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Vineyard Movement

The Vineyard Movement is a combination renewal and church planting movement which can also be considered a Christian denomination. While often considered charismatic, some members prefer the term empowered evangelicals (a reference to the book Empowered Evangelicals by Vineyard pastors Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson) to reflect their roots in traditional Evangelicalism, as opposed to historic Pentecostalism (though members sometimes describe themselves as the radical middle between the two, this comes from the book The Quest for the Radical Middle by Bill Jackson , a survey of the Vineyard's history). Vineyard philosophy has also played a key role in the development of transformationalism. Among conservatives and fundamentalists, the Vineyard Movement is controversial because it teaches doctrines they feel are unorthodox.

John Wimber was the leading founder of the movement, who split with Calvary Chapel in 1982. The movement suffered through some hard times after Wimber's death in 1997, but has been growing steadily since appointing Bert Waggoner as president of the Association in 2000. As of 2005, The Association of Vineyard Churches includes over 850 churches across the world. It also runs a publishing house and a music production company.

John Paul Jackson, founder of Streams Ministries International, served on the pastoral staff at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Anaheim, California with John Wimber.

See also

• Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship

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