Victory Christian Center’s mission is to touch and change lives for the glory of God. One tangible way we get to do this is through our Evangelism team! The Evangelism team goes out to different areas around the city to offer prayer and encouragement to anyone who’s willing to receive it. You may or may not have already spotted them holding up their signature yellow “Need Prayer” signs with blue text at nearby intersections and strip mall parking lots!
The team currently has established locations where they go out to evangelize regularly. Currently you can find them out evangelizing in shopping areas, and in some neighborhoods knocking on doors. Most of the neighborhoods around the area where the church is located have been designated places where the team would go out to evangelize, and the team rotates on each outing between their already established locations.
One activity the team enjoys taking part in is their infamous “stop light prayer”, where the team goes out to a busy intersecition and uses their signs to get the attention of the drivers in the cars lined up at the stop light. As they walk up to the cars with their signs, if anyone rolls their window down, they will stop and pray for the individual(s). They normally only aim for the cars in the line that are the closest to the sidewalk so they don’t hold up the traffic.
The team’s previous leader, Minister Anthony Hailey was sent out by the ministry on a one year assignment to be the senior pastor at Mooresville Community Outreach in Mooresville, NC. In his absence, Mr. Charles Gaskin has stepped up to fulfill his role as the new leader of the Evangelism team. Gaskin was officially instated on Saturday, March 21, 2023.
Mr. Gaskin has been a member of the evangelism team since it began. He was taught and trained by the original team leaders: the Holy Spirit and Pastors Robyn and Marilyn Gool. Once Minister Hailey became the leader, the team would meet up to go on outreach events twice per month. Under the new leadership, the team plans to continue with the same schedule incorporating training at least once every other month.
They will be continuing their regular practices of setting up music near shopping centers to attract consumers, as well as splitting up into 4 teams to canvas parking lots. There have been instances when the team went to canvas in an area that did not receive them, however that didn’t stop the work of the Lord.
This is just one more way that VCC is touching and changing lives for the glory of God. If you are interested in becoming a member of the evanglism team, stop by the Welcome Center before or after our weekly services to sign up!