El Vista Baptist Church
Serving the Lord in Peoria since 1949
Services:Sunday School.....9:30 a.m.Sunday Morning Service.....10:30 a.m.Sunday Prayer & Choir.....5:00 p.m.Sunday Evening Service.....6:00 p.m.Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study.....7:00 p.m.Wednesday Patch the Pirate Club.....7:00 p.m.Friday Everlasting Nation Fellowship.....10:00 a.m.Saturday Soul Winning.....10:00 a.m.
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6301 North Syler StreetPeoria, IL 61615(309) 692-8675
Let's Impact Peoria for Jesus Christ in 2023!
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Meet Our Staff
Pastor Joey Watt
Pastor
Bro. Phil Lancaster
Music & Teen Director
Pastor Jorge Montoya
Spanish Pastor
Pastor Watt has been at El Vista since 1986. He grew up here as a child and left to attend Tennessee Temple College & Seminary. After graduation, he pastored Liberty Baptist Church in Rochester, IN. He and his wife, Martha, are happy to have reared their six children here at El Vista.
Brother Lancaster came to El Vista in 1982 from Michigan where he also grew up. He graduated Tennessee Temple College & University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied music. He and his wife, Randi, reared their four children at El Vista.
Pastor Montoya started the Spanish ministry at El Vista in 2009 with only a few people. It has now grown to an average attendance of around 30 each service. Services are conducted at the same time as the English services. He and his wife, Gregoria, have six children.
Weekly Reflection
John Chapter 6 Verses 42-59
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
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Please note, El Vista Baptist Church is not soliciting for or receiving compensation from any of the following websites and/or companies. We find that the sources and information provided to be very helpful in daily Christian study habits. There are many other sources of information available to you on the internet and in stores. It is our hope and prayer that the information you find is Bible-based and follows the teaching of the Word of God.
Bible Study Tools
At El Vista, we believe that studying the Bible is a vital part of faithful Christian living. Our hope is you will find these links useful in your daily studies.
Matthew Henry is one of many commentaries available to assist you in researching Bible passages.
Days of Praise is an excellent source to guide you through your daily devotions. You will also find many other valuable sources of information at the Institute for Creation Research website.