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 […]
Been Through This Before!
VM offers a re-blog (with permission & editing) from a VUSA long-term cross-cultural worker in China: It is our hope and prayer that this blog finds you well. These are trying and uncertain times. We’ve been through many storms in life. Just like when Jesus came to the disciples in the boat, during the storm, […]
The Dual Role Of This “Man On A Mission”
The Backstory Long before becoming a military chaplain, I was a USAF communications airman from 2001-2005, serving 3.5 years in South Korea, ready along with my unit to take the fight to North Korea. It took more than a decade away from military service before I finally returned in May 2016 to the USAF Chaplain […]
Get Connected And Equipped Through Vineyard Missions
Vineyard Missions equips and mobilizes Vineyard USA churches to participate in the mission of God around the world. We provide tools and support to help facilitate and coordinate the cross-cultural work of U.S. Vineyard churches as they pursue their God-given call to the nations. Watch “Getting Started In Missions Partnerships” [ytp_video source=”zjW4EehHcpU”] Our ultimate goal […]
Multiethnic Leadership In Global Missions
Driving home one evening, turning on news radio, I found myself in the middle of quite an interesting story. A major US denomination was adding a resolution, saying the “Alt-Right” is not biblical and goes against the theological and moral values of their organization. To be clear, the “Alt-Right” was described as White Nationalism and […]
Missions & Money: Cultural Miscues (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of an 8-part series on Missions & Money. Click here to read Part 2: Raising Money. I remember one of my early mission trips to Ethiopia. We hit the ground running, and our small team of three people had experienced five full days of ministry: visiting several churches, facilitating a weekend […]
VM Series: Discerning A Local Church’s Work In Global Missions (January 2019)
Click here to start back at Part 1 from October 2018. Discernment is challenging work. Or is discernment an art? I tend to think Gordon T. Smith is correct when he states that “discernment is a learned exercise,” which means that there are principles and biblical guidelines to help followers of Jesus along the way […]
La Viña Chiriqui De Panama | 6th Anniversary Report
The anniversary was a smashing success! We had 71 people here, and about 25 were visitors. One family we had not met before; it included a mom and two of her three sons. She was contacted during our neighborhood outreach, and her boys will be joining the youth group. During the celebration we served a […]
Forgiveness After Abandonment
Several years ago a very promising couple with two young children went out to plant a fellowship in South Asia. They moved to a neighboring country and to say they had a difficult time is quite the understatement. The plant failed. The husband ran away with another woman, and the wife and kids returned home […]
Short Missions Funnies Part 1
“A-Washed” Away by Jim Pool My son and I were scampering around on the rocks of a rapids nearby to where our team had just finished baptizing 283 new Ethiopian followers of Jesus, and I slipped on a wet rock. I fell headfirst into the water (actually banging my head on the rocks once or […]
