Vision Baptist Missions 
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Summary
Dedicated to partnering with local churches to train and send missionaries worldwide.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Vision Baptist Missions
PO Box 647
Dawsonville, GA 30534
Website: visionmissions.com
Phone: (770) 456-5881
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 814837230
CEO/President: Jeffrey Bush
Chairman: John Pearson
Board size: 5
Founder:
Ruling year: 2018
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2025
Purpose
VBM has a vision to evangelize the world in our generation for the glory of God. Vision Baptist Missions envisions a world where every person has heard the gospel, every community has an indigenous Baptist church, and every church has trained national leadership.
Mission statement
Vision Baptist Missions, Inc. is dedicated to partnering with local churches to train and send missionaries worldwide.
Statement of faith
THE BIBLE
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that it is divinely inspired. We believe in the plenary, verbal inspiration of Scripture. We believe that the Bible is the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man and the supreme, infallible authority in all matters of faith and conduct. We use the King James Version of the Bible for teaching and preaching in the English language.
GOD
We believe in the Trinity, the unity of the Godhead. There are three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are equally perfect in every divine quality and execute distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption. We believe in God the Father. We believe in Jesus Christ. We believe in the Holy Spirit.
THE FATHER
We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. We believe that He infallibly foreknows all that shall come to pass, that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
JESUS CHRIST
We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people and His personal, visible return to earth. We believe Jesus is God.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the person of the Holy Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment and to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ and that He is an abiding helper, teacher, and guide.
MAN
We believe that all men by nature, choice and practice are sinners, but that "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." We believe, therefore, that those who repent of their sins and, by faith, receive Christ as Lord and Savior will rejoice forever in God's presence, and those who refuse to accept Christ as Lord and Savior will be eternally separated from God.
SALVATION
We believe salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who obtained eternal redemption for the believer by His blood. We believe that Jesus tasted death for all men and wants all to be saved. Salvation, in its broadest sense, includes regeneration, justification, sanctification and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Therefore, we affirm that the Gospel is the good news that God has made a way of salvation through the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ for any person. This truth is in keeping with God's desire for every person to be saved. Therefore, we deny that only a select few can respond to the Gospel while the rest are predestined to an eternity in hell.
ETERNAL SECURITY
We believe in the eternal security of all blood-bought individuals or believers and that such inheritance is incorruptible and undefiled. The power of God keeps each believer, and nothing can separate us from Him, ourselves included. We believe that believers can lose the joy of fellowship with God, can grieve God, and can quench the Spirit of God in them but not lose their salvation.
ETERNAL STATE
We believe in a literal Heaven, the eternal home of the redeemed. We believe Heaven to be the literal place where the saved will live forever in the eternal bliss and blessings of God. We believe in Hell, the Christ-less eternity for the lost, where there will be burning and tormenting for those without salvation who have refused to receive the gospel and Jesus Christ as Lord. We believe that Hell, unbelievers, Satan and all the fallen angels shall be cast into the lake of fire to be tormented day and night forever and forever.
THE CHURCH
We believe in the local church, consisting of a company of professing, born-again believers in Jesus Christ, immersed in a credible confession of faith and associated for worship, work and fellowship. We believe that to those local churches were entrusted the perpetual observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper and the task of proclaiming to a lost world the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the enthroning of Him as Lord and Master. The scriptural officers of the church are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the offices of pastors and deacons are limited to men as qualified by Scripture.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE
We believe that every human being is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith; that each church is independent and autonomous and must be free from any ecclesiastical authority or any illegitimate, unconstitutional, or illegal political authority; therefore, Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions with each fulfilling its duties free from the dictation or patronage of the other.
BAPTISM
We believe in baptism by immersion after salvation with no merit for salvation in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Spirit). Baptism is an outward expression of our inward faith in Jesus Christ and a public testimony of what God has done by His grace. Therefore, we reject infant baptism and any form of sprinkling for infants or adults.
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
We believe that spiritual gifts are given to the church for the express purpose of winning the lost and edifying other believers. The Holy Spirit is given to each believer upon acceptance of Christ, and His purpose is to exalt Christ and bring people to Christ. Speaking in tongues was the least important of these gifts in the New Testament and was a sign for unbelieving Jews. Therefore, we do not teach or practice speaking in tongues.
WORLD EVANGELISM
We believe that the Apostolic office ceased with the death of the New Testament Apostles. We believe that it is His church that He promised continual existence, to continue the work He started until He comes again. We believe that the ministry of reconciliation is committed to every believer, and all are saints/priests of God. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.
BIBLICAL SEPARATION
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour and Lord; that they should be separated from the world while being present in the world; and that they should abstain from all appearance of evil as a testimony to the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ECUMENICALISM
We believe that doctrinal purity is essential to gospel harmony and that the Bible commands us not to partner with someone preaching another gospel or teaching contrary to sound doctrine.
SECOND COMING
We believe in the literal return of Jesus Christ in the clouds to take all saved people from the earth before the beginning of the Tribulation period. We believe in the bodily/visible return of Jesus Christ with his saints at the close of the Tribulation period to rule and reign for a thousand years on earth. According to their works, we believe that unbelievers will face and be judged by God at the Great White Throne Judgment, not for salvation, but for their proper and rightful places in the lake of fire.
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 129 of 1435 | 10 of 126 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 139 of 1435 | 7 of 126 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 161 of 1435 | 13 of 126 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 623 of 1436 | 49 of 126 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 98% | 98% | 92% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 85% | 95% | 97% | 100% | 100% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 99% | 95% | 146% | 101% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 83% | 94% | 92% | 146% | 101% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 1% | 5% | -46% | -1% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | 3% | 11% | -323% | -11% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.59 | 2.08 | 1.96 | 3.05 | 6.82 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.14 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 2.13 | 1.01 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.42 | 3.42 | 3.28 | 6.51 | 6.87 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 22.36 | 342.52 | 221.32 | 262.36 | 2.67 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.85 | 3.50 | 3.64 | 1.84 | 1.09 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 4% | 4% | 4% | 70% | 37% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 57% | 46% | 49% | 10% | 9% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | ||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
| Cash | $2,786,012 | $2,666,260 | $1,626,636 | $811,785 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $11,040 | $9,057 | $0 | $0 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $2,797,052 | $2,675,317 | $1,626,636 | $811,785 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $1,789,641 | $1,791,620 | $1,822,864 | $6,578 |
| Other long-term assets | $14,923 | $15,870 | $16,375 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $1,804,564 | $1,807,490 | $1,839,239 | $6,578 |
| Total assets | $4,601,616 | $4,482,807 | $3,465,875 | $818,363 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $8,166 | $12,088 | $6,200 | $303,840 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $8,166 | $12,088 | $6,200 | $303,840 |
| Debt | $170,630 | $177,108 | $183,297 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $2,550 | $2,000 | $2,235,790 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $173,180 | $179,108 | $2,419,087 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $181,346 | $191,196 | $2,425,287 | $303,840 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
| Without donor restrictions | $4,383,579 | $4,282,791 | $1,040,588 | $514,523 |
| With donor restrictions | $36,691 | $8,820 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $4,420,270 | $4,291,611 | $1,040,588 | $514,523 |
| Revenues and expenses | ||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
| Total contributions | $9,466,034 | $9,079,137 | $6,676,119 | $5,522,355 |
| Program service revenue | $23,927 | $32,086 | $130,375 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $111,283 | $26,250 | $417,152 | $526 |
| Other revenue | $85,497 | $107,781 | $4,309 | $0 |
| Total other revenue | $220,707 | $166,117 | $551,836 | $526 |
| Total revenue | $9,686,741 | $9,245,254 | $7,227,955 | $5,522,881 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
| Program services | $9,069,967 | $8,496,280 | $10,545,882 | $5,578,419 |
| Management and general | $488,115 | $274,430 | $37,970 | $0 |
| Fundraising | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total expenses | $9,558,082 | $8,770,710 | $10,583,852 | $5,578,419 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $128,659 | $474,544 | ($3,355,897) | ($55,538) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $128,659 | $474,544 | ($3,355,897) | ($55,538) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Jeffrey Bush | President/Ce | $88,268 |
| Travis Snode | Gen Director | $82,580 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
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History
Vision Baptist Missions, Inc. was born out of the heart of a local church to serve missionaries who desired to reach the world with the gospel in our generation.
In 2008, as Vision Baptist Church of Alpharetta, Georgia prepared to send its first missionary candidate, it considered various sending agencies but ultimately decided to start a mission board out of the church. This decision allowed the church to help missionaries remain unified in beliefs, philosophy, and vision. VBM's first missionary, bound for China, began deputation full-time in January 2009.
Initially, VBM only served missionaries sent by Vision Baptist Church. As time passed, VBM received requests to accept missionary candidates from other Baptist churches, especially those involved in the missions training of the Our Generation Training Center (OGTC) at Vision Baptist Church. After some consideration, VBM began accepting missionary candidates from like-minded Baptist churches, partnering with them to train and send missionaries worldwide.
This broader focus brought an increased administrative need, and in February 2017, VBM was established as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, with support from Vision Baptist Church. Although VBM and Vision Baptist Church operate with separate administrations, they continue to work closely sharing the same passion for world evangelism.
In October 2021, a Pastoral Advisory Committee of local Baptist church pastors from around the United States was formed to help give counsel, encouragement, and godly influence. At the same time, VBM incorporated the OGTC as an official program of VBM. This allows VBM to train future missionaries to be passionate about evangelizing the world in our generation, purposed in church-planting and leader-training, and prepared with humble confidence through life-on-life missions training.
In February 2022, God opened the door for VBM to purchase the current "VBM Campus" in Dawsonville, Georgia, that is home to the daily operations of VBM. Later, in December 2022, VBM appointed an independent Board of Directors to provide governance and oversight, ensuring that all organizational activities align with VBM's mission, policies, financial guidelines, and Statement of Faith.
In October 2024, VBM renamed the Our Generation Training Center to Vision School of Missions (VSM), clarifying the focus of the training program.