Many give God one hour a week at a worship service, but what are we doing with the other 167 hours in the week? The 167 Initiative is a challenge to seize those hours as an opportunity to live for God and share our faith with others.

Faith not a noun as much as it is a verb. It is something best demonstrated in action, and God wants us to put our faith into practice not only in the places where we worship on weekends but also in the places where we live, work and play throughout the week by...


As we do, the world will more and more become a place where followers of Jesus Christ make an impact, starting right where they live and extending their influence to the ends of the earth.

The 167 Initiative is a ministry of Palm Vista Baptist Church in Surprise, Arizona. It was started by Pastor Jonathan Celoria in January of 2010, and our sincere prayer is that it sparks believers everywhere to rethink what it means to follow Jesus Christ.
Welcome to Palm Vista Southern Baptist Church of Surprise, Arizona. we are a family oriented, multi-generational church with people from all walks of life coming together to worship Christ, give glory to God, and study His word as given to us through the Bible.