| A great way to get to know the University Vineyard is to know our key family characteristics:
• Worship •
We believe that humanity's great purpose is to worship God -- to glorify him and surrender all we are and do to him. The musical worship you see at the Vineyard is natural, intimate, culturally current, and spills over into everything we are and do as a community.
• Everyone Gets To Play •
We believe that followers of Jesus Christ can and should be trained to play an integral role in the ministry of the resurrected Jesus Christ.
• Genuineness •
We value the individual. People should be treated with respect and dignity. We strive to avoid hype, theatrics, cheerleading or exploitation. We believe in being naturally supernatural.
• Relationships •
All followers of Jesus should form a dependent relationship with God that is natural, unforced and intimate. Our desire to serve should spring from that. We want to avoid a culture that is overly based on rules and obligation.
• Ministry •
We believe that God is breaking into our age to advance his plan to redeem the world. He dwells within the church by the Holy Spirit, who brings power to believers to do the things Jesus did, like healing, and deliverance.
• Sending •
We believe in planting new Vineyard congregations around the area. We send our members out to plant these communities.
• The Bible •
As evangelicals, we hold to the teachings of the Bible, and believe it to be a handbook for life. |