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The Association of Vineyard Churches, also known as the Vineyard Movement, is an international
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association of churches.Despite the fact that some might see denominational labels as divisive, the founder of the movement John Wimber said "The Association of Vineyard Churches – for better or worse – is a denomination." Nigel Scotland ''Charismatics and the New Millennium'' (Guildford: Eagle, 1995). The Vineyard Movement is rooted in the
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renewal and historic evangelicalism. Instead of the mainstream charismatic label, however, the movement has preferred the term ''Empowered Evangelicals'' (a term coined by Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson in their book of the same name) to reflect their roots in traditional evangelicalism as opposed to classical
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. Members also sometimes describe themselves as the "radical middle" between evangelicals and Pentecostals, which is a reference to the book ''The Quest for the Radical Middle,'' a historical survey of the Vineyard by Bill Jackson. It has been associated with the "
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" movement,Nigel Scotland ''Charismatics and the New Millennium'' (Guildford: Eagle, 1995) the Toronto blessing, the
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and a particular style of Christian worship music. The Vineyard operates a publishing house, Vineyard International Publishing.


History

The Vineyard has its origins in the founding of a
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church by Kenn Gulliksen and his wife Joanie, members of Calvary Chapel
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, in 1974, in
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in the
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. In early 1975, thirteen groups met at the
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Women's club. These Bible studies, and others like them, were attended by many popular actors/actresses and musicians including
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. Gulliksen's Vineyard had spun off sister churches. In 1977, John Wimber, an evangelical pastor and teacher on church growth, founded a Calvary Chapel in
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. Wimber's teaching on healing and the ministry of the
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led to conflict. In a meeting with Calvary Chapel leaders, it was suggested that Wimber's church stop using the Calvary name and affiliate with Gulliksen's Vineyard movement.Jackson, Bill. "A Short History of the Association of Vineyard Churches" in ''Church, Identity, and Change: Theology and Denominational Structures in Unsettled Times''. David A. Roozen and James R. Nieman, Editors. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005. . p. 136. In 1982, Wimber's church changed its name to the Anaheim Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Gulliksen turned over the churches under his oversight to Wimber, beginning his leadership of the Vineyard movement. Evangelist
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credits Gulliksen as founder of the Vineyard movement. In 1982, 8 churches founded the Association of Vineyard Churches. Beginning in 1988, Wimber established relationships with leaders known for their prophetic ministry, such as Paul Cain, Bob Jones, and Mike Bickle who pastored Kansas City Fellowship, an independent church which would come under the Vineyard banner as Metro Vineyard (see
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). For a time, these men had considerable influence on Wimber and the Vineyard—according to Jackson, Wimber's son was delivered from drug addiction through a prophetic word from Jones.Jackson (2005), p. 137. However, there were those in the Vineyard who were skeptical, and Wimber himself became disillusioned over the restorationist teaching and failed prophecies of these men. Around 1991, Wimber began to distance himself from the prophetic movement, leading the Vineyard back to a
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direction, while Bickle's church withdrew and dropped the Vineyard label. The Vineyard Movement suffered a visible leadership vacuum after Wimber's death on November 16, 1997. However,
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, who served as National Coordinator since February 1994 and as acting Director of the Vineyard at the time of Wimber's death, became the National Director in January 1998 and served in that capacity until he resigned in May 2000. After Hunter's resignation, the National Board of Directors named Bert Waggoner of
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, as the new National Director. As of 2007, the Association of Vineyard Churches includes over 2400 churches around the world, and this number continues to grow due to a strong priority placed on church-planting within the Vineyard mission. In October, 2011, Phil Strout was selected by the National Board of Directors to succeed Waggoner as National Director in January 2013. He served until October, 2021 when Jay Pathak was installed as the National Director.


Statistics

According to a census published by the association in 2022, it had 2,400 churches in 95 countries. The 2010 US Religious Census showed over 200,000 members in the United States.


Beliefs and practices


Doctrinal statements

For most of the early life of the Vineyard Movement, Vineyard churches had no official statement of faith. This is not to be interpreted as an absence of a common belief structure; rather, the primary reasons for the absence of such a declaration were: * the demonstrative teaching of John Wimber, who effectively set the tone and doctrinal beliefs of the movement * a desire to reflect the "low-key," "low-pressure" environment of the church that encouraged people to "come as you are" * specifically, de-emphasizing any atmosphere or actions that could be considered overtly dogmatic. According to text in the official Vineyard Statement of Faith released in 1994, an effort to create a common Statement of Faith had been underway since 1983, but took 10+ years to complete because: "On one hand, we felt obliged to set forth our biblical and historically orthodox beliefs; on the other hand, we wanted to describe the values and priorities that make the Vineyard unique within the context of Evangelicalism."


LGBTQ+ position

In a 2020 letter to local church leaders, Vineyard Canada expressed its position that having a non-heterosexual orientation is not itself sinful, however the church does not allow the officiating of same sex marriages or licensing people in same sex marriages for pastoral ministry. This letter also distinguished gender identity from sexual orientation as its own theology and policy matter that requires further consideration.


Branches


United States

The national headquarters of Vineyard USA is currently located in
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. Vineyard USA is divided into nine regions which are overseen by a Regional Leader. Regions are further divided into areas, which typically consist of a single state, except in a few cases where a cluster of churches is located closer to a state of another region. Each area is overseen by an Area Leader who reports to the Regional Leader. The purpose of both Area and Regional Leaders is to provide relational encouragement and spiritual care, as well as accountability, to churches and pastors. Both Area and Regional Leaders are active pastors of a local Vineyard church. Additionally, there are two Super Regional Leaders who support Regional and Area Leaders and help to train, lead, and provide spiritual care for local pastors. The central governing body of the Vineyard in the U.S. is known as the Executive Team, and includes the National Director. Currently, the President and National Director is Jay Pathak. All major strategic decisions, including theological and doctrinal statements, are made by the National Board. In 2018, Vineyard USA is estimated to have approximately 200,000 members in 600 churches. In the United States, Vineyard is nondenominational and evangelical.


United Kingdom and Ireland


Denmark

As of December 2022, there are seven Vineyard churches in Denmark. Those are located in
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, Roskilde,
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(Bornholm), and
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Vineyard Worship

Vineyard Worship is a record label created and used by the Association of Vineyard Churches. The organization uses it to release worship song, worship albums. A UK branch of the record label exists, called
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. Its musicians include Samuel Lane,
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,
Brian Doerksen Brian Robert Doerksen is a Canadian Contemporary Christian music, Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Early life Doerksen was a member at a local Mennonite Brethren church in British Columbia and gr ...
, David Ruis, Cindy Rethmeier, Scott Underwood, Andy Park,
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, Anabeth Morgan, Tim Brown, Joshua Miller, Tina Colón Williams, Kyle Howard, Casey Corum, Ryan Delmore, Darren and Jessie Clarke, Nigel Briggs, Nigel Hemming,
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, Kathryn Scott, and many others.


History

Vineyard Music was developed by the Vineyard church in 1985. The church began to write its own worship songs, so John Wimber founded Mercy Records. This later became Vineyard Worship.


Early discography

* ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 1: Hosanna'' (1985) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 2: You Are Here'' (1985) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 3: Come Holy Spirit'' * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 4: Glory'' (1986) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 5: Draw Me Closer'' (1988) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 6: We Welcome You'' (1989) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 7: No One but You'' (1989) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 8: Give Him Praise'' (1990) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 9: I Want to Know You'' (1990) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 10: Refiner's Fire'' (1991) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 11: Bring Your Kingdom'' (1992) * ''Worship Songs Of The Vineyard 12: Lord Over All'' (1993) * ''
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'' (1999)


Controversies


Healing on the Streets

A leader within the
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, in
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, Mark Marx, started a branch of the church called 'Healing on the Streets'. This organisation made promises to cure medical conditions through
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, first on the streets of Coleraine and then training other churches. These claims - including the claim they could heal cancer - have been challenged by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) who concluded that the claims were 'misleading'. This led to media stories around the Bath group, and the Nottingham group. The
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policy arm is led by Peter Lynas, who is also Chair of the Causeway Coast Vineyard board. Evangelical Alliance supported Mark Marx organisations and believes the regulations should not apply to the Healing on the Streets activities. Mark Marx and Causeway Coast Vineyard founder Alan Scott have now moved together to Dwelling Place, California.


Causeway Coast Vineyard

The founder and trustees of the
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in
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have been the subject of a number of internal and external investigations. Founder Alan Scott has been accused of having a
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, and in 2023 several of his family members had to resign from leadership positions in the church following historic allegations of
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. The church's founders, Alan and Kathryn Scott, had left and moved to
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Vineyard, California, in 2018. Before Alan and Kathryn left, Kathryn's sister, Janet Young, along with her husband, Neil Young, were made joint senior pastors. A prominent
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, Dr. Luke Martin, attended the church as a teenager. He has criticised Alan publicly and pointed out that there was no open recruitment between Alan and Kathryn Scott leaving Northern Ireland, and the appointment of their family members Neil and Janet Young. Dr. Martin also noted that neither Neil and Janet had any theological qualifications. After Alan and Kathryn's departure, reports started to emerge that Alan had been an abusive leader in Northern Ireland. The trustees of the church eventually commissioned an independent report. In this, respondents alleged that Alan Scott had appeared ‘all knowing’ and that he had told them God would tell him if anybody spoke about him, even in their own homes, and that he knew people's sin by looking at them. Neil and Janet Young resigned in 2023 as they could not support the findings of the trustee's independent report against their family members. At the same time, in California, Anaheim Vineyard took Alan to court for fraud due to his decision to take the Anaheim church and its $62 million worth of assets out of the Vineyard movement. The Vineyard movement alleged that Alan had promised not to do this during the recruitment process, and they alleged he had been fraudulent in this promise. Alan renamed the now independent Anaheim church 'Dwelling Place', where he remains as pastor. Similar concerns have continued at Dwelling Place under Scott, and in 2024 their worship leader was prohibited from attending a Christian conference following allegations of spiritual abuse while under Alan Scott's leadership at Dwelling Place. In September 2024, the
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stepped in and have decided to run another investigation into the Causeway Coast Vineyard. The focus of this new probe is around the church's governance arrangements and its response to the allegations made against Alan and Kathryn Scott. Like the senior leadership of the church, the trustee board is dominated by one family - the Lynas family - and their spouses. The Lynas family are one the wealthiest in the area, who own a major food distribution operation. The Chairperson, Peter Lynas, is also works for
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, a controversial lobby group who have been criticised for their conservative stance on a range of issues.,


The Toronto Blessing

In January 1994, the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church, a member of the association, experienced an outbreak of physical manifestations (such as laughter, weeping, and shaking) that it claimed were the work of the Holy Spirit. These events continued for many months and became known as the ''
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''. Large numbers of Christians from numerous countries visited the church to experience the phenomena and take them back to their home congregations. The "blessing" received considerable publicity and proved highly controversial. Some Christian leaders disputed the church's assertion that the manifestations were divine in origin. A leading critic was
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who wrote a book, ''
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'', which charged the church with promoting
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.Hanegraaff, Hank ''Counterfeit Revival'' Word Publishing. 1997 However, other Christian leaders endorsed the "blessing" as a genuine work of God. In December 1995, the Toronto church was removed from membership in the Association of Vineyard Churches for placing excessive emphasis on the manifestations and losing focus on the Bible. The church then changed its name to Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, and later to
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.


The Network

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is an international group of churches founded by Steve Morgan which broke away from the Vineyard Association in 2006. The Network's methods and practices have been criticized for being spiritually abusive, controlling, manipulative, and misogynistic. Steve Morgan's qualifications as a pastor have also been questioned because of his arrest in 1987 for allegedly committing aggravated criminal sodomy against a teenager in November, 1986. Former Vineyard officials who had contact with Steve Morgan during the time of his ordination have denied knowledge of Steve Morgan's arrest. Steve Morgan had originally planted Vineyard Community Church of Carbondale, Illinois in 1995 after hearing John Wimber speak at a conference. Vineyard Community Church of
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, changed its name to Vine Church and left the Vineyard denomination in 2006, taking several midwest Vineyard churches with it to form an independent church planting network, which they called a "No Name, No Account Network." Eventually, this name became shortened to "The Network."


See also

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Notes and references


Sources

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Further reading

*''Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard: The Emergence of Contemporary Worship'' by Andy Park, Lester Ruth, and Cindy Rethmeier *''The Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard'' by Bill Jackson – A look at the history of the Vineyard through 1999. *''The Way It Was'' by Carol Wimber – A biography of John & Carol Wimber's life before and during their time in the Vineyard. *''Power Healing'' by John Wimber – John Wimber's teachings regarding healing *''Power Evangelism'' by John Wimber – John Wimber's teachings regarding evangelism *''Empowered Evangelicals'' by Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson *''Who Is My Enemy'' by Rich Nathan *''Jesus Brand Spirituality'' by Ken Wilson *''Saving God's Green Earth: Rediscovering the Church's Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship'' by Tri Robinson *''Small Footprint, Big Handprint: How to Live Simply and Love Extravagantly'' by Tri Robinson *''Naturally Supernatural'' by Gary Best * ''Conspiracy of Kindness'' by Steve Sjogren – Detailing the practice of "Servant Evangelism" embraced and employed by many of the churches within the Vineyard Movement in early 1990s to present as well as a large portion of evangelical churches outside the movement. *''Not The Religious Type'' by
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– A perspective on faith in Jesus from a former atheist-turned-Vineyard pastor. *''Breakthrough'' by Dr. Derek Morphew, Academic Dean of Vineyard Institute. A perspective of the Gospel as a proclamation of the Kingdom of God.


External links


Vineyard International Consortium
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