Toowoomba Vineyard Church
Are you tired? Weary? Burned out on religion?
We’re a new-ish Christian community based in Toowoomba, learning to follow Jesus in a way that’s authentic, Spirit-filled, and emotionally healthy.
About Toowoomba Vineyard Church
We started back in 2023 with a desire to see people of all walks discover (or rediscover) the joy of following Jesus in community.
Vision and values
Our vision is less about programmes, numbers, and buildings (though of course, these have their place), as it is about fostering a thriving church culture where people can learn, grow, and serve their community.
What we believe
We’re a mainstream Christian church who follow Jesus and read the bible. We’re certainly not the ones that finally got it right, but we do have strongly held convictions. Learn about them here.
What is the Vineyard?
The Vineyard is a charismatic church movement that rose to prominence in the 1990’s under the leadership of John Wimber. It represents more than 2,400 churches in over 95 countries worldwide.
Our podcast
Need to listen back to a message? Want to check out our teaching before your visit? We record our Sunday messages and post them here, as well as on most mainstream podcast providers.
How to connect
Are you looking for a church to call home? Want to learn more about Jesus or Christianity? We’d love to connect. You can get in touch at the link below, or visit us on Sunday.
Gather with us
Sunday services
When:
Sundays at 10:00am
Where:
Gold Park Sports Club 341 Hume St, Centenary Heights (open in Google Maps)
Kids:
Kids church runs most Sundays during school term
Coffee:
Rotating single origins, roasted in-house
Our peoeple
Meet our pastors
Chris and Jen Gresham-Britt have the privilege of leading Toowoomba Vineyard Church alongside a wonderful team of board members and volunteers. They are passionate about helping people discover the joy of following Jesus in community.
From the blog
Every so often when inspiration strikes, we share about aspects of faith and church life that might not come up on a Sunday.
A prayer for our enemies
In an increasingly divided world, praying for our enemies is a profound act of resistance. Here’s a helpful framework.
What is Christian Fundamentalism? A brief overview, and how to respond in love
As a church, we talk a lot about transforming culture. But to transform something, we first have to understand it.
Got questions?
TVC FAQs
Want to know more? Here are some common questions and our answers. Of course, you’re always very welcome to reach out if your question isn’t answered here:
Our services start with coffee (it’s a high value for us), followed by a time of worship and then a message from the bible. There’s always a time to respond to the message afterwards in prayer ministry — a key distinctive for Vineyard churches.
We don’t have a dress code so wear whatever’s comfortable. If suiting up for church is your thing that’s cool, but mostly we’re pretty casual ☺️
We have lots more info about our Sunday services here.
Yep! We believe reconciliation is at the heart of Jesus’ good news. One of the big needs we see in our nation at this time is reconciliation with our first nations people. Acknowledgement (not Welcome, that’s different) is a meaningful step we can take forwards in this regard, so we start every service with one. You can read more about why we do an Acknowledgement of Country here.
One of the incredible things about the church in the first 100 years after Jesus is that they were a very diverse bunch. In Galatians 3:28 the Apostle Paul famously said that there is ‘neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus’. This doesn’t mean our personal differences don’t matter, instead, it’s a reminder that our unity in Christ matters more.
Today the biggest dividing lines in Australian society aren’t along wealth, gender, and status (though these remain), but along ideas.
At TVC you’ll meet people who have polar opposite views on most of the topical issues of our day, yet we’re finding ways to learn from one another and worship together regardless. We think that’s pretty cool.
That said, there are some issues where we feel led to take a stand. One is we strongly believe women should be empowered to preach and lead (you can read a Vineyard USA position paper on that topic). We also see a deep need in our culture for reconciliation with our first nations — that’s why we do an Acknowledgement of Country (not a welcome to country, that’s different) each Sunday.
We are fully funded by tithes and offerings from the TVC community. That said, there’s absolutely no pressure to give if you come, and if you do, there’s no requirement on how much. You can read more about our approach to giving here. If you want to learn more about how our money is spent feel free to contact us.
We love kids, and we think it’s just as important to invest in their spiritual growth as the adults. In fact, we usually have as much to learn from them as they from us.
We have a kids program that runs on a needs basis, so if you’re visiting with kids let us know and we’ll make sure it’s on!
All our volunteers have a Blue Card, and you can read more about our safeguarding practices here.
The Vineyard is a movement that’s part charismatic and evangelical, if those terms mean anything to you. Put another way, we believe God is moving today in gifts like healing and the prophetic, but we’re firmly rooted in the bible as our source of truth for our faith. Here’s a bit more what it means to be a Vineyard church.
To the second question — yes we’re serious — the Vineyard isn’t very well known in Australia (yet), but is a large international movement which is formally recognised in Australia. We have appropriate accountability structures in place to make sure we don’t get too weird. Learn more about Vineyard global and about Vineyard Australia.
We’re only new, so we’re not formally equipped to offer crisis support, financial help, or other services at this time. That said, if you need help and don’t know who to turn to, reach out and we can connect you with the right people.
What we can offer is a welcoming community of people to do the journey with, who can pray for you and encourage you. All of us a TVC have experienced the ability of Jesus to meet our deepest need—our search for identity, purpose, and belonging—and we’d love you to experience this too.
We’ve been doing church for a while and we think the scribble pretty accurately sums up the reality of it 😉 it also means when things don’t quite go to plan you can’t say we didn’t warn you!