Victory Baptist Church serves North Orange County from Anaheim and builds its identity around a simple refrain: A life of victory begins with God. Its Sunday gathering takes place at City Church, 701 W. Broadway, with worship at 9:09 and 11:11 a.m. and an online presentation at both times. At 227 N. Magnolia Ave., Victory is shaping a Community Life Center intended to bring worship, connection, learning, and shared events together in one Anaheim setting.
9:09 and 11:11 at City Church
Every Sunday, adults and youth in middle school or older are welcome to worship together in the main sanctuary at City Church. The gathering centers on music, biblical messages, and fellowship, with an emphasis on praise, inspiration, and spiritual energy for the week ahead. Families are encouraged to arrive early for a welcome, refreshments, and time to connect before the service.
Younger children have age-specific gatherings during both Sunday services, while infant care is available for the youngest visitors. The 11:11 service also includes RevCrew for junior high and high school students. Victory's services can be joined through its online Sunday stream, which follows the same 9:09 and 11:11 times.
Casual Clothes and a Guided First Arrival
Victory asks visitors simply to wear whatever is comfortable. Casual clothing is the standard, and people attend in a range of styles. The church's approach is direct: come as you are, because being met matters more than what you wear.
Parking is available on and around the City Church campus at 701 W. Broadway. A welcome team helps arriving guests find the best available parking and direct them into the church. More parking is available at Anaheim Central Library directly across the street. Early arrival also makes room for the refreshments and pre-service conversation that are part of Victory's visitor rhythm.
City Kids, Nursery Care, and RevCrew
City Kids gathers children from Pre-K through sixth grade in designated classrooms while adults and older youth worship. Families check in with the children's team in the Community Center and are encouraged to come early enough to settle in. The rooms are organized by age, creating an environment shaped around the next generation's discovery of life with God.
Infant care is available for the church's youngest guests. For junior high and high school students, RevCrew meets during the 11:11 service and seeks to help students discover who they are in Christ and live faith with their head, heart, and hands. Solid Student Ministries covers grades 6 through 12 through online gatherings and monthly in-person events.
Victory's wider children's work is also rooted in Kid's Quest, an active ministry in which children explore the truth of God's Word through lessons, music, games, and snacks. Super Kids is designed for kindergarten through fifth grade, while Cubbies is for preschoolers. This wider program also includes monthly activities, special party days, and a weeklong Vacation Bible School each summer.
Groups in Fullerton, Buena Park, and Anaheim
Victory's Fellowship Groups are built around connection, friendship, and growth in following Jesus. The Young Adults Group meets Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the Fullerton area and is led by Chase McCord. The all-age Thursday Night Bible Study meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Buena Park area under William Mas and Dave Lantow, focusing on the life and teachings of Jesus.
A Sunday Prayer Group gathers at 9:30 a.m. in the Anaheim area under Henry Campbell. Its focus is the disciplined practice of prayer, both for people who need prayer and for those who want to grow as prayer warriors. High school students and young adults also have a Thursday gathering at 6:30 p.m. centered on belonging, growth, service, and discovering purpose.
Volunteers receive recurring training through Team Nights on the second and fourth Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. These sessions are for both new and experienced volunteers, adding practical service to the church's emphasis on discipleship and mentorship.
Dave Lantow and a Fresh Direction
Lead Pastor Dave Lantow is a teacher, leader, and visionary whose aim is to integrate work and faith. He became Victory's fourth pastor in 2014 and describes his assignment as helping people live a full and abundant life through Jesus. His background as an entrepreneur who has started several businesses from the ground up is part of his approach to leading Victory into new territory and greater integration with the surrounding community.
Victory is a Christian community that follows the way of Jesus and roots itself in an ancient path. It sees faith in Jesus as the starting place of a good life and encourages people toward health in physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions. The mission is concise: Abide in Christ. Love One Another. Witness to Our World.
Five core values shape that mission. Love seeks the well-being of others because God first loved us. Trust treats every relationship with integrity. Hospitality welcomes strangers because their lives matter. Mentoring joins learning and teaching through discipleship. Commitment builds strong lives by remaining loyal to God and to one another. Discipleship also gives the church its distinctive three-part emphasis on faith with the head, heart, and hands.
Faith for the Whole of Life
Victory does not treat faith as separate from daily life. Its description of a good life includes physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual health, while Pastor Dave's own story is tied to integrating work and faith. The church's next-generation emphasis is likewise practical: students are encouraged to belong, grow, serve, and become who God created them to be.
That emphasis extends especially to young men, whom Victory wants to help discover what it means to become men of God with purpose, courage, character, and faith. Head, heart, and hands is a recurring way of describing the goal: understanding faith, receiving it inwardly, and putting it into action. It also explains why groups, mentorship, service, teaching, and shared campus spaces all sit together in the church's vision.
Four Pillars of the Magnolia Community Life Center
Victory's Community Life Center at 227 N. Magnolia Ave. is planned as a seven-day-a-week hub for Anaheim. Its purpose extends beyond Sunday mornings: the church sees the building as a place where residents and congregations can connect, find resources, and encounter faith in practical ways. Victory envisions partnerships with residents, business owners, nonprofit leaders, educators, public servants, and civic leaders who share a commitment to the city's future.
- Church, the spiritual anchor: a place to find hope, purpose, relationships, and growth with God.
- Cafe, the gathering place: coffee and conversation across backgrounds and generations.
- Event Center, the celebration space: meaningful experiences, celebrations, gatherings, and events.
- Educational Center, the learning hub: learning, personal development, leadership, and practical growth.
The four parts are tied together by the idea that healthy personal, family, and community life should support one another. The Community Life Center is therefore presented not only as a church building but as a shared place for worship, relationship, celebration, and ongoing learning.
An Ancient Faith, Clearly Taught
Victory's beliefs begin with the Bible, which it teaches was written by supernaturally inspired people, is without error, and remains the only complete and final revelation of God's will. God is one and true, with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in the Godhead. The Holy Spirit is taught as a divine person equal with the Father and Son, active in creation, and at work in conviction, the new birth, teaching, sanctification, guidance, and empowerment.
The church teaches a literal Genesis account of creation, a literal human fall into sin, and the consequence that all people are sinners. Salvation comes through being born again, which Victory describes as a new creation in Christ that begins when a person accepts Jesus as Savior. God's electing grace makes salvation's blessings free to all, while the immediate duty of everyone is to receive them through obedient faith. Eternal security rests on God's grace and keeping power rather than a Christian's own self-effort.
Jesus is affirmed as the Son of God and God the Son, born of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary. Victory teaches that Jesus died, rose bodily on the third day according to Scripture, ascended to God's right hand, and serves as the merciful and faithful high priest. It also teaches the imminent, personal, bodily return of Christ and understands that return as premillennial, with Jesus establishing a righteous kingdom on earth and reigning for a thousand years. The doctrine also identifies Satan as fallen, the great tempter and accuser, and destined for final defeat.
Baptism, Scripture, and Lifelong Formation
Baptism is Victory's public declaration that a person is all in with Jesus. In the waters, a believer stands before the church to affirm belief in Jesus and a commitment to follow God for life. The church connects baptism with becoming a new creation in Christ.
Victory reinforces that formation through Scripture. Its main worship messages are recorded in video and audio and are available without charge. A daily Bible-reading schedule helps people read through the Bible in a year, while other study resources invite more sustained attention to biblical themes. This teaching emphasis fits the church's call to make disciples and its conviction that mentoring joins learning and teaching every day.
Victory's Anaheim story brings together an ancient Christian path, relationships among families and students, and a practical vision for work, wellness, service, and community. Its Community Life Center, City Church gatherings, children and student ministries, neighborhood groups, and teaching-centered life all express the refrain that gives the church its name: a life of victory begins with God.