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History of the Vineyard Church
| 1963 | John & Carol Wimber are saved and become involved in evangelism |
| 1971 | John Wimber joins the staff at the Quaker Church in Yorba Linda, USA |
| 1974 | Wimber works for the Fuller Institute as a Church Growth consultant Kenn Gulliksen plants a church that is eventually named the "Vineyard" |
| 1976 | 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 | The group has now grown to over 100 and becomes the Calvary Chapel of Yorba Linda under John Wimber's leadership |
| 1978 | After nine 9 months of preaching & praying without anyone healed; Wimber witnesses his first healing |
| 1980 | On Mother's Day evening service, Lonnie Frisbee says, "Come, Holy Spirit!" |
| 1981 | First ministry trips to England and South Africa |
| 1982 | Calvary Chapel of Yorba Linda becomes a Vineyard and John is later appointed as the leader of the Vineyard Movement |
| 1989-91 | The Vineyard experiences the "Prophetic Years" |
| 1994 | The "Toronto Blessing" begins |
| 1995 | 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 | Toronto Airport VCF leave the Vineyard |
| 1997 | In November, John Wimber passed away after a massive brain hemorrhage |
Today there are over 900 Vineyard churches in over 60 countries, e.g. 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.
From the moment we planted the Bunbury Vineyard we wanted God's vision for our fellowship and the Lord gave 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.
Since the departure of the Wolfes in 2006, Bunbury VCF has been a team-led church, the elders seeking God for direction and working closely with the broader leadership team. As we seek to operate by consensus, under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we at Bunbury VCF are committed to allow God to build his church.
The two things that have God has impressed on our hearts are a desire for deeper intimacy with God through brokenness and humility and making discipleship our priority.