How I Accidentally Planted a Church
As a teenager I said I would never pastor a church. I had watched my father and mother pastor. It made me respect them, but I also saw the cost of pastoring first-hand. I pursued my education in law school, but every time I turned around there were people around me, people I was loving […]
Puerto Rico One Year Later: Thriving Through Maria
September 20, 2017. It was a perfectly normal rainy day in Puerto Rico. Until it wasnât. Sure there was a hurricane coming, but the whole event was only supposed to take 12 hours. The hearty, family-oriented communities built within cities, tucked away in mountain villages, and spread across the rolling countryside of Puerto Rico took […]
Ministry Highlight: Living Hope Community Outreach Center
A Commissioning Dothan Vineyard Senior Pastor Lyle Peluso has deep roots in overseas missions work. During an outreach in India several years ago, the Lord spoke to him as he was distributing food, clothing and prayer to those in need. âGo home and do this,â the Lord said clearly. An image of an old southern […]
An Unlikely Brother
I spent the second half of the trip on the north shore of of this island, where Iâm excited to say, we now have our first official La Viña in this nation! Although Vineyard is not a recognized denomination there, the congregation has started to call themselves, La Viña Casa de Amor. On one of […]
Ministry Highlight: Trinity Party Trailer Squad
I didnât grow up on the Gulf Coast, and I certainly didnât grow up with an appreciation for the devastation a hurricane can bring to millions of lives. Over the past 20 years, I have experienced tropical storm Allison (2001), Hurricane Rita (2005), and Hurricane Ike (2008). Each of these storms left its mark on […]
Brakes, Brakes, Transmission, And Tires In CĂŽte DâIvoire
Before we arrived in Africa, the other half of our team from the Vineyard Church of Central Illinois arrived in CĂŽte dâIvoire several days before we joined them. They had experienced mechanical problems with their vehicle, not to mention managing the complications caused by incredible flooding in their area. Days later, after we arrived, three […]
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 […]
Do What You Can Do
Remember The Poor As the leaders of the church in Jerusalem commissioned Paul to make disciples and form churches from among the Gentiles, their parting exhortation was to âremember the poor.â Weâre told it was the very thing Paul was eager to do. That invitation comes down to us today. In one sense, how could […]
Ministry Highlight | The Sunrise Outreach Center
Yakima Vineyard Co-Pastor & SOC Executive Director Dave Hanson shares about the heart of the ministry and the ways they see God working in those serving and being served. Foreword We were to get rid of everything we owned and relocate to an area in the city of Yakima called “The Pit.” This was my […]
Missions Highlight: Tabitha
Tabitha came into our lives in June of 2009. She wandered in on the very first day we met in our brand new effort to plant a church in the nation of South Sudan. She had spent her entire life in and around the town of Bor, but she didnât look like she was at […]
