Vineyard Ministry School is establishing a Leadership Community for those leading in various areas in their churches and communities around Aotearoa. 

Participants should be serving in an area of ministry each week in your local context. (people in this programme should be leading something). The programme is designed to fit alongside full-time study in another programme or part time employment.

The programme follows the same semester dates as the first year and the structure for each semester is:

1.         Orientation 

Orientation to ‘Leading in Context’ 

2.         Hui – Wednesday to Sunday (can come before and after and be billeted) in week 2

• Belonging in a learning community
• Be, know, do for leading in a ministry area – kids, intermediates, youth, worship, media
• Peer Coaching and Leader Coaching.
• Discipling Rhythms. 
• Leading in the Vineyard.
• Set goals for be, know do
• Draft coaching plan 

3.         4 week Goal Sprint

• Wednesday gatherings begin
• Four weeks of Wednesday sessions onsite or online including key learning, discussion on key learning, Learning Community (Ministry Lab in chosen area) 
• Onsite people join in for lunch and Ministry Time

4.         4 week Coaching Sprint 

• Four weeks of coaching towards goals. This includes individual and small group coaching from a Vineyard Coach in your area of ministry. 
• Onsite opportunity to come to lunch and ministry time

5.         Learning Seminars

• Three weeks of individuals giving seminars on their key learning.

Leaders in this community will be serving and leading in their church or community context. You would need an onsite coach who will give you regular feedback on your leadership practice.

In 2027 we plan to have cohorts for kids, intermediates, youth, worship and media, and maybe more areas depending on the need.

Leadership Community participants might serve at a different Vineyard church to their own somewhere around Aotearoa for one term - the whole year. VMS will work with you on helping to define a remote ministry placement.

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Please read and make sure you agree with our Ministry Student Commitments and Vineyard Churches of Aotearoa New Zealand Statement of Faith before beginning the application process.

• 03 August — Applications Open
• 23 September — Scholarship Applications Open
• 01 December — VMS application due if you want to be considered for a scholarship
• 01 December — Scholarship Applications Close
• 16 December — Applications Close
• 20 January — Final date for late applications (places not guaranteed)