Who We Are

Our Mission

Our mission is to know, grow, show and go:

to know Jesus as forgiver and leader,
to grow disciples through small groups,
to show love through worship and service, and
to go and make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Our seven core values are: praise, grow, reach, serve, pray, care and share.

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Our History

During the late 1990’s Beach United Methodist Church of Jacksonville Beach began focusing its ministry on evangelism and discipleship; the church’s desire was to “take the beaches for Christ”. With established United Methodist churches to the north and west, Beach turned its sights to the south in hopes of expanding the work God was doing through the church. Beach leased and renovated a former mortgage company headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach. Worship services began March 25, 2001 at what was then called the South Campus.

The original vision for South Campus was that it would be a worship center with some evening activities. The church found that many of those who worshiped at South Campus wanted a “full service” church with Sunday morning opportunities to grow as followers of Christ and a regular pastor in the pulpit. Just one year after opening its doors, the vision began emerging that as a chartered United Methodist Church the people attending South Campus would better be able to meet these felt needs and reach out to their neighbors with the good news of Jesus Christ.

With the full support of Beach UMC, the Jacksonville District and the people of South Campus themselves, plans were laid to transition the South Campus to a new church launch effective January 1, 2003. The Reverend Jeff Bennett, associate pastor of Beach UMC was appointed pastor of Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church. With the full support of countless lay people, Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church was launched January 26, 2003.