Our Values
- We value the pursuit of God. We are hungry to know God’s presence, hear His voice and follow hard after Him. (Psalm 63:1-3)
- We value Christlikeness. We desire that through the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ love, mercy, grace, truth, purity, power, and integrity would shine through all that we are and do. (Ephesians 5:2)
- We value being Spirit led. We honor Jesus as our Head and the Holy Spirit as our Counselor. We seek to be responsive to the Holy Spirit in life and ministry. (Ephesians 5:25)
- We value prayer. We believe that prayer is essential, because it is our primary means of communication with God, and because it is one of God’s primary means of accomplishing His purposes in the world.
- We value discipleship. Our goal is first to grow as disciples of Christ ourselves and then to make disciples of others. (Matthew 28:18-20)
- We value the Kingdom of God. Our desire is to move in the signs of the present fulfillment of the kingdom, invoking the Spirit’s powerful presence, ministering through the Spirit’s gifts, and seeing God heal and work wonders. (Mark 1:14-15)
- We value the mercy of God. We believe that mercy is fundamental to all that God does in salvation. We, therefore, desire to extend mercy to one another and to all to whom we minister. (Colossians 3:12-13)
- We value integrity. It is important to us to speak the truth, deal honestly, and live up-rightly. (Ephesians 4:15)
- We value servant leadership. We believe that Christ has put significant leadership authority in the hands of the Pastor and associates. Our goal is to exercise that authority with humility, selflessness, grace, care for the sheep and a sincere desire to build up the body of Christ. (Mark 10:37, 24-45)
- We value the individual, single or married, and we want to enable and support mature relationships and family growth.
- We value unity. We are convinced that all who belong to Christ are one in His body, the Church. Our goal is to maintain unity by honoring all who call on Jesus’ name and by seeking reconciliation with all parts of the Church. (John 17:21-23, Acts 4: 12)
- We value collegiate relationship. We are honored by every person whom God adds to the Vineyard. We desire to work together to build the church through maintaining mutual respect, open communication, determined cooperation, and believing and speaking the best about each other. (I Corinthians 13:4-7)
- We value reality. We desire to walk in the Spirit and see real supernatural works of God. We also desire to function on the natural plane based on God’s leading in conjunction with excellent, rational thinking. (James 1:5)
- We value simplicity. We wish to do nothing “for religious effect” but rather to operate in natural, low key, “non-hype” patterns. We desire to do the ministry of Christ with joy. (Philippians 4:4)
- We value being culturally current. Our goal is to develop an atmosphere of ease and to speak, act, and dress in ways to which our culture can respond positively. For example, we reflect this value through worship music that is of a contemporary style. (I Corinthians 9:19-23)
- We value the family. When God calls people, He calls them as parts of families, as children, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, husbands and wives. We believe that Vineyard should build up and not compete with family life. We also believe that families should be vehicles for the spread of God's kingdom. (Colossians 3:18-25)