Evangelism & Justice

Equipping churches to share good news and do good works, resulting in lives, cities, towns, and the world being transformed to be more like God’s Kingdom.

In the Vineyard we follow Jesus’ actions to proclaim and demonstrate God’s Kingdom in concrete ways

“God’s heart is broken over the poor, the helpless, the oppressed, the homeless and the mentally ill. If your timetable makes no room for them, you must reconsider it. Countless generations have heard that God cares for the needy and wants His people to reach out to them. Few people have obeyed.” – John Wimber

Learn & Connect

We offer lots of ways for churches & individuals to grow in the work of evangelism & justice

Everyday Evangelism

Six new, simple video teachings on evangelism from Jay Pathak and a small group series where authentic relationships, stories, persistent prayer, and openness to the Holy Spirit create space for people to encounter Jesus.

Vineyard Justice Network

Justice is rooted in the heart of God that we see most clearly in Scripture and in His design for creation. Learn more about the Vineyard Justice Network, be inspired by the Vineyard Justice Directory, and learn more about the history of justice in the Vineyard

Evangelism & Justice Events

From online cohorts to discuss nonviolence principles, to lab days that help us connect with the heart of a city, we are constantly creating spaces for people to connect and serve. Click the link below to see our latest upcoming events.

The Alpha Course

Vineyard USA partners with Alpha USA to create environments of hospitality, curiosity, and proclamation of who Jesus is and what he has done. Through Alpha churches have created an operating system for their church to grow as hubs for folks who don’t know Jesus to explore faith, encounter God, and experience authentic community.

Vineyard USA Missions

Our missions team has an amazing legacy in joining what God is doing all over the world. They have partnerships all across the world to support God’s work in the global church, relationships with partner organizations doing holistic and integrated mission, and mission mobilizers that will help you take your next step.

Chaplains

Serving in almost every sector of society — prisons, military, universities, hospital, law enforcement, firefighting, and other civilian settings, Vineyard USA brings oversight to chaplains serving with the Vineyard. Chaplains give their lives to see Jesus honored in wider society. Click below to learn more about our endorsements.

Josh Williams

Associate National Director of Evangelism & Justice

Bubba Justice

Vineyard USA Missions

Eric Nicolaysen

Vineyard Chaplains

Kathy Maskell

Vineyard Justice Network

Josh Williams: Justice in the Local Church

Show Podcast Information

In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Josh Williams shares about the intersection of faith and the civil rights movement in his parents’ lives and how that shaped his childhood. Josh talks about the bullying he faced as a child, growing through hardships, and his encounter with love and community at an Asian-American church in college. Finally, they talk about his determination to incorporate justice issues into leading a local church, and the practical ways in which Josh and Elm City Vineyard are taking ownership of their community.

Josh Williams is Vineyard USA’s Associate National Director for Evangelism and Justice. Josh grew up in Iowa and in 2004 he headed to the East Coast to study at Yale University in New Haven, CT where he majored in American Studies and Ethnicity, Race and Migration, followed by his entrance to Divinity School and getting plugged into Elm City Vineyard (ECV). During his time at grad school and in the first years of ECV, Josh started several evangelistic prayer groups on Yale’s campus, established an outdoor church for the housed and unhoused, and launched an incarnational inner-city neighborhood ministry that included a sidewalk Sunday school where many kids made first-time commitments for Jesus. In 2011 Josh was ordained as a pastor in the Vineyard and weeks later married his wife Tina (ECV’s Worship Pastor and a regular presence in Vineyard Worship recording projects). In 2014, Josh became ECV’s first full-time Lead Pastor, and he has enjoyed seeing Jesus grow the church in multi-ethnicity, justice, evangelism, spiritual formation, and Holy Spirit ministry. In the Vineyard, Josh has served as an Area Leader and an Executive Team member since 2017. He has also been on the Vineyard Ethnic Diversity task force since 2019. Josh and Tina recently celebrated ten years of marriage and parent two adorable little ones, Zoe and Joy. Their favorite family activities are going to waterfalls and beaches, eating ice cream, and singing loudly together.

Show Notes:
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
https://amzn.to/3ONpXQx

Works of Love by Soren Kierkegaard
https://amzn.to/3RfPvr5

The Quest for the Radical Middle by Bill Johnson and Todd Hunter
https://amzn.to/3yl84le

Convoy of Hope
https://convoyofhope.org

Vineyard Justice Network
https://vineyardjusticenetwork.org