Victory Church is a multi-cultural

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located in

Norcross, Georgia Norcross is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, about 15 miles northeast of Atlanta city limits. According to the 2010 census, the population was 9,116, while in 2020, the population increased to 17,209. Norcross is part of the Atlanta metropol ...

History

Victory World Church was founded in 1990, Pastors Dennis and Colleen Rouse held the first service in their small apartment home with just six people. They moved to a daycare in Doraville before buying the current main campus location from Waffle House Corporate offices. Victory's campus in Norcross welcomes more than 20,000 people from over 140 nations each weekend. Listed 57th in 2010 by Outreach Magazine's 100 Largest Churches in America, the ministry has expanded to include church plants such as Classic City Community Church in

Athens, Georgia Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an Research I university, ...

; and additional campuses: Victory Hamilton Mill in

Buford, Georgia Buford is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett and Hall County, Georgia, Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,144. Most of th ...

, Victory Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, and Victory North Cobb in

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. The name of the church was shortened to "Victory Church" in early 2020 by Johnson and Summer Bowie, who took over as the senior pastors August 16, 2020.

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Victory Midtown
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