Training Leaders To Care For Their Own Spiritual Formation
As I think about the formation of a leader, I am aware that there are three ideas around which I constantly revolve in everything I do (and our church does) as we train and build leaders. Helping Leaders Own Their Spiritual Development To help our leaders own their own spiritual growth process, we need to […]
Leadership Worth Multiplying
There are no two ways about it. To have a growing church community means that leaders will need to be reproduced. And whether a leader is teaching 5th graders in a Sunday School classroom, or leading worship with a team in front of hundreds (or thousands) of people, there are certain characteristics worth multiplying in […]
HLI: Raising Young Leaders
The Heroic Leadership Institute is raising a generation of risk-taking leaders whose identity is rooted in the Father’s love. They exist to serve the Vineyard movement and to create a path for the young leaders. Each site gives students a feel for the many ways that revival can impact a community. HLI works alongside churches […]
Training Leaders: Internships Done Well
Internships Done Well We all want interns. We think that having them around will make things easier. We think we can lean on them to do work we find uninspiring but necessary. We think it will be easy. And we’re wrong. Having interns isn’t a welcomed relief from work. It’s actually more work! It’s more […]
Ten Lessons From 45 Years Training Leaders
In this article, long-term Vineyard leader Steve Nicholson of the Evanston Vineyard in Illinois talks about the real-world lessons he’s learned training diverse leaders for over 45 years. See Steve’s video on the topic here. 1. It’s a war. Not everyone survives. You have to deal with your stuff and stay in close relationship. Isolation is […]
Vineyard Chaplains: Serving Jesus In The Military
[Vineyard Chaplains at the 2017 National Conference] In this interview, Chaplain Steven Satterfield talks about the role of Vineyard chaplains and the unique role they have in ministering to men, women, and families in the military. To find out more about Vineyard chaplains, see our Chaplains page here. VUSA: What do you as military chaplains do? […]
Releasing A New AVC In Brazil
In May 2016, Vineyard pastors and members from all over Brazil welcomed Vineyard representatives from the U.K., Canada, and the U.S. to a moving conference celebration as the Vineyard churches of Brasilia were released to become their own Association of Vineyard Churches (AVC) in Brazil. Luke Huber, the founder of PAZ Mission, first introduced me […]
Gaining Traction In Reaching Out To Your City
When considering how to reach out to our city a few moments come to mind. The moments are probably not your typical city outreach events, rather events where we partnered with God in what it seemed like He was doing in our area. Caring For Our Church; Caring For Our City In 2011, the Mayor […]
Surprises For The Vineyard
Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Vineyard, Ever since I started saying yes to God, He has lead me into unendingly unexpected places and situations. Every time I think I know what is up ahead, a new challenge and a new opportunity to know God better seems to appear over the horizon. Surprises Keep Our […]
Church Communications
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