Thoughts On God’s Mercy | Musings From Mark Fields
[Original Post By Vineyard Missions USA] Recently I have had quite a few people ask me about resources related to the Jesus Prayer or share their experiences praying it themselves. The Jesus Prayer dates back at least fifteen hundred years in some form and is grounded in the prayer of a blind man found in […]
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 […]
A Letter From Mark Fields & Vineyard Missions USA
Dear Vineyard Pastors and Leaders, We at Vineyard Missions are so excited about the great work you are doing as pastors and leaders, both in your neighborhood and in the nations. Kingdom building is hard, messy work that can sometimes feel like it holds as many disappointments as it does joys. However, knowing the Hope […]
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 […]
Short Amazing God Stories From Around The Globe
Word Of Knowledge Clinic By Glenn I had an opportunity to share with Instituto Viña México in Fresnillo, Mexico on spiritual gifts. During the workshop, we had a clinic time and asked the Holy Spirit to give people words of knowledge. One person said that they felt someone there was having some sort of stomach […]
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 […]
Refugees In Jesus
I apologize in advance for my vagueness, but due to the nature of the story, it is necessary. Refugees have been in the news a lot lately, but this is a story of good news among refugees. In the one of the countries where I am involved in missions work, there is a large UNHCR […]
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 […]
