Missions Trips 2025!!!
We have completed the 2025 missions trip brochure, which is being printed now. Below is a list of all the 2025 mission trip locations, dates, costs, and contact information. Check the VBM Website soon for more information!
Youth 4 the Gospel - Knoxville
We had a wonderful Y4tG last Saturday with around 50 young people from two churches. Pastor Wilkerson and the people at Southside hosted and provided us a good time!
We would love to have you join us at one of our upcoming events. Click here to find out more details.
Here are the last two for the year:
- October 12 – Saint Cloud, FL
- November 9 – Dalton, GA
Getting the Word Out This Fall!
We’ve been praying and working so that God would send future students, interns, and missionaries. Here are a couple of ways areas we’re getting the word out this fall:
- Southwide Baptist Fellowship — setting up display at pastor’s fellowship as well as the below ad in their magazine. If you are attending come by our table and lets catch up.
- Pensacola Christian College — Ty and Rebecca Pepperdine will be going in November to speak to students about missions.
- Youth for the Gospel — Dr. Jim & Mrs. Sandy have lined up several of these events to see more laborers raised up for world missions.
- Open House for future missionary students.
- Booking up meetings to present the missions school in churches this fall.
If you work with a church or Christian school, please email me. I would love to come by and speak to your young people about the need for the gospel around the world.
jeff@visionmissions.com
Missionary Highlights
This section is so you can learn more about (or be reminded of) VBM missionaries serving around the world. We will be working in alphabetical order, and the next missionary is Michael & Victoria Turner.
Michael:
When I was 17 years old, I was invited by Noah Wilkerson to Southside Baptist church. After going for some period of time, Josh Barton asked me “if you die today do you know if you would spend the rest of eternity in heaven or hell?” I said “I don’t know”, he then shared Roman’s road with me and then I asked God to save me. At the same time I got saved I prayed to God and said if you have your all to me then I will give you my all. From there on I started living for Jesus. About a year later, I took a missions trip to Mexico and was listening to a missionary preach on Isaiah 6:8. And I was reflecting on how God saved me and how so many others with never hear the gospel lest I preach it to them. So i surrendered my life to the mission field as I prayed “here am I, send me, I will go.”
Victoria:
I grew up in a godly home. At the age of 8 I attended a Christian camp where I heard about the reality of Heaven and Hell. That night I realized my need for a savior and that I was a sinner. I asked Jesus that night to save me. At the age of 15 I was diagnosed with WPW (a heart condition). At the time they were unsure how severe and if I would make it. The Lord gave me peace during this time reminding me of the hope I have in my salvation. Through this time the Lord burdened my heart for those who do not have that same peace and hope. I started to see souls in a different way. I became concerned about where others would spend eternity. After visiting the OG Summit in 2020 the Lord started to open doors and made it clear that he would have me surrender to missions.
Sam Wilson taught a module on Hebrew History to the students. He is a great teacher and tremendous asset to our faculty and students.
Noah Wilkerson baptizing a young man he lead to the Lord in South Africa. What a blessing!
While at Y4tG this Saturday, I spotted this young man wearing a “Vision for China” shirt. Amen!! Love seeing young people influenced with the need of taking the Gospel.
Open House, November 20-22, 2024
If you are a young person (or know of a young person) interested in missions, the Open House is for you. Join us for this 3-day event and experience our distinctive missionary training program. You will experience classes, talk to veteran missionaries, and have fellowship with like-minded people.
Our special guest speaker will be Dr. J. B. Godfrey for BIMI. He will inspire and encourage us about the cause of the Gospel worldwide.