John Wimber, leader of the Vineyard movement in his lifetime, impacted the lives of thousands across the globe – and was used by God to renew the spiritual life of the 20th and 21st century Church. Wimber was passionate about equipping people for ministry. His most well-known book is called “Power Healing,” and it contains the simple message that God wants to use ordinary people to touch the lives of others who are sick or in need. He also wrote books about evangelism, hearing from God, dealing with suffering, and spiritual growth. Wimber taught classes at Fuller Seminary, most notably a course in the early '80s called “Signs, Wonders, and Church Growth.” This class was famous and somewhat controversial. Many people experienced the present day work of the Spirit for the first time in this class.

If you are not familiar with Vineyard USA and all the entities that make up the Vineyard, The Vineyard USA website is a great resource.  The site includes information on what makes Vineyard the Vineyard (the Values, the History, the Leadership, the Purpose, etc), information on National Events (Conferences, Workshops, Webinars, etc), as well as explore the different entities of the Vineyard (Vineyard Youth, Vineyard Pilgrimage, Vineyard Missions, Multiply Vineyard, etc).  

Visit vineyardusa.org to check it out. 

The Vineyard is known for our passionate worship music, as well as kingdom-centric resources that empower local churches and ‘equip the saints’ for the work of ministry. The Vineyard is a movement overflowing with tools for the local church. We put the best of our physical and digital resources into the hands our pastors, ministry leaders, and church members to support them as they do the kingdom work day in and day out in their homes, churches, and communities.

Visit the Vineyard Resources page at vineyardresources.com

Built on a foundation of fruitful and growing discipleship, this set of leadership guides walks you through the skills and competencies that need to be developed in those disciples who may have a calling to leadership. It answers the question, “What skills do you need – in addition to basic discipleship – to be an effective leader?” Equipping people with these competencies empowers them to begin leading and living in the calling God has for them. Developed especially for The Vineyard, this comprehensive set of guides covers 37 essential leadership skills. Each guide includes a written introduction, teaching points, scripture passages and reflection, and discussion questions. Every topic has participant guides to hand out to those you are training and leader guides for yourself that give you a bit more content. Topics include: Personal Development, Developing Leaders, Leading Teams, Organizational Development, Communication Skills, and Pastoral Skills.

Click HERE for a PDF of an overview of these resources.

Click HERE* to access the materials on Google Drive. 

*By clicking HERE you will access a Google Drive folder. You will be asked to log into or create a gmail account. After logging in you will see folders containing folders of the topics listed above. Each folder contains PDFs that you can download and utilize.  From a computer you can download a whole folder by right clicking on the folder and choosing download. From a smartphone you will hit the three dot menu icon and choose download. Clicking or tapping the folder will open it up and you can download each PDF using the same method as downloading a folder.

This folder contains many excellent small group discussion materials from Vineyard Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. Topics include Kingdom of God, Worship, Healing, Relationships, Ministry to the Poor, Hope, Jesus - our model for Manhood, Meeting Jesus, the Fatherhood of God, and Beginning the Christian Life.

Click HERE* to access the Google Drive folder.  

*By clicking HERE you will access a Google Drive folder. You will be asked to log into or create a gmail account. From there you can download each PDF study as you wish. 

We highly recommend these studies from Northpoint Church. They are set up in a way that you can give them to everyone in your group ahead of time. This way they can look at the text, questions, as well as study notes to prepare for your weekly discussion if they would like to. It also gives them a passage of Scripture for their own devotional time.  In addition, the studies are crafted in a way that really encourage your group members to share about their life and how the passage is inviting them to live differently.

Before diving into one of the studies, check out the Leader Guide to read a bit more about how the studies work!

Available Studies:

• Genesis – Story of Abraham
  
• Ruth & Esther
  
• Acts – Mission
  
• Galatians
  
• James