A Terrorist Transformed by Christ’s Love
Hassane* was a terrorist from Timbuktu in northern Mali, a large country in the center of West Africa. (Yes, American friends, Timbuktu is a real place.) I met him when I was in Mali in January 2025. Originally, Hassane was a soldier in the Malian army, but he defected and joined a Muslim extremist group […]
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“Run With It”: Empowering New Leaders Within the Local Church
Brett Kennedy has been the Lead Pastor of Vineyard Church of Wellsboro in PA for 10 years. Located in a rural town of 4,500 people, the church was started in 2001 in the founding pastors’ home. They rented spaces before acquiring their building in 2022. At that time, they had about eighty people, but in […]
Caring for Ourselves to Care for Others: Making Space for Physical Health to Sustain a Life of Ministry
Mitch and Lara Price co-pastor Life Church Vineyard in Pleasantville, OH. They have been participating in the Vineyard USA Physical and Recreational Health Cohort since June of 2024, alongside 12 others. Mitch says the cohort fulfilled his desire for a sustainable, holistic approach to health that goes beyond quick fixes and supports long-term care for […]
“Putting Life Into People”: A Vegetable Garden Offers Kingdom Hospitality to the Unhoused
The Oasis Vineyard Church in Hermiston, OR has taken practical steps to address food insecurity in their area by planting a large community garden. What started as a simple idea has flourished into a thriving ministry, producing over 9,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and herbs last year. While this meets a conspicuous need in their […]
Called to Connection: How the Seattle Vineyard Found its Missions Home in the Philippines
When Judith and John Hix became the lead pastors at Seattle Vineyard over five years ago, they felt called to invest in a long-term overseas missions partnership. “The Seattle Vineyard has always valued international missions, and it was important to us to find a country that we could build relationship with.” They spent four years […]
Learning to Play the Long Game with Alpha
Derek Heilmann is the Lead Pastor of Vineyard Altoona in PA, which he planted in 2014 out of Vineyard Columbus with Jeri, his wife. They dreamed of starting a thriving church where people would meet Jesus and become disciples, but the spiritual landscape of Altoona was different from Columbus, OH. While Columbus had people from […]
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A Way Forward: Leadership, Reconciliation, and Strengthening Our Future
In March 2025, Vineyard USA’s Leadership Council (Regional Leaders, Area Leaders, and Association Leaders) met together in Florida for a time of training and connection. During one of the sessions, Jay Pathak talked about how we interact with each other as pastors, our engagement in online discourse, and our need to develop clear processes for […]
