Task Forces & Ministries

The mission of the Kids’ Ministry Task Force is to speak up for kids. Our goal is to support Vineyard Churches as they reach out to kids by creating a body of peers who can provide support, encouragement and problem solving ideas.

In January 2009 Craig Beyer was selected as the National Youth Task Force Director. Craig is one of the founding members of Vineyard North Phoenix and has been a board member, small group leader, Children's and Youth ministry leader. In March 1999, he joined the North Phoenix staff as full-time Youth Pastor. He has served as a youth task force member in the Southwest Region for 6 years.

Craig and his wife Tami have four children: Alecia, Amy, Lindsay, and Adam.

Purpose:

The purpose of the Worship Task Force is to cultivate and empower the core value of worship in the Vineyard. The means by which we will accomplish this is as follows:

• Encourage and develop an authentic sense of community and connectedness amongst the worship leaders of American Vineyard churches.

• Provide pastoral care for the worship leading community.

• Provide avenues for equipping and training in theology, heart, and skill surrounding worship leadership.

Mission: Responding to Crisis and Suffering with Kingdom Mercy and Hope

Mercy Response has recently undergone some changes effective September 1, 2011. It is no longer a ministry administered through the national office of Vineyard USA and is now a Partnership. The Vineyard Church of New Orleans will act as the leadership church and coordinate the efforts of the Mercy Response Partnership. A board of 4-6 people will be developed to represent the interests and carry out the vision.

Why Ethnic Diversity?

You may have noticed that, as a movement, the Vineyard is pretty white. (Very white, in fact.) But that's changing in some fundamental ways that give us great hope for the future.

A History of Vineyard Missions.

Our vision is to extend the kingdom of God by helping our local churches fulfill their God-given call to plant churches.