In 2010, my wife and moved back to Illinois from Syracuse, NY, where we were part of the Vineyard. We had a dream of seeing a Vineyard church in Charleston, so we started working with Happy and Di Leman to begin gathering people.
About a year ago, we had 25 or so people meeting on Sunday nights with a dream of seeing a local Vineyard congregation in Charleston. On September 30th of last year, we launched Sunday morning services in a little building behind a bar close to Eastern Illinois University campus.
Now we have about 100 people that come faithfully each week to our services. Recently we celebrated 7 baptisms in our church. It’s been such a blessing to see people come to know Jesus and be transformed.
Tim Wheeler, site pastor, The Vineyard Church (Charleston, IL)
