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Victory Baptist Church Rev. E. Benjamin Thomas III - Senior Pastor

Victory Baptist Church is a purpose-driven church, built upon and instructed by God's eternal purposes (Proverbs 19:21), not tradition, buildings, programs, finances, staff, or anything else. We have centered our church around the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) and the purposes of Evangelism, Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, and Ministry (Acts 2:42-47).

We believe that every member of Victory Baptist Church is a minister. Therefore, we will equip people for ministry, help them discover their unique God-given combination of Spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 12); Heart (Matthew 12:34); Abilities (I Corinthians 12:5); Personality (I Corinthians 2:11); and Experiences (Romans 8:28), or what we call S.H.A.P.E. Our ministry teams are designed to reach five groups of people:

The Community - occasional attendees and prospective members
The Crowd - those who attend Victory Baptist regularly, but are not members
The Congregation - those who have become Victory Baptist members
The Committed - those maturing through discipleship and service
The Core - ministers and leadership
We will seek to move people from the Community through the other groups toward the Core. This means we will love people enough to meet them where they are, and love them too much to leave them where they are.

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