Victory Orlando is my church family. The ministry team at Victory Orlando is top notch from Pastor…read moreChris and Children's Pastor Heather to the new talented praise and worship team. Pastor Chris message uses scripture from the Bible that relates to my everyday life struggles like anxiety and depression. Pastor Heather loves to play games with the kids. She leads worship at a level children understand and enjoy. Elementary, toddler, and infants have their own area during service. I'm glad I attend Victory. Where the love of Jesus is shown at church.

Since the first time I visited this church has made me feel like I belong. The Pastor's and Dream…read moreTeam do an amazing job at making you feel like you are with family. Super generous church that gives to the community and cares for the community. I would recommend this church to anyone looking for a place to call home.

Not very authentic - all pastoral staff are life long friends so if there is an issue who do you…read morethink they side with? That being said they have done some real good for the community, but I know my story is not unique to this Church. They handle many real problems in a biased and shady manner.

Welcoming to everyone! Biblical teaching. Real and relational.. Most well run children's and youth…read moreprograms I have ever seen. (and I have volunteered in multiple churches.) They truly care about the youth and all people. His focused. Amazing worship. Highly recommend.

I was impressed by this church. I have been invited to come visit Journey Church many times and…read moretoday, after many years of not visiting any church, I finally visited it. To begin with, Journey Church is a pretty big church with lots of visitors. They have plenty of parking and there are volunteers directing traffic. There is a tent for new visitors with lots of information. I got there while worshipping was happening and I felt the spirit through their songs. I loved how at home I felt by this. Immediately after it Pastor JJ Vasquez started preaching and, wow! He is funny, informative about the word, and keeps you fully engaged.

I have been a member of the online community, and from time to time I get to enjoy service or…read morevolunteering at Fern Park. I grew up in church my whole life, but I finally feel growth in my walk with God since I started at Journey. I see God in every millisecond of my life. God has been transforming me from the inside without anyone needing to touch me or force anything on me. God's word alone has been the focal point of my growth. Sermon series are so impactful. Just a real life changer with sermons that do not require you to have so much knowledge on the Bible but yet drive you to grow eager to gain that knowledge.

I've been a member of Cornerstone Church Orlando since 2011 and my experience has been phenomenal…read more The church is a reformed Baptist church and holds to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of faith. The church offers weekly opportunities to go evangelizing, small groups (multiple days/times throughout the week available) Sunday school classes, a morning service (Lord's supper taken first Sunday of the month), and evening service unique to the morning service. The teaching is exegetical and the curriculum methodical across all teaching times to balance and enrich the lives of the members. It was through faithful evangelism that God saved me and brought me to the fellowship of the brothers and sisters of this church. I have precious fellowship with the church body. I get help learning to be a son, husband, father, and friend. During my time at the church I've graduated college, started my career, gotten married (met my wife at the church), purchased my first home, and have two wonderful kids. I am grateful for having weekly small group time where I can pray with my brothers, hold each other accountable to growing and being faithful to Christ and going through Bible lessons that drawn me closer to the Lord. The church by God's grace has planted a few churches in multiple countries. Guatemala, New York, Dominican Republic, and a spanish speaking church here in Orlando. There is also an active college ministry on the UCF campus that meets on Thursdays for evangelism and a time of Bible teaching. Throughout the year the church hosts a variety of events. Examples include: conferences, date night events (teaching on marriage related topics with food/child care), church wide fellowships, and community events on the church grounds that offer food, bounce houses, games, and other family friendly activities. The church is a mix of various ages, races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic status. I believe this is a result of the grace of God through the work of evangelism that goes on here. Throughout the week there are multiple times where believers gather to go out evangelizing, usually in small groups. There are multiple modes the evangelism looks: Knocking on doors in the neighborhoods, open air preaching/having conversations in the local parks and abortion "clinics". I have spent copious amounts of time with the elders, and deacons. Their lives/marriages are open books. I've eaten in their homes, sat under their teachings/preaching, and benefited from pre-marital counseling. You won't find perfect people at this church, but instead broken vessels that God has taken, cleaned, and made new. When you speak to the members/attendees you will find clear understanding of the gospel and credible testimonies of God's grace in their lives. There are varying levels of life and spiritual maturity, but a love for the Lord is the common denominator. The folks here will visit you in the hospital, take you a meal in need, and support you through life's difficulties. The elders also preach during weddings and funerals when needed/requested and provide marital/life counseling. A small note to address some of the extreme negative reviews I have read associated with this church: These reviews come from individuals who have left the church disgruntled swinging their fists on their way out. Reading their reviews you get an idea of their anger and frustrations they still hold onto. You get an idea of this through the repeated language and accusations. This implies to me a coordinated effort to attack the church they once loved. It's a bold claim to call a church a "cult" or to use such colorful language when speaking of a congregation of believers. I'm also grieved when I see other churches and well known/influential believers names are thrown out and so casually in relation to a handful of nasty reviews involving people unknown to them. If you're unsure what to think, "Come and see..." John 1:38-39.

Solid biblical teaching and preaching of Gods word. The love of the brethren is seen clearly! Love…read morethis church.

An incredible Church that knows the Bible is the word of God! Contemporary and traditional worship…read moreservices; youth and children programs; A very active and alive church in the community!

Love this church! We came because of their incredible youth program and now it feels like our home…read more They truly have something for everyone no matter what age you are. Everyone is welcome here.

I love this church, and have been going here for about four years since I moved to Orlando. The…read moremessage is both deep and has a light sense of humor and intermingled, and yet there's not a time I do not leave without feeling filled with a new nugget of truth.,..

This church has been such a blessing to my family and I! It's amazing the way God uses things for…read moreHis glory. We wouldn't have found Action if it weren't for some life traumas we experienced. Not because we "needed" anything from any church but through the experience of the trauma we switched churches and are now proud to call Action home. My kids and I look forward to every Sunday and serving Him is one of the few things that gets me truly excited!!! Action is doing big things and I'm so proud to be a part of it! Real people, bible preaching and let me tell you -- every time you walk into Action you feel like you're at Chick-Fil-A - everyone is happy, excited, kind and welcomes you!!! #home #reachandconnect

I was looking for a mass that i actually felt like i went to mass and left feeling like i got what…read morei needed. Love Fr Josh

Peace of the Lord is always found in the church and it's beautiful surroundings! The Stations of…read morethe Cross, La Pieta and the Rosary Garden bring about the eternal love of our Lord Jesus and our Ave Maria.

I've been attending Orlando North Church for about a year and a half after swearing I'd never…read moreattend an organized religious group ever again. I was invited by my daughter and son-in-law, and have to tell you, Rob Duford, the lead pastor, just blew me away on my very first visit. He is a wonderful speaker, with a contagious sense of humor, and is emphatic about teaching Bible truths; not giving us his opinion of what God's Word actually says. Aside from that, it is probably one of the most welcoming churches I've ever attended. From the moment I stepped through the front doors, I felt at home, and never felt that anywhere else. There was a comment left by another reviewer that seemed to focus on the gay issue and even stated they "felt" the congregation was bigoted. How very different my experience has been. Does the church embrace the gay lifestyle--no, because it is not Biblical. Yet, at the same time, they would not make an issue of being gay. I'm pretty sure there are at least a few gay people who attend and from my observation seem to fit right in with everyone else, and I've never heard anyone slander anyone else for being gay. Again, the issue is a Biblical one, and because part of the church's mission is to teach Biblical truths, they cannot endorse something that is contrary to the scriptures. Sorry, don't mean to be preachy here. The children's/teens ministry is amazing. Zach and Laura lead these groups and the kids adore them. All of my grandchildren, from teens to elementary, attend and love going. This year they brought back the annual Christmas Candy Cane hunt, and all the kids were in on it. It was a huge success reaching out to the community during the Christmas holiday season. Long story short, if you're looking for a church home....one where everyone knows your name and the pastor teaches Biblical truth, then Orlando North just might be the church you call home.

We have been a part of the church for more than a decade. I don't like to say "attend" because…read morebeing a part of a local church body is how we follow Jesus, whereas "attending" kind of implies that "going to church" is simply something an activity you add on to your daily life. You worship together with other believers, you serve each other and serve the community, you care for and get involved in one another's lives. That's what a "church" is supposed to be. Orlando North has been the place we've found to be able to do that. Orlando North itself follows the reformed theological tradition. It's not mainline Protestant but it's also not charismatic or pentecostal. Whenever people talk about a church, there's a temptation to start "grading" it on its various aspects. No matter what church you're involved with, you're not going to think everything is exactly the best in the world. But it doesn't have to be. What it does need to be is a place where you can serve Jesus and worship with other believers - a place that both equips you to do that and gives you the opportunity. The children's ministry are headed by Zach and Laura, who have a love for kids and an enthusiasm for teaching kids and young people about Jesus that is palpable. Orlando North has cycled through different "curriculums" - GUTS, Orange - but I believe what they've settled on in the last few years is a good one. But no matter what, the people are what make the difference, and Laura/Zach are great ones. I did want to touch on a couple of elements that someone else brought up ( I don't know them, and I have to acknowledge from the outside that people see what they see, so whatever they said was their interpretation of what they observed). I was bothered by the bigotry-LGBTQ comment because I've never observed that. There are a lot of "culture war" arguments that have seeped into the American Church writ large. Yet, even in the middle of a time where many churches in our country are fracturing and dividing because people can't agree about politics and these kinds of issues, one of the refreshing things about Orlando North is that the church body seems to make an effort not to divide over these things. Everyone has their own views and there's diversity of opinion in all things here. Politics and social issues are no exception - we have people who will be voting for Trump in Nov '24 and people who will be voting for Biden in Nov '24. And they know who the other is and it doesn't matter to them. You don't see the church dividing over it, because everyone realizes that no matter if you disagree with another Christian, what we agree on is most important and it overrides everything else - that Jesus is Lord and we are serving Him by serving the world. So, with the respect to what they believe they observed, I suspect that they were bothered by, as they put it "they believe in the one-man-one-woman theory" (since they mentioned that specifically). And yet, that "theory" been the historic orthodox Christian position on such issues for more than a millenium. Orlando North doesn't preach fire and brimstone about it. They hold it as a statement of faith along with other things. I suspect that someone who strongly disagreed about that would assume that a church that holds to the traditional orthodox view is "homophobic". And that's really too bad, because that's a view that really contradicts the actual nature of how the church body of Orlando North treats people no matter what their sexuality is or their views are on other things. I was also bothered by their comments on the 2017 beach retreat (which feels weird commenting about, seven years on), and about the role of the pastor's wife. I do know Melanie has filled many positions in the church, yet it's very common in churches for church staff to be paid to fill multiple roles. Somebody has to do that work. I don't know if they were bothered by her being paid to provide professional services, but for me, having been in churches my whole life, it's better for a church to pay someone than to require professional services for free. And 7 years on, Orlando North now has other people that fill that role. Specifically regarding the '17 Beach Retreat, again, I don't know why the person interpreted whatever they saw in that way. My wife and I have been to every beach retreat the church has done since before 2015, and I don't remember that retreat in the way they were describing, at all. Rob would never preach such a message, and I hope that with the passing on time, that person has been able to form different memories about the church than those things they cited. If not, then we failed them as a church body. So, to wrap all this up, Orlando North seems like a great place to worship Jesus and follow Him along with other people seeking to do the same thing.