The Advanced Leadership Community (ALC) is the third step in our leadership development pathway. Designed for leaders already engaged in ministry, ALC provides the space and tools needed to deepen calling, strengthen leadership, and foster meaningful connection.

• Current Vineyard church staff pastors

(e.g. assistant pastors, youth pastors, etc.)

• Key ministry leaders in Vineyard churches

(May be volunteers, but must be actively involved in ministry, essential to their church leadership, and have completed training beyond Essentials or be a Vineyard Ministry School alumni.)

• High-quality training to sharpen leadership and deepen spiritual formation

• Peer-based learning and connection with others at a similar stage of ministry

• A shared space to explore and embody Vineyard values and charisms, including:

- Inaugurated eschatology and its practical outworking

- Servant leadership and spiritual character formation

- Bicultural leadership understanding and practice in the Aotearoa NZ context

ALC exists to:

• Provide a next step beyond foundational training

• Build a relational community of mid-stage leaders

• Celebrate and contextualise Vineyard charisms in real ministry life

• Identify and invite future pastors and planters into greater leadership

The first step in launching the Advanced Leadership Community is the ALC Hui — a three-day, live-in gathering happening 9-11 July 2026 at the beautiful Vaughan Park Retreat Centre.

This inaugural ALC Hui will explore three areas of Vineyard leadership from our Be/Know/Do framework, covering three essentials of Vineyard leadership:

1. "We are servants who lead, not leaders who serve" — Servant leadership
2. "The now and the not yet of the Kingdom' — Inaugurated kingdom theology
3. "Ministry is for giving away" — Empowering ministry

This time will also be a wonderful experience of being near the beach, taking in morning devotions in the chapel and experiencing Matariki together across the weekend.

Following the Hui, we’ll continue to develop peer networks, coaching groups, and further ALC gatherings—plus moments of connection at key national events such as VCANZ Conference 2026.

If you are interested in joining the ALC community and attending the hui, please register your interest below or talk to your pastor.

If you are a Vineyard Pastor and would like to nominate someone from your church to be a part of ALC please click the below button to complete a nomination form.

If you are interested in learning more about the ALC, talk to your Pastor or click the button below.