The History of Victory Everlasting Gospel Church
After the need arose for a Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Hill area, six members and one member’s child of the Chase City Seventh-day Adventist Church; chose to form a new church in the city of South Hill. This was accomplished late in the year 2002. The charter members were Barry Averett, Mary Flynn, Carolyn Van Hoy, Richard Vaughn, Tina Vaughn, Machy Williams and young son Moses Williams. This small group first held services at the home of one of the members who was living in South Hill. Later services were held for an extended period at another member’s house on Lake Gaston.

Richard would later become the new church’s first Lay Pastor. As time passed, this little group began to grow through Bible studies, and incoming member transfers. January 15, 2003 Victory became a Potomac Conference Group.

Realizing the need for more space and a location in down town South Hill, with God's help, Victory was able to find an adequate space for their needs in the old Citizens Bank Building at 117 W. Danville Street. On March 1, 2003, Victory formally began holding worship services at the new location.

October 11, 2003, was the date that Victory held its first baptism at Kerr Lake. On July 10, 2004, after continued growth Victory was made a Company of Potomac Conference. On February 11, 2006, Victory held its first ordination of Deacons in which Barry Averett and Marvin Brown were ordained.

In November 2006, Richard began a prison ministry at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center in Boydton and May 10, 2007, eleven inmates joined the church through baptism by immersion.

On May 12, 2007, Otis Leroy Penn became an ordained Deacon and Granger Martin was ordained as Elder.

Because of cost concerns, Victory chose not to stay at the Danville Street location. God stood by Victory as services were held at the Hampton Inn from the summer of 2007 to February 2008.

On February 23, 2008, Victory moved to its present location, a new building at 139 Country Lane, South Hill, Virginia.

On April 13, 2008, Victory changed its name to Victory Everlasting Gospel Church, founded by Seventh-day Adventists. Victory will continue to grow, with its outreach to any who seek to follow in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ and be obedient to the will of God.