Our mission is to

With some of His final words before ascending to Heaven, Jesus commissioned His church (including us) with these words: "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:18-20). This is a multiplying mandate for disciples of Jesus. And as we multiply disciples of Jesus, we multiply God's glory (the brilliance of Who He is) on the earth.

Our Vision

If you've looked around our site, you may be asking “What's with all of the pottery analogies?” Our vision is tied to clay because the Bible has much to say about clay and there are numerous analogies between mankind and clay (see Gen. 1:1, 26-27; 2:7; Job 10:8-9; 33:6; Isa. 45:9-11; Jer. 18:1-6; John 9:5-7, 35-41; 2 Cor. 4:6-10). Our facilities reside on a rich basin of red clay, and that clay has been a source of much of the heritage that shapes our area. Brick-makers and race car drivers alike use this clay to shape their craft and shape our local culture.

So when we sought to find a way to summarize God's vision for our church and others who encounter us, we found a familiar and natural fit in the Bible's imagery of clay. Just as a potter finds raw materials and forms and fires those materials into new vessels so that they can be filled and flowing according to his design, we want to see God our Potter doing the same for all who interact with New Vision Fellowship. This has led us to the following vision:

We desire that through this fellowship Christ would cause multitudes to be:

Found

and invited to encounter God here.

Formed

into a new vessel by God's transforming power.

Fired

into a solid vessel, ready for God's use.

Filled

with truth and purpose for God's glory.

Flowing

God's riches into the lives of others.

a move from the COMMUNITY to the CROWD by gathering with us in worship

a move from the CROWD to the CHANGED by learning and applying God's Word

a move from the CHANGED to the COMMITTED by partnering with the church

a move from the COMMITTED to the COMMISSIONED by discovering and using spiritual gifts

a move from the COMMISSIONED to the CARRIERS by taking the gospel to the world

We multiply God's glory on the earth by multiplying magnifiers of His name

We multiply God's glory on the earth by multiplying models of His character

We multiply God's glory on the earth by multiplying members of His family

We multiply God's glory on the earth by multiplying ministers of His grace

We multiply God's glory on the earth by multiplying missionaries of His gospel

What We Believe

We affirm the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and as the only basis for our beliefs.

About God

About Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is co-equal with the Father. Jesus was born of a virgin and lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven’s glory and will return again someday to earth to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Matthew 1:22,23, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1-5, 14:10-30, Hebrews 4:14,15, 1 Corinthians 15:3,4, Romans 1:3, 4 Acts 1:9-11, 1 Timothy 6:14,15, Titus 2:13

About the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and the Son of God. He is present in the world to make men aware of their need for Jesus Christ. He also lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation. He provides the Christian with power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right. He gives every believer a spiritual gift when they are saved. As Christians we seek to live under His control daily.

2 Corinthians 3:17, John 16:7-13, 14:16, 17, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16, Ephesians 1:13, Galatians 5:25, Ephesians 5:18

About the Bible

About Marriage, Gender & Sexuality

God in His good design creates each person male or female, and these distinct, complementary genders together reflect His image and nature. Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of God’s image within that person.

Marriage is to be understood as the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. God created and sanctioned marriage to bring together men and women as the complementary halves of humanity together by joining them in “one flesh unions.” God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. Any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God.

God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

Every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of the church.

Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 2:18-25; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4; Matthew 15:18-20; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Acts 3:19-21; Romans 10:9-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31

About Human Beings

People are made in the spiritual image of God, to be like Him in character. People are the supreme object of God's creation. Although every person has tremendous potential for good, all of us are marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God, called “sin”. This attitude separates people from God and causes many problems in life.

Genesis 1:27, Psalm 8:3-6, Isaiah 53:6a, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 59:1, 2

About Salvation

Salvation is God's free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can never make up for our sin by self- improvement or good works. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God's offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin's penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith we are saved. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith.

Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 14:6, 1:12, Titus 3:5, Galatians 3:26, Romans 5:1

About Eternal Security

Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, you cannot "lose" it. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security.

John 10:28-29, 2 Timothy 1:12, Hebrews 7:25, 10:10, 14, 1 Peter 1:3-5

About Eternity

“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar And My daughters from the ends of the earth, Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
Isaiah 43:6-7

Our Pastor

Our Pastor, Jeremy Parker, is a native of nearby Pine Hall. He earned a Computer Science degree in 2003 from UNC and later a Masters of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2015. He worked for over 20 years as a software engineer, several of those bi-vocationally, before stepping into pastoral ministry full-time in 2024. He and his bride, Amy, were called to New Vision in 2017 after several years of volunteer work in the local church. God has blessed them with 3 children: Micah, Ellie Grace, and Caleb.

Pastor Jeremy has a passion for mining deep truths from the Scriptures and helping individual Christians of all ages and stages of life to grow in their walk with Christ.

Our Affiliations

As a church, we practice the distinctives of many Baptist churches:

Our membership is comprised of those who confess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

We practice baptism as a one-time testimony which identifies every believer with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ through immersion into water.

Our members exercise the right to vote, holding the final say in our most important decisions.

We see each person as entitled to personal religious convictions and accountable to God for those convictions.

We govern ourselves without any necessary allegiance to other earthly organizations.

So New Vision Fellowship is a Baptist church, but we are ultimately under no authority other than our Triune God. We do voluntarily choose to partner with the following organizations in order to increase our effectiveness in carrying out Christ's mission for us:

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