Pastor Matt Vanderbilt
Originally from Michigan, Matt Vanderbilt has lived in North Carolina for over 25 years now. Matt loves investing in people and helping them find their purpose in life and live it out with passion. He teaches in a very conversational style, taking truths from the Bible and presenting them in a creative way that is relevant and designed for people to apply to real life. Click here to learn more about Matt.
Our teaching team
God has brought us a diverse team of Godly men to teach at Vision Church. You can learn more about each of them and email them below.
Pastor Matt Vanderbilt
Lead Pastor
Pastor Matt is the primary communicator of the team and as lead pastor he carries out the role of guiding and challenging Vision Church. With being a father and husband for 25+ years, he specializes in family/marriage teachings, along with helping you grow in your walk with Jesus, no matter what stage of life you’re in.
Pastor Xavier Baez
Teaching Team Member
Baez is a father, husband, and he’s known for his impacting, humorous, and down to earth speaking. He’s trained thousands of people internationally, from CEOs, pastors, teachers, and investors. He specializes in the prophetic realm with teachings on gifts of the spirit, healings, and the supernatural.
Pastor Jayson Price
Teaching Team Member
Price is a husband, father, businessman, musician, and life coach. He has served on staff at a variety of churches helping people of all age groups find God's vision for their life. He runs Beyond You Life Coaching with the purpose of training leaders to rise to the next level.
Emmaus Vanderbilt
Teaching Team Member
Vanderbilt is a husband, father, businessman, and educator. From teaching at an online film school to running a business, he loves to present God’s word in a practical way that everyone can understand. He studies theology at Liberty University and also enjoys singing on the worship team at Vision.
Meet our leaders
Pastor Jennifer Sims
Family Pastor
Leah Davis
Preschool Ministry Leader
Hannah Vanderbilt
Elementary Ministry Leader & Communications Director
Hannah has a passion for leading children to Jesus and she uses her experience from Gardner Webb along with being a mom!
Pastor Jayson Price
Young Adult Pastor
Charmaine Price
Women's Ministry Leader
Luis Renta
Host Teams Director
Tommy Tran
Worship Team Leader
Tommy loves God and people while playing bass and leading our worship team. He has a 4 year degree in music education from Wingate University.
Rob Fredricks
Broadcast Team Leader
Rob leads our broadcast team with excellence so people can experience what God is doing at Vision- all over the world!
Emmaus Vanderbilt
Tech Leader
Emmaus has over 12 years of experience in church production along with running a video production company during the week.
Alex Kepley
Tech Intern
Melissa Kepley
Assistant to the Lead Pastor & Volunteer Coordinator
Are you looking to get involved by taking your next step at Vision? Then Melissa is your go-to !Gas
Cora Milan
Campus Safety
Carye Siri
Finance Team and Next Steps Leader
Carye has years of experience managing the finance team at Vision and she works alongside our external book keeper and our advisory board to maintain a high level of financial integrity that is Christ-honoring. She also helps people take next steps at Vision!
Elana Vanderbilt
Ministry Specialist
Michael & Tina Walker
Terrace Ridge Outreach Leaders
This amazing couple leads our Terrace Ridge outreach ministry with love and compassion. You can find them loving on the residents there and connecting with other Visionaries.
Wendy Hayes
Gastonia Street Ministry Outreach Leader