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Compassionate Ministry

Compassionate Ministry

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Published on: 11/03/2009
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by Berten A. Waggoner

Bert Waggoner is the National Director and President of Vineyard USA

“Compassionate Ministry” is one of the core values of the Vineyard. In the following pages I will endeavor to flesh out what this means and what it will look like. I was quite excited to put my thoughts down on this critical subject. This resulted in a five page document. I hope you will read it in its entirety. You should notice that compassionate ministry is closely related to the other values of culturally relevant mission and reconciling community. This is as it should be. I have included several endnotes located at the end of the paper. I would encourage you to read them as you go along.

Bringing Hope to a Desperate World

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Published on: 10/28/2009
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by Tri Robinson

Tri Robinson is senior pastor of the Vineyard Boise in Boise, ID, founder of RE:FORM and author of Revolutionary Leadership. To learn more about RE:FORM, visit www.reform-now.org.

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. – Isaiah 61:1, NIV

The Fields of the Fatherless

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Published on: 10/28/2009
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by John Odean

John Odean is the Senior Pastor of the Vineyard Community Church - in Baltimore, Maryland and leads the Vineyard Anti-Slavery Team (VAST)

Tom Davis, in his book, The Fields of the Fatherless, may have committed the words to paper, but I’m pretty sure they were words he’d stolen from the loud emptiness ruminating inside of me. He wrote:

Bring The Sick

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Published on: 10/28/2009
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by Brenda Gatlin

Brenda Gatlin and her husband, Michael, are the Senior Pastors of The Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota. Michael and Brenda are also involved in overseeing Church Planting for the Midwest Region.

Because we live in a world with so much pain and suffering, we see a real need for God’s help and healing. The hurt and broken are desperate for someone to bring them healing and hope. Speaking of Jesus, Matthew 9:36 says, “When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Jesus was moved with compassion to bring healing to those who were sick and suffering. Continuing to offer God’s healing and mercy to those in need is at the heart of a compassionate Kingdom ministry.

The Fast I Have Chosen

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Published on: 10/28/2009
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by Cheryl Pittluck

Cheryl is married to lance Pittluck, Senior pastor of the Anaheim Vineyard. She is part of the Vineyard Anti Slavery Team (VAST), leads the anti Human Trafficking Ministry at Anaheim, and is Faith Community Liason for the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force.

When I think of the word compassion, I think of Jesus. He never failed to act when He felt sympathy or pity for someone. Over the years, I have become more and more aware of God’s enormously compassionate nature, but this was not always the case. I grew up learning about a God of infinite power and knowledge. He saw and knew everything we thought, did, or thought about doing, and He had the power to respond as He saw fit. In some ways, that was reinforced when I came into the Vineyard in the early 80s.

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