Our History
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Vistoso Community
Church is quite
literally an answer
to prayer. In the
late 1980s two
women—Lois Hilmer
and Betty Butler—saw
the need for a
Bible-believing
church in the Rancho
Vistoso area. After
meeting in the
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Bible class, the two
ladies agreed to
meet weekly in the
Sun City Vistoso
clock tower to pray
specifically for a
new church in the
area. It took some
time for their
prayers to be
answered. But in
April of 1992, a
few pioneers agreed
to start worship
services as a
mission of Catalina
Baptist Church. From
August to December
of that year, the
group met on
Thursday nights in a
storefront room in
Mountain View Plaza
in Sun City Vistoso.
The first Sunday
service was held
December 6, 1992,
at 8:00 a.m., so
that the Pastor
could return to his
home Catalina
church for their
services. In January
of 1993, Dr.
Leonard Griffiths
came as pastor to
the new church.
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There were
19 members. Ministry
grew quickly in the
new church. Al and
Ruby Brogan were the
first to be baptized
in the new church.
The Women on Mission
group was organized
and the first
Christmas Mission
offering was taken
with a wonderful
outpouring of
support that more
than doubled the
mission goal. In
June of 1994,
The Arizona Baptist
New Church Ventures
purchased a
four-acre lot for
the new church on
Rancho Vistoso Blvd,
right next to the
Fire Station. Then
the congregation
purchased the lot
from them. As the
congregation grew,
their need for
facilities grew.
First they moved to
the Sun City Vistoso
Social Hall, and
began planning for a
building project
with ground breaking
on October 25,
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January 28, 1996,
the church was fully
constituted and was
no longer a mission.
Sixty-nine members
signed the
charter. The first
service in their new
building was held
August 8,
1999, with paint
still fresh, no
landscaping, and
numerous details
still incomplete.
The building project
was designed in two
phases: the
6000-square-foot
worship building and
a fellowship and
education building
to be built in the
future. In 2007, the
Vistoso Community
Church congregation
with the church
mortgage fully paid
voted to move
forward with the
construction of
Phase II scheduled
for dedication in
early 2010. The
current church focus
is outreach to our
ever-growing
community, located
just
north of Tucson. As
the demographics of
the area change, we
are also expanding
our ministry and
diversifying our
selection of Bible
Studies, outreach
efforts, and
fellowship
activities.
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