In September of 2011 Vineyard Churches hosed a Theology Day at Gateway Vineyard Dartford, where the topic was ‘Interpreting the Bible’.

The speaker at this event was Stephen Burnhope, who talked through this subject to the assembled Church leaders, Church Planters, preachers and small group leaders.

Two videos were recorded at this event, both of which are available to view by clicking below.

Stephen Burnhope lives in Buckinghamshire in the U.K. and is part of North Thames Vineyard, High Wycombe. He was awarded the Master of Arts with Distinction by the London School of Theology and began his PhD in 2010. His MA dissertation was on the atonement and contemporary culture. Stephen is married to Lyn, a religious education teacher and fellow MA graduate of LST, with four children and one grandson.

John Wimber was a founding leader of the Vineyard. His influence profoundly shaped the theology and practice of Vineyard churches from their earliest days until his death in November 1997. When John was gripped by God he was, a "beer-guzzling, drug-abusing pop musician, who was converted at the age of 29 while chain-smoking his way through a Quaker-led Bible study."  Shortly after John became a Christian, he became a voracious Bible reader. The Scriptures excited him, and finally after reading for weeks about life changing miracles in the Bible and attending boring church services, John asked one of the lay leaders, "When do we get to do the stuff?" 

"What stuff," asked the leader. "You know the stuff here in the Bible, the stuff Jesus did like healing the sick, raising the dead, healing the blind. You know, stuff like that!"

"Well, we don't do that anymore," the man said to John. To where John replied, "You don't? Then what do you do?" "Well, we do what we did here this morning," the man replied. John answered, "You mean i gave drugs up for that?" John had much passion for the Scriptures, but he also often said, "It's not enough to be Biblically literate, we must also learn to be Biblically obedient."

In John's first decade as a Christian he led hundreds of people to Christ. By 1970 he was leading 11 Bible studies that involved more than 500 people. Under God's grace, John became so fruitful as an evangelical pastor he was asked to lead the Charles E. Fuller Institute of Evangelism and Church Growth. He also later became an adjunct instructor at Fuller Theological Seminary where his classes set attendance records. 

Not only was John the leader of the Vineyard Movement, he was an evangelist, worship leader, songwriter, and pastor. However John is most renowned for his practical application of the Gospel in order to ‘do the stuff' that Jesus did.

His impact on the church world-wide is still evident today, even since his passing in 1997.

Vineyard Bible Training has made available five of his position papers:

Charismatic Chaos | Criticism | Power Religion | The Briefing | The Standard

To download all five position papers as a .zip file please click below.

Simon Ponsonby left the meat industry to become an evangelist, then trained for ordination at Trinity College, Bristol. He holds a BA & MLitt in Theology and served a curacy in Bradford, before becoming Oxford Pastorate Chaplain in 1998.
 
Simon took up the position of Pastor of Theology at St Aldates in 2005, a role that combines teaching, travelling and writing. He is the author of 'More'. He is married to Tiffany and has two boys, Joel and Nat.

This talk was recorded at the Vineyard Records / Vineyard Churches Worship Leaders Retreat 2009.

Juliet Barber and her husband Steve are Senior Pastors at Leicester City Vineyard, having planted the Church in 2007 and previously pastored Southend Vineyard (which Steve planted). Together they head up Church Planting for Vineyard Churches in UK & Ireland, whilst Juliet also coordinates the Vineyard Bible Training Task Force in the UK & Ireland.

This talk was recorded at the Vineyard National Leaders Conference 2010 and unpacks the book of Deuteronomy in an easily accessible format.

Rick grew up in Australia and studied Theology and was ordained in this country. Following 8 years of pastoral experience on staff of other churches (including John Wimber's church in California), Rick and (his wife) Lulu headed up the planting of Riverside Vineyard Church. 

They have two children, Chloe and Michael. They take a leading role in shaping the church's basic foundations, direction and vision as well as overseeing several other areas of church life. 

Together they serve on Council for The Association of Vineyard Churches (UK), are Regional Co-ordinators for Greater London and give oversight to a number of Vineyard churches. Rick also serves on the Board of Vineyard Bible Institute.

This talk was recorded in a seminar at the Vineyard Churches National Leaders Conference 2010, where Rick talked about the biblical themes and theology from Genesis.

There is possibly no other Biblical book over which there has been more controversy and scepticism. Yet Genesis is fundamental to understanding the whole Bible.

Genesis lays rich theological foundations on many diverse themes that engage the contemporary preacher: building community, gender equality, the environment, judgement, imputed righteousness and the gospel of grace. These seminars will help you integrate and teach these themes in a local church.

Rick grew up in Australia and studied Theology and was ordained in this country. Following 8 years of pastoral experience on staff of other churches (including John Wimber's church in California), Rick and (his wife) Lulu headed up the planting of Riverside Vineyard Church. 

They have two children, Chloe and Michael. They take a leading role in shaping the church's basic foundations, direction and vision as well as overseeing several other areas of church life. 

Together they serve on Council for The Association of Vineyard Churches (UK), are Regional Co-ordinators for Greater London and give oversight to a number of Vineyard churches. Rick also serves on the Board of Vineyard Bible Institute.

This talk was recorded in a seminar at the Vineyard Churches National Leaders Conference 2010, where Rick talked about the biblical themes and theology from Genesis.

There is possibly no other Biblical book over which there has been more controversy and scepticism. Yet Genesis is fundamental to understanding the whole Bible.

Genesis lays rich theological foundations on many diverse themes that engage the contemporary preacher: building community, gender equality, the environment, judgement, imputed righteousness and the gospel of grace. These seminars will help you integrate and teach these themes in a local church.

This talk was recorded at the Vineyard Churches National Leaders Conference 2010.

Mark Bonnington leads King's Church Durham, an Ichthus Link Church with a large student ministry. From Surrey, he studied in Nottingham and became the first New Churches person to get a PhD in theology. Has taught NT in Durham since 1995 and currently teaches MAs in NT and charismatic theology there and in Nottingham. He sits on the NE regional denominational leaders group. Married to Ruth, a GP in inner-city Tyneside they have three teenage kids who are working hard to bring up their parents.

This talk was recorded at the Vineyard Churches National Leaders Conference 2010.

Mark Bonnington leads King's Church Durham, an Ichthus Link Church with a large student ministry. From Surrey, he studied in Nottingham and became the first New Churches person to get a PhD in theology. Has taught NT in Durham since 1995 and currently teaches MAs in NT and charismatic theology there and in Nottingham. He sits on the NE regional denominational leaders group. Married to Ruth, a GP in inner-city Tyneside they have three teenage kids who are working hard to bring up their parents.

This short booklet, written by Jack Bull, helps us to explore the meaning of Advent and how it can help to shape and form us as disciples of Jesus in our busy, complex lives in the 21st Century.

Jack Bull is the Theology Co-ordinator at Trent Vineyard, which involves nuturing all kinds of theological initiatives designed to enrich their formation and discipleship as a community. 

She also works with their Worship Pastor, Nigel Briggs, in developing a range of resources, courses and events enabling them to explore all forms of worship (except singing!) drawing upon a wealth of traditions and practices throughout 
Church history. 

This series of five talks from Steve Nicholson covers key elements to growing as a leader.  They were recorded at Southend Vineyard in October 2006.

In this Position Paper, Derek Morphew talks about how the theology of the Kingdom plays a unique and crucial role in the historical legacy of the Vineyard.

This paper looks back at the roots of the Vineyard movement and how we place great importance on inaugurated eschatology, as per the ministry of Jesus.  Derek also looks at how John Wimber initiated the model of “empowered Evangelicals” with a Kingdom praxis and left us with a legacy of Kingdom theology.  

Download this paper by clicking below.

In this three part series, Derek Morphew speaks on how to prepare a biblically sound sermon. 

Derek is a renowned South African theologian, author and regular speaker at conferences around the world. He has an acute understanding of Kingdom Theology and has many years experience within the Vineyard movement. Derek is also involved in church planting across Africa.

During November 2010, Rick Williams, Senior Pastor of Riverside Vineyard Church in London, presented three public talks on the topic “A Changing Church for a Changing World”. These talks were part of the second annual Theology Week, held at Wharfedale Vineyard in Leeds.

Rick tackles the topic of the church, certainly in the West, facing a huge challenge. Is the challenge, however, a threat or an opportunity? The threat tends to be seen in the unprecedented rates of change in society, and the shifts in cultural and religious practice. The opportunity comes in the form of equally unprecedented openness to issues of God, spirituality, and meaning. Both are good reasons to stop and re-evaluate the essential call of the 21st Century Church – the call to mission in Leeds.

To what extent do we need a changing Church for a changing world? How do we shape the Church so that it is true to biblical imperative and cultural awareness? These questions will be examined over three evenings, under the headings “The Changing Culture”, “A Theology of Mission” and “Shaping the Church for Mission”.

Rick, together with his wife, Lulu, planted Riverside Vineyard Church 21 years ago, from which 14 churches have been planted. He read theology at Cambridge University went into the ministry originally with the Church of England and has a Doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary.

These talks are spread over four videos.

To view the videos of these talks by Rick Williams please click below.