Como Comenzó La Viña
La Respuesta a Una Oración Una tarde soleada de junio del 1964, mi hijo de 3 años, Sean, se alejó de nuestra casa en Yorba Linda, California. Al principio, no me preocupé mucho cuando noté que había desaparecido. Nuestra comunidad era tranquila y estaba bien protegida por los árboles de eucalipto y naranjos de los […]
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 […]
How to Win at Church Succession
The Desert Vineyard is a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church in Southern California. 5 years ago, Senior Pastor David Parker began to consider transitioning leadership of the church. This year, they completed the transition and he passed the church to Jonathan Rue. Below they share some of the key things they’ve learned from the process. From Outgoing […]
The Biblical Concept Of Fellowship
The Greek word commonly translated “fellowship” (koinonia–see Acts 4:42 and 1 John 1:3) has no exact English equivalent. Koinonia implies more than just socializing at church parties or chatting on the church’s front lawn after Sunday service. The word means “holding our lives in common.” First-century Christians demonstrated that meaning through spiritual, social, and material […]
The King’s Worship
We come to God because He is worth it. I think it was David Watson that said, “Worship is worth-ship.” I remember this was very meaningful to me. I have not forgotten it. Worship: Giving Or Getting? We need to understand that worship is for the King. I have been in church a long time […]
The VUSA YouTube Channel
The Vineyard USA YouTube Channel has videos that are perfect as Sermon Starters or Small Group Discussion Starters on a wide range of topics. See all our Playlists here and subscribe to the Channel. Ways To Use The Channel There are many powerful ways you can use the hundreds of short video clips on the […]
Quotes From John Wimber
“The kingdom is about doing just as much as teaching. If you aren’t doing the works of the kingdom the message isn’t complete. I pray the Vineyard never stops taking the risks of the kingdom.” “What I want to see in action is the message, the music and the ministry. We must take the hype […]
What Is The Vineyard? Our History
A Brief Snapshot The first Vineyards were planted in 1975. By 1982, there were at least seven “Vineyards” in a loose-knit fellowship of churches. Kenn Gulliksen, a soft-spoken, unassuming leader with a passion to know and walk with God, started a church in Hollywood in 1974. In 1975, believing that God had instructed him to […]
The Radical Middle: Why Vineyard?
A while back, Vineyard historian Bill Jackson picked up the phrase “the radical middle” to describe the Vineyard movement. It represented the kingdom tension between the already and the not yet, the cultural tension between the biblical focus of the evangelical movement and the spiritual power of the charismatic movement, and the strategic tension between […]
Why Should People Care That They Go to A Vineyard Church?
I didn’t even know there were other Vineyards!” This isn’t an uncommon phrase to hear a Vineyard churchgoer say. It may not seem like an enormous problem — and maybe it’s not the biggest. But long term, it may point to a pattern that can be unhealthy for churches. We could call this pattern congregational […]