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On October 7, 1977, twenty-two members from First Baptist Church of Herndon met to plan a new mission in the "South Reston" area to be called Southview Baptist Church. The first services of the new church were held on January 8, 1978 in Hunter's Woods Elementary School with forty-one persons in attendance. The church called Rev. James E. Langham to be its first pastor and he began his ministry in April of 1978.
Enjoying steady growth, Southview was officially chartered on October 7, 1979 with 75 charter members. In August of 1982 the church authorized construction of its first building at its present location, and on June 5, 1988, ground was broken for the new sanctuary. Rev. Chuck Price came to Southview in October of 1994 and served as Senior Pastor until April, 2006. In October, 2006, the church voted to call Rev. William Attaway as Southview's third Senior Pastor.
Today, in a new millennium, Southview is still strategically located to minister to the growing community surrounding it, sharing God's love and His message of hope with all who would receive it.
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Southview has a vision to be a people who:
- know our Maker and are in constant communication with Him,
- care more about others than themselves,
- long to discover the desires of God and join Him in ministry.
Our vision goes beyond Southview. We recognize that Southview is just one church in God's network of thousands within the Kingdom. We also know that the people who are a part of our congregation will most likely move out of the area and be "reassigned" within the Kingdom. It is for these reasons that we see our purpose to help equip our people with tools and abilities that will extend beyond their time here at Southview.
We want to help all people become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
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