Victory Baptist Church

Loveland, Colorado

History of Victory Baptist Church

Victory Baptist Church in Loveland, Colorado began in Fort Collins, Colorado in October of 1984, as a mission work out of Victory Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. Dr. C. Ken Johnson came to Fort Collins with his wife, Norma, and their daughter, Vicki, believing God had called him here to preach the gospel and start a sound Baptist church. He began meeting in a rented building, and in 1985 the first members, Justin and Marilyn Fulton, who had just moved to Fort Collins from Darby, Montana, were added.

From that time, little by little, people were added to the church, which continued to meet in rental facilities, the last of these being on Riverside Dr, Fort Collins, CO. In March, 1987, Justin Fulton surrendered to ordination in a mission conference at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX and in May, 1987, he was ordained by our sponsoring church. He then became associate pastor serving with missionary pastor, Ken Johnson, until 1997, when he became the pastor. During these years it became necessary to move our memberships to Tabernacle Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX, and it was this church that authorized our organization in 1997.

The mission work organized as an independent assembly with 12 charter members on October 5, 1997, shortly after our missionary pastor, Ken Johnson, announced his resignation. Victory Baptist Church voted to call Justin Fulton to be pastor of the church as of our date of organization and it was in this meeting that the church also voted to adopt its present constitution, by-laws and Confession of Faith.

Over the years, especially the eleven years since our establishment as an independent assembly, Victory Baptist Church has managed to save sufficient money in her building fund for the purchase of her present meeting location at 2162 W. Eisenhower Blvd. in Loveland, Colorado. Our first Sunday in our current location was May 22, 2005. Since organizing, Victory Baptist Church has seen modest increase in membership with greater stability in many ways. Scriptural mission work (preaching the gospel and starting local churches of like faith and practice) at home and other nations has always been and remains a major emphasis of Victory Baptist Church.