New Vision History
New Vision Church was founded in 1992 when five families sensed God's call and moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin. They quit their jobs, sold their homes and relocated to Waukesha. None knew much about Waukesha, only that it was God's location for a new Brethren in Christ Church. Its mission would be to become an intimate church that follows Jesus to reproduce new churches that follow Jesus.
New Vision opened with humble beginnings in a daycare facility and then moved to an office building in downtown Waukesha. The congregation grew from 14 to over 125, and by 2000, it spun off 7 families and 5 individuals to daughter a new church plant.
After another surge in attendance, the New Vision congregation broke ground in 2002 on its own church facility at I-94 and Hwy SS in the City of Pewaukee. A few contractors, numerous congregation members and sister BIC churches from neighboring states and Canada built the church building in old Amish barn-raising style from the ground up from Spring through mid-December. The first service was held Christmas Eve 2002.
New Vision's mission requires that the congregation stay small [1] (under 200). It encourages its members to worship God intimately, love one another, follow Jesus wholeheartedly, share the good news of Jesus compassionately, and reproduce churches by sending out its spiritual children to begin new church plants. Read more about New Vision's Core Values.
[1] In the Fall 1999 issue of Leadership Journal, Christian Schwarz stated, "Small churches outperform large churches in seven out of eight categories," those being 1) Empowering Leadership, 2) Gift-Oriented Ministry, 3) Passionate Spirituality, 4) Functional Structures, 5) Inspiring Worship Services, 6) Holistic Small Groups, 7) Need-Oriented Evangelism and 8) Loving Relationships.
