Vineyard is a Jesus-centered, Spirit-empowered community in pursuit of God’s Kingdom with God’s People.

Three words shape the culture of who we are: Encounter, Formation, Mission.

Encounter:

Being With Jesus

When we gather as a church, we believe that God is present and active in and through the church. As we worship, study the Scriptures, and pursue the work of the Holy Spirit, we encounter God’s presence with expectation.

Formation:

Becoming Like Jesus

As we encounter Jesus, we learn to become like Jesus in a process called discipleship (aka Formation). Discipleship happens by a combination of learning, shared life, and practices that include the contemplative and the charismatic expressions of faith.

Mission:

Doing The Stuff With Jesus

We exist for more than ourselves. We want to participate in God’s kingdom arriving on earth as it is in heaven. Kingdom mission is empowered by the Holy Spirit and marked by God’s love expressing itself through signs and wonders, like evangelism, healing, justice, and mercy.

Vision & Values

  • Vineyard Church Exists for God’s Kingdom with God’s People for all of Los Angeles

  • Our Vision is to be a community so focused on the tangible presence and power of Jesus’ Kingdom that we see wide spread renewal for all of Los Angeles. We believe this can happen through prioritizing a culture of worship and prayer, learning how to follow the counter-cultural ways of Jesus, and by partnering with local organizations that meet the spiritual and social needs of our city.

  • Partner With The Holy Spirit

    We are not simply implementing the best church strategies and trying to accomplish what is humanly possible. Rather, our mission involves praying and finding power from God Himself to accomplish what humans could never accomplish on their own.

    We pray for the sick, we confront injustice, and we seek to hear the voice of God on behalf of others. This involves partnership with a Person beyond ourselves.

    Experience & Worship God

    The kingdom of God is not a geo-political territory, nor is it the people of God. Rather, the kingdom of God is a dynamic realm.

    When one enters the kingdom she/he experiences the dynamic reality which exists within the triune God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This means that the experience of the kingdom of God (and thus, the experience of God’s presence) is central to our faith and Christian life.

    Reconcile People With God & All Creation

    Jesus is reconciling humans to God, to each other, and to the entire creation, breaking down divisions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free, male and female.

    Therefore, we are committed to becoming healing communities engaged in the work of reconciliation wherever sin and evil hold sway. We seek to be diverse communities of hope that realize the power of the cross to reconcile what has been separated by sin.

    Engage In Compassionate Ministry

    We lean toward the lost, the poor, the outcast, and the outsider with the compassion of Jesus as sinners whose only standing before God is utterly dependent on the mercy of God. This mercy can only be truly received inasmuch as we are willing to give it away.

    We believe that ministry in Jesus’ name should be expressed in concrete ways through the local church. The poor are to be served as though serving Jesus Himself. This is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a church expressing the love of Christ in a local community.

    Pursue Culturally Relevant Mission In The World

    The Church exists for the sake of those who are exiled from God. We are called to bring the Gospel of the kingdom to every nook and cranny of creation, faithfully translating the message of Jesus into language and forms that are relevant to diverse peoples and cultures.

    To this end, we promote a creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative approach to ministry that is faithful to Jesus and expressive of His heart to reach those who are far away from God. As the Apostle Paul said, we are ready to “become all things” (1 Cor. 9:19-23) to all mankind to see many come to faith in Christ.

    (Borrowed directly from the Vineyard USA website)

Our History

It all began in 1974 when a group of young people started encountering Jesus on Santa Monica Beach. This group quickly found themselves apart of the Jesus People Movement. Within a few short years, this group of “Jesus Freaks” grew into a revival seen all over the world.

At Vineyard Church, we are proud to be the first Vineyard Church in the history of the Jesus Movement. We carry our legacy proudly while asking Jesus for a fresh expression of revival for our city.

  • A Vineyard is Planted

    Kenn and Joanie Gulliksen started a church in West LA in 1974 known as the first Vineyard church. From Gulliksen’s church, the first Vineyards were planted in 1975. Believing that God had instructed him to do so, Kenn officially gave the name “Vineyard” (from Isaiah 27:2-3; John 15:5) to this association of churches, and led them for about five years. By 1982, there were at least seven “Vineyards” in a loose-knit fellowship of churches.

  • World Wide Revival

    In the spring of 1982, John Wimber and several other pastors led their churches into relationship with the Vineyard, as their vision coincided with and completed that of the original Vineyards. It was obvious that God had called John to pastor the pastors, and to train and encourage men and women to pursue what God had given them. As a result, the people called the Vineyard have reached out to bless and encourage churches all over the world, as well as planting churches which have become known as Vineyard Churches.

  • Faithful Legacy

    In the 1990s Brad Bailey and his wife Leah stepped into leadership of Vineyard Church (at that time, named Santa Monica Vineyard). For over 30 years Pastor Brad Bailey faithfully served, stabilized, and set a trajectory of health and vibrancy for generations to come. From purchasing the church’s first property, to deliberately preparing the church for a generational shift and change in leadership, Pastor Brad’s legacy is one of faithfulness.

  • Generational Leaders

    In 2024, Pastor Josh and Brianne Shaw were called and confirmed to become the new pastoral leaders of Vineyard Church. When called to the Vineyard, they brought a fresh passion for God’s Kingdom and God’s People for all of Los Angeles. It is through the faithful legacy of individuals like Kenn Gulliksen, John Wimber, and Brad Bailey that Josh and Brianne Shaw are able to lead with zeal for all that God has in store for our church. They are forever grateful for the leaders that came before them.

What We Believe

We hold to the historic teachings of Christian orthodoxy as articulated in the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed.  We also subscribe to recent summaries of Christian doctrine as formulated in the Lausanne Covenant and the statement of faith of the Langham Partnership. More below.

  • I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

    I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.

    On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

    I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

    Amen.

  • I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

    And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

    Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

    I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

    I believe one holy universal and apostolic Church.

    I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.

    Amen.

  • Langham Partnership is committed to the fundamental truths of historic biblical Christianity, in accordance with which we affirm:

    1. There is one, eternal God, Creator and Lord of the universe who, in the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, both governs all things according to God’s will and is accomplishing God’s purpose in the world and in the church.

    2. The Holy Scripture in its entirety is inspired by God’s Spirit through human authors and constitutes the revelation of God’s truth to humanity. It is wholly true and trustworthy in all that it affirms. Whatever the Bible, rightly interpreted, is found to teach, we are bound to believe and obey. It is our supreme authority in every matter of belief and conduct.

    3. All human beings are created in God’s own likeness and therefore have inherent value and equality before God. Human sin and guilt since the fall have rendered us subject to God’s wrath and condemnation and have resulted in our alienation from God’s life, suppression of God’s truth and hostility to God’s law. God’s love desires all to come to repentance and to be reconciled rather than condemned.

    4. Salvation from the guilt, penalty and all other consequences of sin has been achieved solely through the work of Jesus Christ – his perfect obedience, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection and exaltation as Lord. Jesus alone is truly God and truly human, the only mediator between God and humanity. There is salvation through no other person, creed, process or power. Each sinner is justified before God and reconciled to God only by divine grace appropriated by faith alone.

    5. The work of the Holy Spirit is necessary for the individual’s new birth and growth to maturity. The Holy Spirit empowers and indwells the church, enabling its constant renewal in truth, wisdom, faith, holiness, love, ministry, power and mission.

    6. There is one, holy, universal and apostolic church, which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers belong. The church’s calling is to worship God forever and to serve God in the world.

    7. As the Father sent the Son into the world, so the Lord Jesus Christ sends his church to participate in God’s mission by words and works. The church is called: to make Christ known; to proclaim God’s truth and the gospel of God’s grace; to make disciples among all nations; to exhibit God’s character through compassionate care for the needy; to demonstrate the reality of God’s kingdom through creative and sacrificial living, the community of love, the quest for righteousness, justice and peace, and the care of God’s creation.

    8. As the Lord Jesus ascended to his Father, so he will return personally, visibly and in glory. He will raise the dead and bring salvation and judgment to final completion. God will then fully establish his Kingdom and finish the new creation – a new heaven and a new earth from which all evil and evildoers, all suffering and death, will be excluded and in which God will be glorified forever.

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