries to […]
Raising Children info-importance of Dad
“Without two parents, working together as a team, the child has more difficulty learning the combination of empathy, reciprocity, fairness and self-command that people ordinarily take for granted. If the child does not learn this at home, society will have to manage his behavior in some other way. He may have to be rehabilitated, incarcerated, […]
Pastoral Candidates
The following is a confidential report on several candidates being considered for a pastorate. Adam: Good man but problems with his wife. Noah: Former pastorate of 120 years with not even one convert. Prone to unrealistic building projects. Abraham: Though the references reported wife-swapping, the facts seem to show he never slept with another man’s […]
Gladness and worship
Nehemiah 12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. Nehemiah and his people have done a great work. They are now […]
Men’s Deep Sea Fishing Trip
Six spots are already taken. If you want to go write or call the church now! The following men have already reserved their spot! Jeremy Hall Mike Hall Austin Gardner Mark Coffey Tony Howeth Hugh Watson Subscribe to Vision News by Email
Fishing and Frying
Well I am not sure just how many fish were caught that were keepers but not enough so off someone went to catch some fish at Publix. We had a bunch of men and boys and it was a wonderful afternoon. David Lundy gets the prize for the biggest fish as far as I know […]
Don’t hold the reins too tightly!
Let not your authority over them be exercised with rigour and severity, but with kindness and gentleness, lest you raise their passions and discourage them in their duty, and by holding the reins too tight make them fly out with greater fierceness.†The bad temper and example of imprudent parents often prove a great hindrance […]
Father’s Day
One of the greatest privileges that I have ever had is to be a dad. I have loved the Lord Jesus Christ since I was a child. I accepted the Lord Jesus as my Savior when I was only 7 years old. I felt that He had called me to His service when I was […]
Father Son Fish Fry
Mark your calendar now for the Father Son Fish Fry to take place on June 16, 2007 at 4:30. Location to be announced later. We plan on fishing at a private lake and cooking there so the final plans are still being made. If you do not have a son still plan on coming and […]
Monthly Men’s Meeting
I am looking forward to seeing all of you this Saturday morning at 7 AM at the church for our fellowship meeting. We will have a chicken biscuit and then discuss the book, The Man in the Mirror. You should have read up to chapter 7 if you can. Be sure and invite other men […]
Men prepare your calendar!
The following things need to be on your calendar if you are one of the men that attend the Vision Baptist Church. We have several really great things planned for you: June 16 from 4:30 to 7:00 we will have a Father Son Fish Fry. Please get that on your schedule and plan to be […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Building Update
Bro. Mark Coffey asked me to post this blog for him: We were very excited to see our new facility today as we made our walk-through and finalized plans for a move within the next two weeks! However, we were surprised to find out from the leasing company that we may have to pay as […]
Urgent Need from Chile–Missionary Jason Holt
In Santiago, Chile, Missionary Jason Holt has an exciting opportunity that presents an extreme challenge. This week, he has signed a contract to purchase the ideal piece of land for the ministry.  It is only 100 yards from their current rented church building, but they have very little time to raise the money for the […]
Morocco jails German for trying to convert Muslims
RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan court jailed a German tourist for six months for attempting to convert Muslims in the southern resort of Agadir, officials said on Wednesday. The court in Agadir, Morocco’s main tourist destination, found the 64-year-old man guilty of trying to “shake the faith of a Muslim”, they added. The court also […]
The foundation of all morality!
I want to thank Hugh Watson for sending this out to the “Men of Vision.” John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the United States “There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second is the immortality of the human […]
Be careful with sin!
Paul Harvey tells how an Eskimo kills a wolf. He coats his knife blade with blood and lets it freeze. Then he adds another coat of blood and then another. As each coat freezes he adds another smear of blood until the blade is hidden deep within a substantial thickness of frozen blood. Then he […]
Becoming Men
I hope you will read the following article and use it to motivate each other and our sons to do great things for God. The article comes from the Boundless Webzine and a link to finish reading the article is at the end of this introduction of the article. Becoming Men: Feats of our Forefathers  by […]
Less than half of households are married couples, and singles aren’t rushing to wed
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Georgia now has only 49.5 percent are homes with married couples with or without children. In Georgia almost 4 in 10 babies are born to single moms. People are afraid of divorce. You can read all the article at http://www.ajc.com/search/content/living/stories/2006/11/27/1128lvlessmarried.html These are just more ministry […]
Could we be this?
The story of Stanley Dale, missionary to Yali people of Irian Jaya is a story of relentless courage and unwavering faith in the God that said “go ye into all the world.” Those that Stanley took the gospel to shot more than 50 arrows through him the day he died. As he stood in the […]
Men
“the same commit thou to faithful men,†became the theme this morning at the first meeting of the men’s fellowship at Vision Baptist church. Eighteen men and young men showed up and were challenged by Austin to take the leadership role that God intended men to have. II Timothy 2:3-5 gives men their instructions for […]