About Us
We are so glad you are considering us as your church home.
Pastor Russell White and his wife, Lora.
Pastor
Russell White
Bro. Russell has been at Victory Baptist as our Pastor for 25 years. He married his wife, Lora, in August of 1984 and they have two grown children. Elizabeth married Michael Hoots in 2008 and they have three children. Logan married Jennifer in 2022 and they have two daughters.
Bro. Russell was saved under the ministry of the Roloff Homes for Men in Corpus Christi, Texas. He grew spiritually and the Lord used him in leadership at the Roloff homes as the Dean of Men. In 1990, the White family moved to Decatur, Texas under the pastorate of Monty Martin as the Youth Director. In 1994, the Lord led Bro. Russell and his family to take the pastorate of Bible Baptist Church in Breckenridge, Texas, where they served faithfully for 3 years.
In 1997, Bro. Larry White (Bro. Russell's dad) was called from Victory Baptist in Stephenville to a church in Snyder, Texas. Our church felt led to offer the opening to Bro. Russell. After much prayer and the leading of the Lord, Bro. Russell moved his family from Breckenridge to Stephenville. In 2004 he completed his Master of Theology degree from Andersonville Theological Seminary.
Our Church
During the past 25 years the Lord has allowed Bro. Russell to lead us in building a new church building just outside of town on Pigeon Road. Our church has grown numerically and spiritually under the leadership of this family, and we are proud to call Russell White our pastor.
We believe that the local church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons. We recognize baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper as the Scriptural ordinances of obedience for the church in this age, and we believe in the autonomy of the local church, free of any external authority or control.