Vineville Baptist Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Greg Pope

Founded Verify

Denomination SBC (GBMB) / CBF dual-aligned

Service Times Sunday Worship — verify times on website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.vbcmacon.org

Pastor Credentials Senior Pastor; Rev.

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

Moderate-Baptist orthodox confession

Caution

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Female ordination titled 'Rev.' on staff in tension with the SBC's BF&M 2000 reading of Article VI

WARNING!

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

No documented complementarian men-only discipleship structure

WARNING!

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Standard moderate-Baptist evangelical confession

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

Rev. Angela Blizzard (Minister of Music) and Rev. Leigh Halverson (Minister of Family Life and Education) — both ordained women on pastoral staff. CBF curriculum used in children's programs.

Minister of Music: Rev. Angela Blizzard (female, ordained, on staff since 2007). Minister of Family Life and Education: Rev. Leigh Halverson (female, ordained). Both carry 'Rev.' honorific indicating ordained pastoral status under moderate-Baptist polity.

WARNING!

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Senior pastor is male (Rev. Greg Pope), but ordained female ministers occupy two of the four pastoral-track staff positions

WARNING!

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Senior preaching pulpit filled by a male senior pastor; ordained women regularly serve in pastoral acts

Caution

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Cooperative giving flows through both Georgia Baptist Mission Board and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia

Caution

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

CBF Georgia listing alongside SBC.net listing signals the dual-aligned moderate-Baptist trajectory

WARNING!

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Listed in SBC.net Churches Directory ('Vineville Baptist Church (Inc)') AND on the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia churches roster

WARNING!

Assessment

Vineville Baptist Church (Macon GA) is a moderate-Baptist congregation dual-aligned with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board (SBC) and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia. Senior Pastor Rev. Greg Pope is male, but two of the four pastoral-track positions on the church's staff page are filled by ordained women bearing the title 'Rev.': Rev. Angela Blizzard (Minister of Music, on staff since 2007) and Rev. Leigh Halverson (Minister of Family Life and Education). The church's children's ministry uses CBF curriculum. While the staff use 'Minister' rather than 'Pastor' in formal titling, the practice of ordaining women to staff ministry sits in direct tension with BF&M 2000 Article VI as the SBC currently interprets it.

#sbc#drift#female-pastor#credentials-committee-referral#dual-aligned-cbf#ga#macon#needs-review

MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Distinct from the existing 'First Baptist Church Macon' and 'First Baptist Church Macon GA' records (both are at 511 High Pl). Vineville is at 2591 Vineville Ave.

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source vbcmacon.org
[2] Live source vbcmacon.org/church-staff/
[3] Live source churches.sbc.net/church/vineville-baptist-church-inc/
[4] Live source cbfga.org/churches/

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