Vineyard USA is distinct in joining evangelical, Bible centred theology with the regular practice of charismatic gifts, an approach its teachers call naturally supernatural.
The Vineyard movement grew out of a California fellowship that came under the leadership of John Wimber in 1977, and Vineyard USA was organized as the national association of those churches. Its teaching emphasizes the present activity of the kingdom of God, healing prayer, and worship music written within the movement. Local churches are led by their own pastors under a structure of area and regional oversight.
Sources
Primary
- Vineyard USA Statement of Faith
Secondary
- Bill Jackson, The Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard (1999)