What do Vineyard Churches Believe?

As Evangelical congregations, we affirm the fundamental beliefs of the Christian faith including the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus Christ, the infallibility of the scriptures and their full validity for today, and the necessity of personally trusting Christ's atoning death and physical resurrection for salvation from sin and eternal death. The official Association of Vineyard Churches Statement of Faith reads as follows:

- We believe in the one triune God who exists in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Matt, 28:19).

- We believe in the full humanity and deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His substitutionary atonement, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory (John 1:14-18; Luke 1:35, Rom 1:3-4, 1 Cor 15:1-8, Mark 13:26)

- We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, who among His various ministries regenerates, sanctifies, guides and empowers through His gifts all believers (1 Cor. 12:4-11; Gal. 5:16-23; Titus 3:5).

- We believe that all men and women are sinners and can only be justified by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Eph.2:1-10; Romans 5:12).

- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 12:12-13).

- We believe in the resurrection of all men and women to a final judgement; eternal blessing for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked (Matt.25:31-46).