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Vineyard

V I N E Y A R D S V E R I G E

Ett särskilt förnämligt textavsnitt på Vineyards hemsida är följande text:

- A Small Part in the Big Mosaic of the Kingdom of God
In conclusion, one could say that the Vineyard is just a small part among other beautiful parts in the big mosaic of the Kingdom of God in which the image of Jesus Christ is taking form, in which the name of Jesus Christ is above all other names, and in which all honour belongs to God!

Denna text uttrycker vad Mission Xp också vill säga och tematisera om Den svenska kristenheten. Att vi är pusselbitar tillsammans i en stor mosaik av Kristi kropp i Sverige för att gestalta Guds rike på ett så rikt sätt som möjligt.

Vineyard Norden is a Christian organisation and an association of Vineyard churches in the Nordic countries. The first Vineyard in Norden started 1992. Today we are nearly thirty churches/church plants.

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What is the Vineyard?

The Idea to use the word "Vineyard" as a name for a church came out of the Gospel of John, in the passage where Jesus tells a parable about a vineyard. He says, "I am the vine, you are the branches." (John 15:5)

But what is a Vineyard church? Where does it come from? What does this church believe? What differences are there between a Vineyard church and other Christian churches? Why are we starting Vineyard churches in Norden?

A Christian Church Movement

Vineyard is a Christian "evangelical" church movement. Evangelical churches believe and confess: One God as Creator of heaven and earth, the Bible as God's revealed Word and final authority, the incarnation of Jesus Christ as the act of God becoming a man, Jesus Christ's death on the cross and resurrection, Jesus Christ as Lord and the only way to the forgiveness of sins and eternal live with God etc.

The Vineyard is an international church movement, or "church family". It consists of churches in many different countries that have a relationship with other Vineyard churches in an international fellowship network. The goal of the church family is to give support and encouragement to churches and to the church leader. Those who have chosen to be part of the Vineyard church network have done so because they identify with the values, which the Vineyard holds, and with the church lifestyle to which the Vineyard aspires. These pastors have faith in the leadership, which exists within the movement, and want to serve in a close relationship with other leaders who are likeminded.

The first Vineyard churches in Norden were the Oslo Vineyard and the Stockholm Vineyard, which were both started in the autumn of 1992.