Virginia Beach To Mazatlan: The Story Of One Vineyard’s Call To Go
Nineteen years ago our church family, VCC Virginia Beach, first dipped our toes in the water of missions. Our congregation was 4-5 years old at the time, when Pastor Fred Collom, a long-time Vineyard guy from the Wimber era, who had a vision to see the Kingdom of God roll through Mazatlan, Mexico came as […]
Senegalese Man Healed And Walks Away
So I prayed a second time. When I asked how he was doing again, he just walked away. A few hours later he came running up to me with a huge grin, exclaiming that he was completely healed. He said, “I didn’t mean to be rude when I walked away, but I was so touched […]
4 Ministry Truths To Keep You Going
We have all heard how hard ministry is on every area of life. People say that there is constant stress, that it is hard on families and marriages, and that you can’t reach financial stability. Sure, there are a million difficult things about ministry, but the truth is it’s an adventure! We get to speak […]
First-Time Cross-Cultural Church Planting As Grandparents: The Chilcott Story
Let’s Rewind The Story To The Beginning, The Real Miracle. We had never been to Puerto Rico before, but as we flew the first time into San Juan for a short-term missions trip, as I looked out of the airplane window, suddenly I saw this picture or vision of planting churches in Puerto Rico, setting […]
Preventing Your Leadership Crash
Planting a new church is exciting and for the most part spiritually and emotionally rewarding. It also comes with a massive cost and a lot of potential breaking points. Understanding not only the call on your life but also your strengths and weaknesses is so beneficial as a church planter, if not life-saving down the […]
Everyone Gets To Play – Lessons From Nehemiah
[This article is excerpted from a sermon by Kathy Maskell to the Blue Route Vineyard. Kathy also leads our Vineyard Justice Network.] The Story Of Nehemiah In the Old Testament, there’s a story of a Jewish leader named Nehemiah who really models a way for us to understand the relationship between how our God-inspired ideas […]
Training Leaders To Care For Their Own Spiritual Formation
As I think about the formation of a leader, I am aware that there are three ideas around which I constantly revolve in everything I do (and our church does) as we train and build leaders. Helping Leaders Own Their Spiritual Development To help our leaders own their own spiritual growth process, we need to […]
HLI: Raising Young Leaders
The Heroic Leadership Institute is raising a generation of risk-taking leaders whose identity is rooted in the Father’s love. They exist to serve the Vineyard movement and to create a path for the young leaders. Each site gives students a feel for the many ways that revival can impact a community. HLI works alongside churches […]
Training Leaders: Internships Done Well
Internships Done Well We all want interns. We think that having them around will make things easier. We think we can lean on them to do work we find uninspiring but necessary. We think it will be easy. And we’re wrong. Having interns isn’t a welcomed relief from work. It’s actually more work! It’s more […]
How to Have A Fruitful Fight
One call. One text. One sentence. One word. It doesn’t take much for a great day to turn into something completely different. Simply put, as we pursue the kingdom and serve faithfully in the local church, conflict happens. It occurs at home, in the board room, with volunteers, staff, church members, and people in the […]
