Ministry and Mission

CONNECT - GROW - SERVE

We are an inclusive church that wants everyone to know: God loves you. We love you. No exceptions. At Vienna Baptist, we welcome you into full membership and participation in the church with all of your beautiful diversity: your age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, experiences, mental, emotional, and physical self, hopes, doubts, questions, and dreams.

Since our founding, Vienna Baptist Church has existed to change lives and transform our community. Over the years, we have learned that the journey is always changing and we must remain open to the creative new directions of the Holy Spirit. We invite you to come discover God’s purpose for your life, engage with your local community, and change the world with us!

Connect

Our community groups meet throughout the month. Send an email to learn more about these groups for adults, children, and youth.

Grow

Discipleship is a core value for our members. Learning opportunities about throughout the year for all ages. Subscribe to our weekly email to learn about upcoming activities and opportunities.

Serve

The Missions Committee helps mobilize our people to serve our local community and our world while partnering with trusted organizations that are doing a great job of impacting others.

Our Ministry Partners

Britepaths

Impact: Poverty, Hunger, Education, Local Community

Britepaths works to help low-income working families in our community find sustainable solutions by providing short-term assistance to meet their pressing needs while at the same time providing mentoring, financial literacy classes, and other programs to help them become more self-sufficient in the long-term. Volunteers are needed to help with VBC’s deliveries of grocery cards and household supplies, assist with Britepaths’ Holiday and Back-to-School programs, and serve as mentors in their financial literacy, employment, high risk pregnancy and new mother programs.

Website: http://www.britepaths .org

End Hunger in Vienna Projects

Impact: Local Community, Poverty, Hunger

For over twenty years, VBC has worked to reduce the number of families affected by food insecurity. We partner with other local faith communities and non-profit organizations to work on large hunger projects, serving both local and world-wide needs, which a single church could not accomplish alone.

Currently, we provide weekend meal kits for students experiencing food insecurity at Marshall Road Elementary School in Vienna.

Other examples of these projects include Stop Hunger Now and Generosity Feeds meal packaging events and the Church World Service Crop Walk. Volunteers are needed to help plan and organize events as well as to participate in the events themselves.

VOICE (Virginians for Organized Interfaith Community Engagement)

Impact: Local Community, Education, Transportation, Families, Justice

VOICE, founded in 2008, joins diverse faith communities and civic organizations in Northern Virginia to make a difference on the issues that matter to everyday people. VOICE unites people across the lines of race, class, religion, political party, and geography creating a powerful voice to address issues such as public schools, affordable housing, transportation, justice, and diversity. Interested individuals are encouraged to join the VBC VOICE team, attend training sessions on how to actively listen to, interact with, and mobilize local individuals and organizations; then use those skills to discern and address the issues most important to our local communities.

Website: http://www.voice-iaf.org