Our History
History of the Vineyard Church:
| 1963 |
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John & Carol Wimber are saved and
become involved in evangelism. |
| 1971 |
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John Wimber joins the staff at the Quaker
Church in Yorba Linda, USA. |
| 1974 |
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Wimber works for the Fuller Institute
as a Church Growth consultant.
Kenn Gulliksen plants a church that is eventually named
the "Vineyard." |
| 1976 |
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Carol Wimber and some other leaders from
the Quaker Church start a home meeting. Bob Fulton facilitates
the group and Carl Tuttle leads worship. |
| 1977 |
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The group has now grown to over 100 and
becomes the Calvary Chapel of Yorba Linda under John
Wimber's leadership. |
| 1978 |
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After nine 9 months of preaching &
praying without anyone healed; Wimber witnesses his
first healing. |
| 1980 |
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On Mother's Day evening service, Lonnie
Frisbee says, "Come, Holy Spirit!" |
| 1981 |
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First ministry trips to England and South
Africa. |
| 1982 |
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Calvary Chapel of Yorba Linda becomes
a Vineyard and John is later appointed as the leader
of the Vineyard Movement. |
| 1989-91 |
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The Vineyard experiences the "Prophetic
Years." |
| 1994 |
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The "Toronto Blessing" begins. |
| 1995 |
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Canada is the first nation released as an independent
AVC. Six other nations are released as independent
AVC's between 1995-98.
In February, 11 other churches in Australia are released
as Vineyard. |
| 1996 |
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Toronto Airport VCF leave the Vineyard |
| 1997 |
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In November, John Wimber passed away
after a massive brain hemorrhage. |
Today there are over 900 Vineyard churches
in over 60 countries, eg the USA, Canada, Russia, New Zealand,
Germany, South Africa, England and Australia.
History Of The Bunbury Vineyard Church:
In 1999, the Australind Vineyard Christian
Fellowship planted a new church in Bunbury, led by Senior Pastors Trevor & Jenny Wolfe. At the time,
Australind Pastor Don O'Shanassy said "One of the best
ways to spread the good news about Jesus Christ is to plant
new Churches. We had a goal when we came here that we would
be a Church planting organisation as this is one of the
objectives of the Vineyard, so it made sense to start another
Fellowship in Bunbury".
The Bunbury Vineyard Christian Fellowship
was first called The Lighthouse Vineyard Christian Fellowship.
We began meeting on ANZAC day, 25th April 1999, with a group
of about 60 people (35 adults and 25 children) from the
Australind Vineyard Christian Fellowship.
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Our first home was the Lighthouse Beach Resort where we met
for 6 months.
But as we grew it became obvious that we
needed to move. |
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We moved to the Lyric Theatre, Bourke Street, in October
of 1999.
We exhausted every avenue in looking for a suitable permanent
venue and were wondering where to turn next when we told that
the Zone underage nightclub had closed and the venue was available. |
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The moment we walked in we knew this was the place God had
been preparing for us.
It was central, fitted out and had great funky colours.
We moved in on 2nd June 2002. |
From the moment we planted the Bunbury Vineyard we wanted
God's vision for our fellowship and the Lord gave me a word,
"Come in and Go Out." What this meant was for us
to seek God and find out what he wanted for our fellowship
rather than run ahead of him. This involved a lot patience
and trust because we were not always clear about what the
face of our church should look like.
Over the past five years the Holy Spirit has been birthing
a hunger and a desire in Christians around the world for a
deeper intimacy with him while at the same time telling us
that God wants to take his Church back. God is preparing Christ's
bride through a journey of brokenness and humility to be his
perfect bride. We at the Bunbury Vineyard are committed to
allow God to build his church.
The two things that have God has impressed on our hearts is
a desire for deeper intimacy with God through brokenness and
humility and to make discipleship our priority.
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