Vision Team
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Austin and Betty Gardner
Austin and Betty Gardner have been working in church ministry since the age of nineteen. After starting and pastoring a church in North Georgia, the Lord sent him and his family to the country of Peru in South America as missionaries, where they served for eighteen years. God blessed the work there and allowed the team he worked with to plant over seventy churches, a Bible college, and a TV station.
Austin also founded the Baptist College for World Evangelism, a training program for young missionaries. Austin and Betty have been married since August of 1973. They have four children who are all serving in the ministry today. God has given them an exciting vision of evangelizing the world in our generation by raising up a team of leaders committed to the cause. click here for a message from Pastor Gardner. You may contact him at .
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Mark and Amy Coffey
Mark and Amy Coffey Luke and Emilee Mark Coffey is director of missions and the Our Generation Training Center here at Vision Baptist Church.
Before coming to Vision Baptist Church, Mark was a full-time missionary in Peru for 5 years working with Pastor Gardner.
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Trent and Stephanie Cornwell
Trent leads up the different ministries of Our Generation and seeks to make a difference for World Evangelism as a Mobilizer to recruit and assist young people going to the mission field. He has the opportunity to speak in colleges and high schools nationwide recruiting and representing Baptists Committed to World Evangelism and Our Generation.
Trent is the Student Pastor here at Vision. He leads the teen ministry "Students of Vision."
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Ronald and Asunta Tubillas
Ronald and Asunta Tubillas serve as the Pastor of Iglesia Bautista Vision. Ronald is from Peru where he was a very succesful pastor for nine years. He has trained many young men that are now in full-time ministry and others that are still preparing. Ronald is a powerful preacher and a great asset to the Vision Team.
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John and Sandy Pearson
John Pearson serves as the Treasurer of World Vision and teaches the Adult Bible Study. John Pearson is also the founder of Businessmen Committed to World Evangelism. BCWE, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides the framework for local churches to operate a businessmen's ministry of leadership training in World Evangelism.
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David and Ann Lundy
David and Ann Lundy direct the "Faith Friends" children's ministry here at Vision Baptist Church. David is also a member of the Businessmen Committed to World Evangelism. David has been a vital part of Businessmen in many ways including leading missions groups to the mission field.
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Philip Bassham
Philip Bassham works here at the church leading the music services and teaches the Young Singles Adult Bible study "Single Focus" which he started here at the church. Philip is planning on being a missionary to the country of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia and is training here in the church before leaving for the field.
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Mark and Natasha Tolson
Mark Tolson has worked at Vision since the very first service in December of 2005. Mark finished his schooling at the Baptist College for World Evangelism in May of 2007. He currently works here at the church as a pastoral assistant and teaches the "Asian Bible Fellowship."
Mark and Natasha were married on August 18, 2007. God has called them to the mission field and they are headed towards being missionaries in China. They are both training and working at the Church to gain the necessary experience before starting deputation and heading toward the field.
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Staff Missionaries
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Chris and Andria Gardner

Chris and Andria are members of Vision Baptist Church and serve God in Arequipa, Peru. Chris is a church planting missionary and also serves with Macedonia World Baptist Missions as the Spanish Speaking South American Director.
The Gardners are the first missionaries sent out of our church to the foreign mission field. Learn more about them at www.uttermost.net. Andria is also a very accomplished musician and piano player.
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Travis and Teri Snode
Travis and Teri Snode are missionaries sent out of Vision Baptist Church. They live and work in Ireland. They started Northwest Baptist Church. Travis and Teri are missionaries with Macedonia World Baptist Missions. Visit their website www.intoalltheworld.net.
Contact Travis at snode@intoalltheworld.net
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Julio and Joy Soncco
Julio and Joy Soncco are members of Vision Baptist Church. They live in Arequipa, Peru where Julio works with the Ministries of the Peru Bible College and Faith Baptist Church.
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