A little about us…
Our Vision:
(Why We Exist)
“To see people from everyday life experience the hope of knowing Christ.”
Our Mission:
(How We Will Accomplish Our Vision)
By making and mobilizing
followers of Jesus
where we live, work, and play.
Our Values.
Being Real.
We know life can be hard & people are sinful. We know we are all in need of God’s grace for us to be saved, to grow, to change, and to live out our God-given purpose in life. At VBC, our hope is that you won’t find a bunch of people who think they are awesome. You will only find sinners, saved by grace who know they need Jesus as much as anyone else. We value being a safe place where people can share about life, struggles, and issues, and be met with grace, love, encouragement, and help. We all can relate. You are not alone. You won’t have to “fake it” here.
The Gospel.
The ‘Gospel’ is the truth that Jesus (the Son of God) willingly came to earth, taking on flesh, and lived the perfect life you should have, died the death you deserved, and rose from the dead conquering sin and death in your place. This means that if you trust in Jesus (and all he did for you) you will be forgiven of all your sins, and find new life in Him. This is the universal testimony of God’s breath-taking love. We deserved to be condemned for our sins, yet God wanted to save and forgive us. We will live and die on this hill called ‘the Gospel’ because it is the “good news” of how we are saved, how we grow, and how we persevere in life. The Gospel is everything.
Relationships.
At VBC, we value relationships as one of our main priorities. God himself exists in an eternal 3-in-1 relationship (between God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit called the ‘Trinity’). We were all created in His image with the inherent need and desire for relationship with God and others. This is why we will intentionally seek to cultivate real, genuine relationships, to see people go from visitors, to friends, to spiritual family. We will fight for relationship because we know we are all imperfect and all need grace from each other continually. We care about you, and want to know you.
Multiplication.
We are devoted to multiplying Disciples, Leaders, Small Groups, & Churches. We are committed as a church to “Go + Grow” in these specific ways. We will intentionally set out to reach people far from God, and make disciples who make disciples. We will intentionally commit to raise up leaders for Kingdom impact. We will set out to be multiplying our small groups to better reach, engage, and disciple more people. We are also committed as a church to multiply Churches. This is simply a biblical call. This means that we desire to raise up and send people to plant more disciple-making churches to reach more of the world for Jesus in the future.
God’s Word.
Our entire Faith is built upon the firm foundation of God’s Word (the Bible). We believe that God’s Word is sufficient for all we need to live for, and glorify God in this life. We believe the Bible is the inerrant (no error in it) and inspired (God’s actual divine Word revealed) book given to us from God to lead us into all of God’s purposes for us as followers of Jesus. Through God’s Word we come to know Jesus, grow in Him, and follow him. Our hope in Jesus is built upon the firm, perfect, unfailing, and unchanging foundation of God’s Word and what it teaches. We believe it is eternal in application and relevant for every age and generation. It still speaks to us fully today.
The Harvest.
The Bible refers to all people who don’t yet know Jesus as “the Harvest.” Its all too easy for Christians and churches to get inward focused and lose sight of the Great Commission that Jesus left the church with. We as a church are committing to always have an intentional pursuit of the harvest. We will be a people that grow in having an “eye for non-believers” and a heart that commits to pursue them in relationship and love. We will exist to answer God’s call when he commanded His church to “Go and make disciples.” We want to be an answer to the problem that Jesus told us to pray for when He said “the harvest is plenty, but the laborers are few". Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest that he would send out laborers.” We want to be a church full of laborers, passionately pursuing to reach non-believers.
What We Believe
“At our church,
Jesus is the Hero. Not us.
All the people here need Him equally, and long to see others find everlasting hope in Him.”
– Pastor Michael