Victory Baptist Church of Sherwood Park was established in May of 1980 as a church planting endeavour. Pastor Dave Harness and his family moved to Sherwood Park and began knocking on doors and holding services. From the very onset the goal was to be an evangelistic, Bible-based church. Over the years the church has met in a few different rented locations; in 1992 we were able to purchase 9.5 acres of land. Construction of our church building began in 1998, and in April of 2000 we dedicated the building – which was built primarily with volunteer labour – to the glory of God.

Victory Baptist Church is independent: we are not affiliated with any denomination or convention. We do fellowship and cooperate with other churches of like faith and order. We are fundamental – holding to and defending the historic foundational truths of the Christian faith. We use only the King James Bible (AV 1611) and sing the traditional songs and hymns of the faith.  Further, we are Baptist – believing and practicing the historic and Biblical distinctives of the Baptists such as: the Bible as the final authority in faith and practice; salvation by faith through grace alone; the baptism of believers by immersion; the autonomy of the local church; the priesthood of all believers; and separation of church and state. Finally, we are evangelistic: we seek to faithfully preach the Gospel to the lost at home and those abroad through missionary outreach. Our ultimate purpose is to be to the praise and glory of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:12, 14 and 3:21).

Our vision is worldwide.  We believe in taking the Great Commission literally, and believe that church planting is the key to effective world evangelism.  We have planted churches throughout Alberta: New Testament Baptist Church in Edmonton; Lakeside Baptist Church in Cold Lake; and Hinton Baptist Church in Hinton.  Several other members have been trained, sent out, and are now serving in other churches. We financially support over 30 missionaries and ministries throughout the world.