David Johnson served as Senior Pastor at Church of the Open Door in Minneapolis Minnesota for 38 years, retiring in late 2018.  His primary passion and focus for ministry has been to help people awaken to the amazing grace of God that not only has the power to save us but also transform us. His deep commitment to Biblical integrity coupled with an unvarnished style of communication clarity have inspired believers across the world. David's undergraduate work was done at Bethel University, followed by post graduate work at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of two books, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse and Joy Comes in the Mourning, and is presently the founder and executive director of Things that Remain.
 
Dave and his wife Bonnie have lived in Minneapolis since 1980, but they grew up in Chicago and remain fully devoted followers of the Chicago Cubs and Bears. Dave and Bonnie have four grown children, ten fabulous grandchildren, and one unruly dog.

Dave will be speaking at the Men's Breakfast (Saturday, May 18) as well as the first of our concert series that same evening, and during worship on Sunday, May 19.

Place:    Mountain View Baptist Church
                2585 East Hwy 193
                Layton, Utah 84040
Date:      5-9 August 2019
Time:     6-8:30pm
Phone:  (801) 771-3204

Neighbors are more than the people who live next door. Through 5 Bible stories "Who Is My Neighbor?" Vacation Bible School (VBS) leads children on a journey to discover more about God's great love and what it means to be a neighbor and to live out their faith. This VBS will lead children deeply into Bible stories focused on God's care and compassion for neighbors close at hand and around the world.

Join us as we discover neighbors near and far!

You can register online by clicking here, or download the registration form by clicking here. Registration forms are also available in the church office.

Vision Team Recommends 2nd Proposal- An Evangelism Pastor 
 
  There were several clear, unmistakable focus areas Vision Team identified from our church surveys, Dream Night and ministry leader interviews. Those focus areas include: Comprehensive Vision, Intentional Evangelism, Coordinated Leadership and Revived Hearts. We have addressed the need for a comprehensive vision and you have affirmed that recommendation. On Sunday, April 14, there was unanimous agreement that Mountain View Baptist Church be guided by the following vision-

We exist to inspire fellowship with God through worship that encourages Christ like character through discipleship which impacts northern Utah and the nations through evangelism and missions.

Everything we seek to do from this point on will revolve around inspiring worship, encouraging discipleship and impacting evangelism.

   The second focus area Vision Team identified revolved around the need for Intentional Evangelism, the third core value in our vision statement. Evangelism is a significant weakness within our congregation. An emphasis on evangelism and sacrificial giving for the sake of missions was a high priority for our church in decades past. Our research has revealed the fact that every church begins with an outward focus but slowly turns inward. Therefore, congregations must constantly work to maintain an outward focus and engage lostness. To address this weakness, the Vision Team, in collaboration with the Personnel Team, believes that having pastoral oversight of evangelism and missions will help restore an outward focus. And we believe that Charles Cutrera, our youth pastor, is the right fit for this position. Charles has a great passion for evangelism and desires for Mountain View to become better equipped in the areas of evangelism and missions. One of his top priorities since coming to Mountain View has been the equipping of his students to share their faith with other students and friends. He has already begun coaching and teaching adult members how to engage the lostness of our Utah culture. It has become evident to the members of the Vision and Personnel Team that Charles is God’s answer for this ministry need.

  With that in mind, Vision Team recommends that Charles transition from youth ministry exclusively to a role of serving as Associate Pastor of Youth and Evangelism. We use the word transition because we want to be careful in maintaining the momentum and fidelity of a fantastic youth ministry. Youth will continue to be his primary focus, which is why it comes before evangelism in the pastoral title. As Charles transitions into the role of leading evangelism and missions, he will begin delegating some of his youth responsibilities to his youth leadership team as well as our new administrative assistant, Barbara Ruiz. Much of the logistical and administrative details that Charles does himself will now slowly be handed over to Barbara and others.

  Through the collaborative efforts of Vision Team and Personnel, a job description has been created outlining the specific responsibilities of this new pastoral role entitled, Associate Pastor of Youth and Evangelism (link below). The Vision Team along with the Personnel Team humbly asks that you join us in praying about this proposal, to be voted on in our next Members’ Meeting, May 5, 2019. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the church office or any member of the vision team. Those team members are: Tom Mustian, Connie Goodman, Lauri Linder, Lori Henney, Caleb Wambach, Daniel Oldham, Bruce Gorham, Laura Swanson and Darrell Carnley.

Did you know…
If you shop at Smith’s, you can use your Smith’s Reward Card to generate automatic donations from Smith’s to Mountain View Baptist Church.
There is no cost to enroll, and enrollment will not affect your fuel points or coupon discounts. Smith’s is giving $1.5 million to local area nonprofits.

Enroll at Smiths Inspiring Donations page.

Did you know…
If you shop at Amazon, you can support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no additional cost to you? When you shop at smile.amazon.com rather than amazon.com, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. The same items and pricing are available through both web addresses, but at smile.amazon.com you can choose from nearly one million organizations to support including the Southern Baptist International Mission Board (IMB) and Mountain View Baptist Church.

How do You shop at AmazonSmile? Simply go to smile.amazon.com and log in using your existing Amazon account. You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to ensure you are always shopping using AmazonSmile.

The Mission Support Committee (MSC) would like to thank everyone who took the time to faithfully pray and to engage with us as we finalized the draft covenant between Mountain View Baptist Church (MVBC) and Sojourn. Your thoughtful comments and suggestions were prayerfully considered when producing the final draft of the covenant which is now posted on the website.
 
Remember, this covenant does not belong to the MSC, but it belongs to every member of MVBC and also to the future members of Sojourn who stand to benefit most from the faithful obedience of God’s people today. Please continue to pray with us that the Lord of the Harvest will raise up workers in West Haven to see the Gospel proclaimed and lives transformed. We look forward to the day that Sojourn is established as a vibrant, growing, reproducing Southern Baptist Church in West Haven. To God be the glory!!
 
We look forward to seeing you when the church gathers to vote on the Covenant Sunday evening December 9th.
 
Yours in Christ,
The Mission Support Committee

As you may know, Mountain View has agreed to be the sending church for Sojourn Church, which will be planted in West Haven. The Covenant below is the final draft, and contains the details of that relationship. You may read it below, or download it to your computer.

This final draft will be voted on at the next Member's Meeting, December 9th.

You may download the file by clicking here:   Final Draft

Representing Mountain View:
Mission Support Chair:  Joe Cross
Pastor Darrell Carnley
Member Geoff Short
Member Warren Andrews

Representing Sojourn:
Pastor Jeff Winters
Member James Smith
Member Dave Wright
Member Vacant
 
Watch this site for information as we, the members of the MISSION SUPPORT COMMITTEE, look forward to serve the needs of both churches.
It is our hope and desire that many of you will not only follow what we are doing, but will both ask us questions and give us your thoughts.
Feel free to contact any of the members above with thoughts and questions.
We look forward to serving our God and the churches in this matter.
 
Yours in Christ, the Mission Support Committee