PASTOR’S MESSAGE
Greetings to you and welcome to the First Baptist Church Family.
In all likelihood you are reading this information because you are either planning a visit to central Vermont, or seriously looking for a permanent church home where you can experience wholesome spiritual food, genuine Christian fellowship and meaningful service.
Our mission is very simple and straightforward; we exist for the purpose of communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ with passion, power and love to as many people as possible.
No matter who you are, where you’re from, or where you’re headed, the Bible teaches us that the preeminent need of every person alive is to “be reconciled to God” 2 Corinthians 5:20.
The Church is not a museum or a mausoleum but a people who have acknowledged their alienation from God, received Christ as Savior and have embraced the great commission to “go into all the world and make disciples” Matthew 28:19.
As you contemplate membership in this local church you are affirming with us your own dependence on Christ as well as your commitment to becoming a functional member of a family. In short, we are a boot camp where training in love and service prepare us for real life in the real world.
May God richly bless you in this time of inquiry!
Yours in Christ’s Love,
Mark E. Heiner, Pastor