Service Times:
Sunday at 10 am (CST)
Wednesday Bible Study at 6 pm (CST)
Ministries
Every member can become a part of one of our ministries. We have several ministries designed to encourage and equip you or your family. We have ministries for men, women, youth, greeters, and our vision team.
Mission Statement
We exist to do the work of the Great Commission, and help everyone see a piece of heaven on earth!
Vision
We share God’s vision so that we can build better individuals, families, and communities!
Pastor Timothy J. Simmons is affectionately known as “Pastor Tim.” He is a fun-loving and enthusiastic minister with a passion for creatively educating and equipping the saints. Pastor Tim believes that in this new day and time to share the Gospel with this generation effectively: preaching must have relevance, church assimilation must be simple, and we must retain the core components of gospel truth!
His mindset for ministry comes from that famous line in A Charge to Keep. It says, “TO SERVE THIS PRESENT AGE, that is my calling to fulfill. Oh, may it all my powers engage in doing my Master’s will.”
Pastor Tim has been in ministry for 15 years now. He was licensed and ordained by his Father and then pastored the late Bro. Cephus Simmons Sr. He was trained for ministry through the Jefferson County Preachers and Deacons Institute. Currently, Pastor Tim is a proud member of the Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where Victor Harkins, Sr. is the pastor. While submitting to the teaching and mentoring of Pastor Harkins, Pastor Tim’s ministry and the church has grown by leaps and bounds. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
Pastor Tim is the Founding Pastor of The Vision Church, located in Bessemer, AL. The mission of The Vision Church is to share God’s vision with all mankind. We seek to achieve our mission by building Christian communities. We will build Christian communities by building Christian families. We will build Christian families by building Christian individuals.
We will build Christian individuals, by sharing God’s vision for mankind with whoever will listen. Pastor Tim has a God-given mandate and a burning desire to stop Bessemer from perishing! The Vision Church and Pastor Tim are rooted in John 3:16, “whosoever believeth in HIM shall not perish” and Proverbs 29:18a, “where there is no Vision the people perish.” He firmly believes that if we share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and provide a biblically-based vision that presents Christianity as everyday culture, and not just something we do on Sunday, then there is no way we can ultimately perish spiritually or physically!