We plant churches because we want our friends, neighbours, and co-workers to experience Jesus like we have. It’s not about competition with other churches—it’s about extending God’s Kingdom.
In the New Testament, churches multiplied as believers stepped out into nearby towns and cities to start new communities of faith. That’s the pattern we see—and the one we want to follow. Church plants help us reach people who might not otherwise walk into a church. As studies have consistently shown: new churches are especially effective in reaching new people groups, new generations, and those who’ve never heard the Gospel.
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In order to see more churches planted, we want to cultivate a church environment that acts as a catalyst for potential planters to be identified, trained and released to plant even more churches.
Our Church Planting Residency Programme invites those who sense a call to church planting or pioneering leadership to join us for a period of 24 months, for an intense season of preparation and training. This will help potential planters become immersed in the life and leadership of a local church, giving them ministry experience and the support needed as they prepare to launch a new church.
Our Residency Includes:
Training: To become the kind of leaders who can plant a healthy Vineyard church.
Theology: An opportunity to engage in Theological Training that will give the potential planter a solid biblical foundation.
Experience: Offering hands on experience with the opportunity to play an active role in the life of the local church.
Resourcing: From the wider movement including Area & Regional events and our National Conferences.
Preparing: Helping the planter formulate a clear vision and philosophy of ministry and a plan for the kind of church they will start.
Sending: Our goal is to send residency planters out with a team, our support and financial backing.
Mentoring: Each planter who is sent will have access to ongoing support and mentoring.
