There have been so many ramifications from the current coronavirus pandemic. One that has begun to hit home is the financial fallout. It seems like I hear daily about someone who has lost their job or...  Read More

Ventura Missionary Church is not a building. Ventura Missionary Church is people - people who are Christ-followers; people who believe they are called to BE the church outside of the walls of our buil...  Read More

I started attending Ventura Missionary Church just this year with my friend Nicole and her family.  I met Nicole in a class and I thought she seemed kind and funny. After discovering that we lived not...  Read More

Ryan Benson, the new Worship Director at Ventura Missionary Church, started his new position on Monday, March 16th- right in the middle of global concern over the COVID-19 outbreak and many unknowns. ...  Read More

Disrupt. This word stuck out to me way back in late December when I was reading the book, Puppies for Dummies. As our family prepared to bring a puppy home in late February, 2020, I highlighted the li...  Read More

The oldest of five children, Nelda Stuart was born in Texas. Her parents were farmers who decided to leave Nelda's home state after experiencing crop failure during the depression, so they moved to a ...  Read More

I got baptized in September of 2019 because it was a way to take ownership of my faith and be obedient to what the Lord was calling me to do. I've grown up in the church and had already asked God into...  Read More

Richard Lewis learned about God as a child, but he came to the conclusion that there wasn't really anyone listening when people pray. Recently, Richard and his wife, Alex, began attending Ventura Miss...  Read More

During the fall of 2019, Alex Villavicencio's wife, Vanessa, signed them up for Rooted, Ventura Missionary Church's ten-week discipleship experience. But God has been orchestrating the transformation ...  Read More

Brooklyn Grant decided to go through Rooted, our ten-week discipleship experience, after attending a friend's grandfather's memorial service. Inspired to grow in their faith, Brooklyn and her friend d...  Read More

Chuck and Jackie Kwasny lost their home in the Thomas Fire in 2017. Jackie didn't even know there was a fire until a friend called from Santa Paula saying she might have to evacuate. Jackie learned a ...  Read More

On December 4, 2017, Anita Miller received a phone call from a fireman friend alerting her that a fire was heading toward the Miller family home and that they should get ready to evacuate. The electri...  Read More