Pastoral Health & Formation

Inviting Vineyard leaders into an integrated life where they are transformed, refreshed, and sustained for the work of the ministry.

The Integrated Life of a Leader

When leaders step into a ministry calling, we often don’t know exactly what we’re saying yes to. We want to serve the Kingdom, and yet we find ourselves in a pressure cooker of demands, tasks, and crises that affect our well-being, relationships, and spiritual vitality. The Vineyard Pastoral Health and Formation team has the leader’s whole-life well-being in mind, so they can be grounded, empowered, and sustained for life and ministry.

Intentional Spiritual Rhythms

With constant ministry demands and the larger-than-life expectations, we can encounter exhaustion—even burnout, if not careful. Cultivating intentional rhythms and practices of rest and reflection are essential for longevity in ministry.

Building Support in Different Seasons

Leaders need different types of support for different ministry seasons. Beginnings require establishing strong foundations and rhythms for leadership, life, and ministry. Fruitful engagement requires rest, refreshment, and ongoing formation. Transitions and endings call for discernment and vision. Our Vineyard networks of coaches and spiritual directors are equipped and called to serve Vineyard pastors and leaders throughout their ministries.

Crisis Care

We all have moments of crisis in our lives. There’s no shame in it, and we want to walk alongside you to find next steps specific to your situation.

Pastors Cohort: Financial Well-Being #3

2 Years | February 2025 - November 2026


WHO IT’S FOR
Senior / Lead Pastors

WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE
This 24-month cohort for senior/lead pastors (and spouses, if applicable) provides both personal and corporate financial education, coaching and specialized support. Funded by a grant from the Lilly Foundation. 

Emotionally Focused

Emotionally Focused is a discipleship process that blends Christian spiritual practices and concepts from neuroscience and psychology to unpack your most formative life experiences and help you understand how they influence the person you are becoming.

WHO IT’S FOR
All opportunities are open for genera sign-ups, unless otherwise noted.

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

Foundations Intensives (2 days)
• November 20-21, online
• January 15-16, online

Formations Experience (6 months)
• January – June, online
• Pastors Cohort: January – June, online

Leadership Transformations cultivates vibrant spirituality and attentive discernment among Christian leaders and teams.

Financial services that are designed to help your financial needs and meet your goals. 

Spiritual & emotional resources, care & training to help pastors and missionaries in their life and leadership.

Coaching, crisis support and consulting for pastors and churches.

Their clergy tax specialists focus on simplifying clergy taxes and identifying saving and financial opportunities that pastors and churches often don’t even know exist. 

Danielle Pathak, VUSA Pastoral Health & Formation

Brian Dinges, Financial Well-Being of Pastors

Emily Snyder, Financial Well-Being of Pastors

Kristi Caulley, Pastoral Health Initiatives

Alison Groenendyk, Emotionally Focused

Harry Fritzenschaft, VUSA Coaching Network

Connie Willems, VUSA Spiritual Direction Network