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Association of Vineyard Churches

January 01, 1970

The Association of Vineyard Churches, also known as the Vineyard Movement, is an international neocharismatic evangelical Christian association of churches.[1]

Association of Vineyard Churches
Vineyard Wordmark
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationNeo-charismatic
TheologyEvangelical
RegionClaims 95 countries
Origin1982
Separated fromCalvary Chapel
SeparationsToronto Blessing
CongregationsClaims 2,400
Official websitewww.vineyard.org

The Vineyard Movement is rooted in the charismatic 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 Pentecostalism. 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 "Signs and Wonders" movement,[2]: 199  the Toronto blessing,[2]: 222  the Kansas City Prophets[2]: 160  and a particular style of Christian worship music.[2]: 212 

The Vineyard operates a publishing house, Vineyard International Publishing.

History edit

The Vineyard has its origins in the founding of a Calvary Chapel church by Kenn Gulliksen and his wife Joanie, members of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, in 1974, in Los Angeles in the United States.[3][4] In early 1975, thirteen groups met at the Beverly Hills Women's club.[5]: 80  These Bible studies, and others like them, were attended by many popular actors/actresses and musicians including Bob Dylan.[5]: 81  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 Yorba Linda, California.[6] Wimber's teaching on healing and the ministry of the Holy Spirit 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.[7] 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 Lonnie Frisbee credits Gulliksen as founder of the Vineyard movement.[8] In 1982, 8 churches founded the Association of Vineyard Churches.[9]

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 Kansas City Prophets). 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.[10] 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 church-planting 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.[11] However, Todd Hunter, 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.[12] After Hunter's resignation, the National Board of Directors named Bert Waggoner of Sugar Land, Texas, 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.[6] In October, 2011, Phil Strout was selected by the National Board of Directors to succeed Waggoner as National Director in January 2013.[13] He served until October, 2021 when Jay Pathak was installed as the National Director.

Statistics edit

According to a census published by the association in 2022, it had 2,400 churches in 95 countries.[14]

Beliefs and practices edit

Doctrinal statements edit

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[15] 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."[16]

LGBTQ+ position edit

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.[17]

Branches edit

United States edit

The national headquarters of Vineyard USA is currently located in Stafford, Texas. Vineyard USA is divided into eight regions, and each region has clusters of churches grouped together by location, facilitated by an Area Pastoral Care Leader (APCL). The APCL's work together with the Regional Overseer (RO) to provide leadership and encouragement to the region. 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.[18]

In the United States, Vineyard is nondenominational and evangelical.[19]

United Kingdom and Ireland edit

Main article: Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland

Denmark edit

As of December 2022, there are seven Vineyard churches in Denmark. Those are located in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Roskilde, Aalborg, Rønne (Bornholm), and Helsingør.[1]

Vineyard Worship edit

 

Vineyard Worship is a record label created and used by the Association of Vineyard Churches. The organization uses it to release worship albums. A UK branch of the record label exists, called Vineyard Records. Its musicians include Samuel Lane, Brenton Brown,[20] Brian Doerksen, David Ruis, Cindy Rethmeier, Scott Underwood, Andy Park, Kevin Prosch, Anabeth Morgan, Tim Brown, Joshua Miller, Tina Colón Williams, Kyle Howard, Casey Corum, Ryan Delmore, Darren and Jessie Clarke, Johanna Blanding-Koskinen (singer/songwriter), Nigel Briggs, Nigel Hemming, Jeremy Riddle, Kathryn Scott,[21] and many others.[22]

History edit

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 edit

  • 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)
  • Hungry (1999)

Controversies edit

The Toronto Blessing edit

Main article: 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.[23] These events continued for many months and became known as the Toronto Blessing.[23] Large numbers of Christians from numerous countries visited the church to experience the phenomena and take them back to their home congregations.[23] The "blessing" received considerable publicity and proved highly controversial.[23] Some Christian leaders disputed the church's assertion that the manifestations were divine in origin.[23] A leading critic was Hank Hanegraaff who wrote a book, Counterfeit Revival, which charged the church with promoting heresy.[24] However, other Christian leaders endorsed the "blessing" as a genuine work of God.[23] 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.[25] The church then changed its name to Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, and later to Catch The Fire Toronto.

The Network edit

The Network 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,[26] controlling, manipulative,[27] and misogynistic.[28] 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.[29] Former Vineyard officials who had contact with Steve Morgan during the time of his ordination have denied knowledge of Steve Morgan's arrest.[30]

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 Carbondale, Illinois, 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."[31] Eventually, this name became shortened to "The Network."

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ a b c d Nigel Scotland Charismatics and the New Millennium (Guildford: Eagle, 1995)
  3. ^ Drew Blankman, Todd Augustine, Pocket Dictionary of North American Denominations, InterVarsity Press, USA, 2010, p. 22
  4. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition, Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 713
  5. ^ a b Jackson, Bill (1999). The Quest for the Radical Middle. Vineyard International Publishing. ISBN 0-620-24319-8.
  6. ^ a b "History & Legacy". Vineyardusa.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  7. ^ 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. ISBN 0-8028-2819-1. p. 136.
  8. ^ Frisbee, Lonnie; Sachs, Roger (2012). Not By Might Nor By Power. Santa Maria, CA: Freedom Publications. p. 127. ISBN 978-0978543310.
  9. ^ Peter Clarke, Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2004, p. 672
  10. ^ Jackson (2005), p. 137.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2006-09-12.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2006-09-10. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  13. ^ "Vineyard Distinctives". Vineyardusa.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  14. ^ Association of Vineyard Churches, Our Global Family, vineyardusa.org, USA, retrieved November 5, 2022
  15. ^ (PDF). Vineyardusa.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  16. ^ . Thevineyardchurch.us. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  17. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  18. ^ "Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches". The National Council of Churches. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  19. ^ Luhrmann (2012, pp. 3, 15); Freudenberg (2019, paragraph 10).
  20. ^ "Ultimate Easter Worship Collection – CCM Magazine". Ccmmagazine.com. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  21. ^ "Kathryn Scott: Declaring His Goodness – CCM Magazine". Ccmmagazine.com. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  22. ^ "Sarah Brusco: 'The Woven Whisper' album review – CCM Magazine". Ccmmagazine.com. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Maxwell, Joe (1994-10-24). "Is Laughing for the Lord Holy?". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  24. ^ Hanegraaff, Hank Counterfeit Revival Word Publishing. 1997
  25. ^ James A. Beverley,Vineyard Severs Ties with 'Toronto Blessing' Church, christianitytoday.com, USA, January 8, 1996
  26. ^ "Former members of Bloomington's High Rock Church allege spiritual abuse". IDS News. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  27. ^ Gutteridge @nico_gjc, Nicholas (2023-04-20). "'I entered as a spiritual refugee and stayed on as a prisoner'". The Battalion. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  28. ^ "Misogynistic content in Valley Springs Church's Instagram Post". LEAVING THE NETWORK. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  29. ^ "Whistleblowers: Network Church Leader Hid 'Horrific' Sex Crime for 36 Yrs". The Roys Report. 2022-07-21. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  30. ^ "Vineyard Officials Were Not Aware of Steve's Arrest for Sexual Assault Against a Minor". LEAVING THE NETWORK. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  31. ^ Morgan, Steve (November 2011). "Our Story and How We Do Church: A Training Resource for Network Pastors" (PDF).

Sources edit

  • Freudenberg, Maren (2019). "Dynamics and Stability in Globally Expanding Charismatic Religions: The Case of the Vineyard Movement in Germany, Austria, andSwitzerland". Entangled Religions. 8.
  • Luhrmann, T. L. (2012). When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0307264794.

Further reading edit

  • Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard: The Emergence of Contemporary Worship by Andy Park, Lester Ruth, and Cindy Rethmeier ISBN 978-0-8028-7397-2
  • The Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard by Bill Jackson ISBN 0-620-24319-8 – A look at the history of the Vineyard through 1999.
  • The Way It Was by Carol Wimber ISBN 0-340-73539-2 – A biography of John & Carol Wimber's life before and during their time in the Vineyard.
  • Power Healing by John Wimber ISBN 0-340-39090-5 – John Wimber's teachings regarding healing
  • Power Evangelism by John Wimber ISBN 0-340-56127-0 – John Wimber's teachings regarding evangelism
  • Empowered Evangelicals by Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson ISBN 0-89283-929-5
  • Who Is My Enemy by Rich Nathan ISBN 0-310-23882-X
  • Jesus Brand Spirituality by Ken Wilson ISBN 0-8499-2053-1
  • Saving God's Green Earth: Rediscovering the Church's Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship by Tri Robinson ISBN 0-9748825-8-5
  • Small Footprint, Big Handprint: How to Live Simply and Love Extravagantly by Tri Robinson ISBN 0-9786394-8-0
  • Naturally Supernatural by Gary Best ISBN 0-620-34814-3
  • Conspiracy of Kindness by Steve Sjogren ISBN 978-0-8307-4572-2 – 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 Dave Schmelzer ISBN 1-4143-1583-X – 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. ISBN 1-86823-039-2

External links edit

  • Vineyard International Consortium

January 01, 1970
association, vineyard, churches, also, known, vineyard, movement, international, neocharismatic, evangelical, christian, association, churches, vineyard, wordmarkclassificationprotestantorientationneo, charismatictheologyevangelicalregionclaims, countriesorigi. The Association of Vineyard Churches also known as the Vineyard Movement is an international neocharismatic evangelical Christian association of churches 1 Association of Vineyard ChurchesVineyard WordmarkClassificationProtestantOrientationNeo charismaticTheologyEvangelicalRegionClaims 95 countriesOrigin1982Separated fromCalvary ChapelSeparationsToronto Blessing Catch the Fire WorldCongregationsClaims 2 400Official websitewww wbr vineyard wbr org The Vineyard Movement is rooted in the charismatic 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 Pentecostalism 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 Signs and Wonders movement 2 199 the Toronto blessing 2 222 the Kansas City Prophets 2 160 and a particular style of Christian worship music 2 212 The Vineyard operates a publishing house Vineyard International Publishing Contents 1 History 2 Statistics 3 Beliefs and practices 3 1 Doctrinal statements 3 2 LGBTQ position 4 Branches 4 1 United States 4 2 United Kingdom and Ireland 4 3 Denmark 5 Vineyard Worship 5 1 History 5 2 Early discography 6 Controversies 6 1 The Toronto Blessing 6 2 The Network 7 See also 8 Notes and references 9 Sources 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory editThe Vineyard has its origins in the founding of a Calvary Chapel church by Kenn Gulliksen and his wife Joanie members of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in 1974 in Los Angeles in the United States 3 4 In early 1975 thirteen groups met at the Beverly Hills Women s club 5 80 These Bible studies and others like them were attended by many popular actors actresses and musicians including Bob Dylan 5 81 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 Yorba Linda California 6 Wimber s teaching on healing and the ministry of the Holy Spirit 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 7 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 Lonnie Frisbee credits Gulliksen as founder of the Vineyard movement 8 In 1982 8 churches founded the Association of Vineyard Churches 9 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 Kansas City Prophets 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 10 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 church planting 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 11 However Todd Hunter 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 12 After Hunter s resignation the National Board of Directors named Bert Waggoner of Sugar Land Texas 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 6 In October 2011 Phil Strout was selected by the National Board of Directors to succeed Waggoner as National Director in January 2013 13 He served until October 2021 when Jay Pathak was installed as the National Director Statistics editAccording to a census published by the association in 2022 it had 2 400 churches in 95 countries 14 Beliefs and practices editDoctrinal statements edit 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 15 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 16 LGBTQ position edit 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 17 Branches editUnited States edit The national headquarters of Vineyard USA is currently located in Stafford Texas Vineyard USA is divided into eight regions and each region has clusters of churches grouped together by location facilitated by an Area Pastoral Care Leader APCL The APCL s work together with the Regional Overseer RO to provide leadership and encouragement to the region 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 18 In the United States Vineyard is nondenominational and evangelical 19 United Kingdom and Ireland edit Main article Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland Denmark edit As of December 2022 there are seven Vineyard churches in Denmark Those are located in Copenhagen Aarhus Odense Roskilde Aalborg Ronne Bornholm and Helsingor 1 Vineyard Worship edit nbsp Vineyard Worship is a record label created and used by the Association of Vineyard Churches The organization uses it to release worship albums A UK branch of the record label exists called Vineyard Records Its musicians include Samuel Lane Brenton Brown 20 Brian Doerksen David Ruis Cindy Rethmeier Scott Underwood Andy Park Kevin Prosch Anabeth Morgan Tim Brown Joshua Miller Tina Colon Williams Kyle Howard Casey Corum Ryan Delmore Darren and Jessie Clarke Johanna Blanding Koskinen singer songwriter Nigel Briggs Nigel Hemming Jeremy Riddle Kathryn Scott 21 and many others 22 History edit 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 edit 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 Hungry 1999 Controversies editThe Toronto Blessing edit Main article 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 23 These events continued for many months and became known as the Toronto Blessing 23 Large numbers of Christians from numerous countries visited the church to experience the phenomena and take them back to their home congregations 23 The blessing received considerable publicity and proved highly controversial 23 Some Christian leaders disputed the church s assertion that the manifestations were divine in origin 23 A leading critic was Hank Hanegraaff who wrote a book Counterfeit Revival which charged the church with promoting heresy 24 However other Christian leaders endorsed the blessing as a genuine work of God 23 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 25 The church then changed its name to Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship and later to Catch The Fire Toronto The Network edit The Network 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 26 controlling manipulative 27 and misogynistic 28 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 29 Former Vineyard officials who had contact with Steve Morgan during the time of his ordination have denied knowledge of Steve Morgan s arrest 30 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 Carbondale Illinois 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 31 Eventually this name became shortened to The Network See also edit nbsp Christianity portal Bible Born again Worship service evangelicalism Jesus Christ Believers ChurchNotes and references edit 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 a b c d Nigel Scotland Charismatics and the New Millennium Guildford Eagle 1995 Drew Blankman Todd Augustine Pocket Dictionary of North American Denominations InterVarsity Press USA 2010 p 22 Randall Herbert Balmer Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism Revised and expanded edition Baylor University Press USA 2004 p 713 a b Jackson Bill 1999 The Quest for the Radical Middle Vineyard International Publishing ISBN 0 620 24319 8 a b History amp Legacy Vineyardusa org Retrieved 2016 07 25 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 ISBN 0 8028 2819 1 p 136 Frisbee Lonnie Sachs Roger 2012 Not By Might Nor By Power Santa Maria CA Freedom Publications p 127 ISBN 978 0978543310 Peter Clarke Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements Routledge Abingdon on Thames 2004 p 672 Jackson 2005 p 137 The Quest for the Radical Middle Archived from the original on 2006 05 03 Retrieved 2006 09 12 The Vineyard A Community of Churches Archived from the original on 2006 09 10 Retrieved 2006 09 22 Vineyard Distinctives Vineyardusa org Retrieved 2016 07 25 Association of Vineyard Churches Our Global Family vineyardusa org USA retrieved November 5 2022 Foreword PDF Vineyardusa org Archived from the original PDF on 2009 02 06 Retrieved 2016 07 25 Welcome to The Vineyard Church Thevineyardchurch us Archived from the original on 2007 10 25 Retrieved 2016 07 25 2020 02 05 National Vineyard Letter PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2020 02 20 Retrieved 2020 02 20 Yearbook of American amp Canadian Churches The National Council of Churches Retrieved 2009 12 09 Luhrmann 2012 pp 3 15 Freudenberg 2019 paragraph 10 Ultimate Easter Worship Collection CCM Magazine Ccmmagazine com 15 March 2014 Retrieved 2016 07 25 Kathryn Scott Declaring His Goodness CCM Magazine Ccmmagazine com 15 November 2014 Retrieved 2016 07 25 Sarah Brusco The Woven Whisper album review CCM Magazine Ccmmagazine com March 2015 Retrieved 2016 07 25 a b c d e f Maxwell Joe 1994 10 24 Is Laughing for the Lord Holy ChristianityToday com Retrieved 2024 03 22 Hanegraaff Hank Counterfeit Revival Word Publishing 1997 James A Beverley Vineyard Severs Ties with Toronto Blessing Church christianitytoday com USA January 8 1996 Former members of Bloomington s High Rock Church allege spiritual abuse IDS News Retrieved 2023 05 18 Gutteridge nico gjc Nicholas 2023 04 20 I entered as a spiritual refugee and stayed on as a prisoner The Battalion Retrieved 2023 05 18 Misogynistic content in Valley Springs Church s Instagram Post LEAVING THE NETWORK Retrieved 2023 05 18 Whistleblowers Network Church Leader Hid Horrific Sex Crime for 36 Yrs The Roys Report 2022 07 21 Retrieved 2023 05 18 Vineyard Officials Were Not Aware of Steve s Arrest for Sexual Assault Against a Minor LEAVING THE NETWORK Retrieved 2023 05 18 Morgan Steve November 2011 Our Story and How We Do Church A Training Resource for Network Pastors PDF Sources editFreudenberg Maren 2019 Dynamics and Stability in Globally Expanding Charismatic Religions The Case of the Vineyard Movement in Germany Austria andSwitzerland Entangled Religions 8 Luhrmann T L 2012 When God Talks Back Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God Alfred A Knopf ISBN 978 0307264794 Further reading editWorshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard The Emergence of Contemporary Worship by Andy Park Lester Ruth and Cindy Rethmeier ISBN 978 0 8028 7397 2 The Quest for the Radical Middle A History of the Vineyard by Bill Jackson ISBN 0 620 24319 8 A look at the history of the Vineyard through 1999 The Way It Was by Carol Wimber ISBN 0 340 73539 2 A biography of John amp Carol Wimber s life before and during their time in the Vineyard Power Healing by John Wimber ISBN 0 340 39090 5 John Wimber s teachings regarding healing Power Evangelism by John Wimber ISBN 0 340 56127 0 John Wimber s teachings regarding evangelism Empowered Evangelicals by Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson ISBN 0 89283 929 5 Who Is My Enemy by Rich Nathan ISBN 0 310 23882 X Jesus Brand Spirituality by Ken Wilson ISBN 0 8499 2053 1 Saving God s Green Earth Rediscovering the Church s Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship by Tri Robinson ISBN 0 9748825 8 5 Small Footprint Big Handprint How to Live Simply and Love Extravagantly by Tri Robinson ISBN 0 9786394 8 0 Naturally Supernatural by Gary Best ISBN 0 620 34814 3 Conspiracy of Kindness by Steve Sjogren ISBN 978 0 8307 4572 2 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 Dave Schmelzer ISBN 1 4143 1583 X 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 ISBN 1 86823 039 2External links editVineyard International Consortium Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Association of Vineyard Churches amp oldid 1215070094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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