Listening And Loving As A Way To Hope And Healing
What will we remember about 2020? The year has been unrelenting in rapid fire devastation. We are in a pandemic. Thousands have died in the U.S. and millions around the world; and the future health of many is in uncertain. The effects of COVID-19 have closed down businesses, produced an even more volatile stock market, […]
Leadership & Unity
“God’s heart is for unity, and He wants to show us how we can lead people toward this truth.” :: About Julie Yoder Growing up as the only girl amongst four brothers and being raised by pastor parents was incredible preparation for the challenges of ministry! Julie has spent a decade now on staff at […]
Get Proximate: The Art Of Radical Mercy & Staying Hopeful In COVID Times
Get Proximate: The Art of Radical Mercy & Staying Hopeful We know we want to develop a Kingdom-life centered approach to the myriad hot-button issues of our time, but do we know how to âget proximateâ? Oftentimes, we, the church, can shy away from issues like immigration, abortion, racism, and mass incarceration, instead of getting […]
COVID Check-In: How Are Worship Leaders Doing?
As we enter into the third quarter of “pandemic church” it seems only a distant memory when churches were buying cameras and light stands, sound techs were cursing at computers, and worship leaders were staring into phone cameras asking, “Is this thing on?!â . HOW we worship has changed (for some more radically than others), […]
The Gospel Of The Kingdom Remains Unhindered: Musings From Mark Fields
[Original Post By Vineyard Missions USA] God is still on the move even during the pandemic! Yes⊠let me say that again⊠God is still at work in this challenging season. I know it can be harder to see when we are faced with our limited human perspective, especially being restricted in our travel and […]
How Do We Evangelize In A Global Pandemic?
:: Melanie Forsythe is the Lead Pastor of LIFE Vineyard Church, a vibrant community of Jesus followers in the heart of Columbus, Ohio. She came to faith in the post Christian landscape of Australia. There, Melanie was a youth pastor for many years before moving to America alongside her now late husband and co-founder of […]
Pandemic Power Evangelism
Letâs be honest. Church as we know it looks a lot different than it did BC⊠before COVID! This interruption, replete with chaos of all shapes and sizes, forces Church leaders everywhere to re-evaluate what matters most now. Our in-person gatherings, the way we Church online, community outreach initiatives, even the way we pastor our […]
A Conversation On Loneliness & Anger With Dr. Thomas Campion & Phil Strout
In this two part conversation, Phil Strout (National Director, Vineyard USA) and Dr. Thomas Campion (Licensed Clinical Psychologist and President & CEO of Campion, Borrow, & Associates) sit down to discuss what happens when loneliness and anger go unchecked in our lives.
Unprecedented Times. Unchanging Mission.
Considering the source of this little article, it may seem strange to hear from âthe book lady.â But as a member of the Vineyard USA team, I have the privilege of âsitting in the eagleâs nestâ and seeing the moving parts of our Movement working together â in all their local contexts â as a […]
Stories Of Experience As An Expression Of Trust: Musings From Mark Fields
[Original Post By Vineyard Missions USA] I never imagined that this phase in my ministry journey would involve worldwide travel, now to nearly a hundred nations, nor that my on-going travel would be restricted by a global pandemic for an indefinite period of time. Itâs been an amazing journey, but it was not what I had planned. Today […]
