A Letter From Phil | May 2020
Dear Friends, Greetings from Maine, where we are still waiting for the full reality of spring! Last week I was chatting with a pastor in Arizona where it was 105 degrees, while that morning it was spitting snow in Maine …not a complaint, just a fact. As you know, there are so many different realities […]
Code Yellow: Thinking Through When & How Churches Should Reopen
[Original Publication By The Project On Rural Ministry] On Friday, May 8 much of Northwestern and North Central Pennsylvania will move out of the red phase and into the more permissive yellow phase of Governor Wolf’s plan to reopen the commonwealth. In addition to feeling a bit like a game of Red Light, Green Light […]
Between Reality & Return: One Church’s Approach To Reopening
By Sharon McCarter (Pastor, Vineyard Church Maryville in Maryville, TN) Two text messages, two opposite ends of the bell curve … Our governor gave the churches in our county permission to reopen on May 1st, with a laundry list of restrictions. Before our church made any announcement about what we would do, one of our […]
The Miracle Of Multiplied Rice And Dhal
A Story From Vineyard Missions USA By Ruth (Vineyard India) I have goosebumps as I write this, and I am trembling with emotion. As you know, we are a small church, but our great desire is to help the poor at this time. We have no support right now. And also, we have to observe […]
When The Story of COVID-19 Gets Told, Let’s Make Sure We Have Stories Worth Telling
Pacific City Church was planted in 2018 by Chris Meekins and his team in Santa Monica, CA. In this episode Michael and co-host Liz Moore (also a church planter in Princeton, NJ) talk through the issues facing church planters in the era of COVID-19. Chris and his team have tackled these new challenges with lots […]
Together, For Ahmaud | A Joint Letter From A Group Of Black Vineyard USA Pastors
Ahmaud Arbery (1994-2020) As Black Vineyard USA pastors, we invite you to join us in pausing to acknowledge wrongdoing, pain and suffering in light of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. We do this in humility, knowing many have gone before us, stand with us, and will join us in the pursuit of justice. How we […]
The Asian-American Experience And Confronting Racism Amplified By COVID-19
Vineyard of Harvest Church is a multi-generational, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural church in southeastern Los Angeles County in Southern California. Pastor Dennis Liu has recently transitioned into a co-lead pastor role with the founding pastor (and Dennis’s father-in-law) Kenneth Kwan. Vineyard of Harvest is an amazing church community on many fronts but in this season of […]
EDLD – Evangelism
[ytp_playlist source=”PLUDsQg1O9leukLNqdu1YdNIfiGvYraHyx”] Watch the complete Evangelism YouTube playlist above, or select videos below: Video | We Share What We Love (Jay Pathak) Video | How Your Church Can Save Lives (Brian Anderson) Video | How A Pastor Can Get Better At Evangelism (Brian Anderson) Video |What Does It Mean To Share The Good News? (Phil […]
EDLD – Diversity
[ytp_playlist source=”PLUDsQg1O9levh6-oam8orAtSS7jRE8WFF”] Watch the complete Diversity YouTube playlist above, or select videos below: Video | Diversity Is A Kingdom Ideal (Geno Olison) Video | Paul’s Mustard Seed Revolution (Kathy Maskell) Video | Cultural Competence In The Bible (Josh Williams) Video | We Are Called To Tear Down Walls (Geno Olison) Video | Paying A Price […]
EDLD – Leadership
[ytp_playlist source=”PLUDsQg1O9les98SArFGMl0GWkzdcdi1Ox”] Watch the complete Leadership YouTube playlist above, or select videos below: Video | The 3 P’s Of Leadership (Phil Strout) Video | The 3 P’s The Presence Of God (Phil Strout) Video | The 3 P’s The Proclamation Of The Gospel (Phil Strout) Video | The 3 P’s All Things Practical (Phil Strout) […]
