Vineyard movement: Everybody gets to play
Everybody gets to play– that’s one of my favorite sayings from the Vineyard movement. But here’s a question: If everybody gets to play, where’s the playbook? What are the little pieces that you can help people with so they can participate more easily? Here are...
3 ways to avoid becoming a team without athletes
Today’s blog entry is written by Joel Seymour, lead pastor of the Lancaster Vineyard. He can be reached through Twitter @JoelSeymour or via email. You’ve probably been watching an NFL game and heard one of the announcers comment about one of the teams, “there just...
A conversation with Bob Logan
Developing a coaching culture greatly enhances ministry fruitfulness. Whether a church or a network of churches, mobilizing and multiplying coaches to come alongside of people provides personalized support and increases results. This week the Vineyard Multiply...
Launching Leaders booklet
I’m always on the lookout for really helpful but simple tools. The Launching Leaders booklet by Michael Gatlin is just that. It essentially covers a six-step process for developing and overseeing leaders. Put out by the Vineyard Group, this has been selling like...
Are you making church disciples or missional disciples?
In a conversation I had recently with Tad Blackburn, one of the pastors at The Vineyard Church in Long Island NY, he used an interesting phrase: “becoming missional disciples instead of just church disciples.” He used that phrase to describe the change his church is...
Where spiritual formation retreats meet leader gatherings
Today’s entry is by Mark Fields, National Missions Director for Vineyard USA, about his work with the Vineyard Churches of Brazil. Brazil is a large country, covering 49% of the South American continent. Consequently, it’s also a very diverse country. Southern Brazil...