Curses to Miracles, A Testimony
Years ago on a trip to Costa Rica, as a team of young adults, we were serving in a very poor community called “Las Tablas.” Most of the week was spent excavating a site and wheelbarrowing mud down a dirt path. This was in preparation for a foundation to be poured to expand a ministry […]
10 Years In Ethiopia: Franklin Vineyard
Later in 2008, not long after the original group went, we sent a team of four to go and check it out: Tim, Jon, my son Mark, and me. We saw great need there and wanted to help in this land that is tied to the book of Acts. So every year, except one, we […]
A Missions Photography Field Guide
If youâre not a photographer, you may have had the disappointing experience of discovering that the photos you snapped on a trip abroad turned out any number of ways: dark and grainy, overexposed, oddly angled, or they simply failed to capture the spirit of a particular moment. The truth is that even professional photographers have […]
VM Monthly Series: Discerning A Local Church’s Work In Global Missions (November 2018)
Click here to read Part 1 from Luke and the Red Bluff Vineyard at Vineyard Missions’ blog. In the Vineyard, our process of discerning Godâs will is grounded in the prayer, âCome Holy Spirit.â We regularly invite the Spirit of God to lead us and empower us to live in a way that witnesses to […]
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 ViĂąa in this nation! Although Vineyard is not a recognized denomination there, the congregation has started to call themselves, La ViĂąa Casa de Amor. On one of […]
Discerning A Local Churchâs Work In Global Missions
Vineyard Missions has asked me to share how our church, the Red Bluff Vineyard, is discerning and working toward joining a Missions Partnership. Our goal is to spend the next two years (or less) exploring where God is calling us, who God is calling us to, and how to best engage in global missions! I […]
We Praise The African Way | Cultural Context
On a recent trip, I had the opportunity to experience worship and ministry âthe African way,â as I visited three countries in eight days, witnessing the manifold ways Kingdom values are being contextualized in the various cultures of Africa. First stop was Cameroon. The Cameroonian team leader shared a small two bedroom apartment. For those […]
Brakes, Brakes, Transmission, And Tires In CĂ´te DâIvoire
Before we arrived in Africa, the other half of our team from the Vineyard Church of Central Illinois arrived in CĂ´te 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 […]
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 […]
A Great Year For Jesus In Northern CĂ´te DâIvoire
In predominantly Muslim northern CĂ´te dâIvoire over the past year 193 new believers have come to Christ, and 33 villages have formed new home Bible studies. One village even built a church building totally on their own initiative and with their own resources (see photo below). This is the first Vineyard church building in CĂ´te dâIvoire! Their […]
