RICHMOND, Va. — V3, a church multiplication movement sponsored by Virginia Baptists, launched a new web site Oct. 14 to communicate its mission to a wider audience.
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V3 developed last year out of the Virginia Church Multiplication Initiative and describes itself as “a multiplication movement that focuses on planting healthy churches and multiplying them, all with the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ.” The name refers to the movement’s three components: Voice (proclaiming the Word), Viral (spreading the Word) and Volume (churches planting churches).
The new web site can be found at www.v3churchplanting.org.
V3 is administered — and primarily funded — by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board through a 14-member board of directors. It also partners with two other church multiplication networks — Converge Worldwide, based in suburban Chicago, and the Ecclesia Network, based in suburban Richmond.
Staff leadership is provided by co-coordinators Phil Faig, who also is senior pastor of Gayton Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., and his wife, Jody, who also is a VBMB staff member. In addition, Brian Hopper serves as V3’s coaching coordinator. Hopper is pastor/directional architect of Imago Dei, a Baptist community of faith in Richmond.
The Faigs are members of the board of directors, which also includes:
- Chris Backert, an emerging church strategist at the VBMB, director and organizational architect of the Ecclesia Network and national coordinator for Fresh Expressions US;
- Travis Collins, pastor of Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond;
- Rusty Coram, pastor of New Hope Church in Lorton, Va.;
- Don Davidson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va.;
- Michael DuVal, pastor of Journey Church in Roanoke, Va.;
- Wayne Faison, team Leader for the VBMB’s courageous churches team;
- Jay Lawson, pastor of Warrenton (Va.) Baptist Church;
- David Olive, president of Bluefield College in Bluefield, Va.;
- Bill Reynolds, senior vice president of CBRE, a real estate service company in Richmond;
- Jeff Ukrop, executive director of First Things First, an advocacy organization in Richmond committed to strengthening families;
- John Upton, VBMB executive director.
- Dee Whitten, pastor of Fairview at River Club, a congregation in Fredericksburg, Va.
Robert Dilday (rdilday@religiousherald.org) is managing editor of the Religious Herald.