Meet our leaders

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, businessman, and educator. From teaching at online film schools 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

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.

Tina Walker

Preschool Ministry Leader
Tina works full time leading a school of over 100 kids and has years of experience in ministry. She leads her team with love and care for your children!

Hannah Vanderbilt

Elementary Ministry Leader
Hannah has a passion for leading children to Jesus and she uses her experience from Gardner Webb along with being a mom!

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, Young Adult Ministry Leader
Emmaus has over 12 years of experience in church production along with running a video production company during the week.

Hannah Vanderbilt

Social Media Director
Hannah has years of experience managing social media profiles for successful businesses and she gets to use her gifts for the Kingdom at Vision!

Melissa Kepley

Volunteer Coordinator
Are you looking to get involved by taking your next step at Vision? Then Melissa is your go-to in terms of finding your next step!

Angie High

Care Team Ministry Leader
Angie has experience ministering to and loving on people of all ages while sharing the love of Christ. Contact her today for prayer or if you'd like to join the care team.

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.

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!

Austin Kepley

Production Assistant

Alex Kepley

Tech Intern