A Pastoral Letter From Phil: Leading In Racial Reconciliation
Friends and Fellow Pastors, Many of you had a challenging weekend and past few days, speaking into current events with the wisdom of Christ. What we just witnessed in Charlottesville, VA is one of the great evils that stalk our nation. Many of you as pastors had to lead your church while at the same […]
Cambodia Trip Snapshot
Vineyard Discipleship Training: Miraculous Ministry Once again Monira Evans planned the most amazing trip to Cambodia for us. She leads and facilitates all the different ministry and outreaches that happen on our Vineyard Missions Partnership trips! What a week. Iâm so grateful for how well the Discovery Bible Study/Disciple Multiplication training has been received. The […]
Diversity: Reach Out To Those Different Than You
Diversity isnât a âstepâ in the EDLD process in the same way that evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development are. Rather, diversity is a value that must permeate the entire process. If it doesnât, we will, by our very natures, only evangelize, disciple, and multiply leaders who are naturally part of our own social group. Without […]
Everyone Gets To Play: Young & Old
Saying “Yes” To God From the little boy who shared his lunch that fed over 5000 people, to the woman at the well whose story impacted an entire village, to a young Jewish girl in first century Palestine who said âyesâ to God and gave birth to Jesus, we know itâs true: âeveryone gets to […]
A Great Year For Jesus In Northern CĂŽte DâIvoire
In predominantly Muslim northern CĂŽte dâIvoire over the past year 193 new believers have come to Christ, and 33 villages have formed new home Bible studies. One village even built a church building totally on their own initiative and with their own resources (see photo below). This is the first Vineyard church building in CĂŽte dâIvoire! Their […]
A Reconciling Movement: Excerpts From Vineyard Global Family
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Take Janet With You
Two years ago I was at a luncheon recognizing one of our members for her sacrificial commitment to missions. The Lord said, âTake Janet with you on your next team trip to Ethiopia.â Janet was 69 years old, partially deaf, had 20/20 eyesight in only a very narrow cone, and had never been on a […]
Practicing Diversity In Your Local Vineyard Church
[Original Post By Multiply Vineyard] Have you been looking for practical steps to live out Christâs vision for the diversity of the kingdom? VJN and Multiply Vineyard held this conversation that highlighted some of the key principles and suggestions from the âBetter Together: Race, Reconciliation, and the Multiethnic Churchâ Vineyard USA Conference. This webinar served as […]
Faces Of The Vineyard
The Faces Of The Vineyard Who is the Vineyard? It’s all of us who call ourselves a part of the Vineyard family, from all walks of life, backgrounds, and stories. We’re a diverse movement of churches, filled with Kingdom dreamers serving their communities and families with vision, action, and over-the-top love. Meet a few of […]
Better Together: Race, Reconciliation, And The Multiethnic Church
Recent events in the United States, and around the world, have evidenced the need for the Body of Christ to be an agent of God’s reconciliation in society. This unique and important conference is focused on the topic of diversity. We are gathering to engage Vineyard pastors and leaders on the issue of racial reconciliation, […]
