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Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post-Wimber Era

Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post-Wimber Era PNEUMA: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Volume 25, No. 2, Fall 2003 Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post-Wimber Era* Donald E. Miller In the twenty years of its existence, the Vineyard Christian Fellowship has been an influential, innovative, and yet oftentimes tumultuous organi- zation. In terms of influence, it has grown to over five hundred congrega- tions in the United States, a rather remarkable achievement in two decades. Equally impressive, there are as many Vineyards outside the United States as within, and in countries as diverse as South Africa and Australia. Moreover, there is little question that the Vineyard has contributed to cre- ating a new paradigm of culturally relevant churches. Vineyard music is sung throughout the world, and hundreds of non-Vineyard churches wel- come the Holy Spirit into their worship in ways that did not occur prior to the renewal conferences of John Wimber. In addition, the Vineyard has been at the forefront of a movement to equip laypersons for ministry and, quite literally, to give the ministry back to the people. This innovation has been accompanied, however, by a substantial amount of organizational change and challenge. For example, one of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pneuma Brill

Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post-Wimber Era

Pneuma , Volume 25 (2): 216 – Jan 1, 2003

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Brill
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0272-0965
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1570-0747
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10.1163/157007403776113233
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PNEUMA: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Volume 25, No. 2, Fall 2003 Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post-Wimber Era* Donald E. Miller In the twenty years of its existence, the Vineyard Christian Fellowship has been an influential, innovative, and yet oftentimes tumultuous organi- zation. In terms of influence, it has grown to over five hundred congrega- tions in the United States, a rather remarkable achievement in two decades. Equally impressive, there are as many Vineyards outside the United States as within, and in countries as diverse as South Africa and Australia. Moreover, there is little question that the Vineyard has contributed to cre- ating a new paradigm of culturally relevant churches. Vineyard music is sung throughout the world, and hundreds of non-Vineyard churches wel- come the Holy Spirit into their worship in ways that did not occur prior to the renewal conferences of John Wimber. In addition, the Vineyard has been at the forefront of a movement to equip laypersons for ministry and, quite literally, to give the ministry back to the people. This innovation has been accompanied, however, by a substantial amount of organizational change and challenge. For example, one of

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