Teachers

Phil Strout has been the National Director of Vineyard USA. Phil is a committed leader and communicator, bringing more than 35 years of experience in the ministry as a missionary, Senior Pastor, leadership coach and Regional Leader. He holds an M.Min through St Stephen’s University and is also the author of two books, THRIVE: How […]

Rich Nathan has been serving as the first senior pastor of the Vineyard Columbus from 1987 until 2021. Prior to pastoring, Rich taught business law at The Ohio State University for five years. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and received his Juris Doctorate with honors from The Ohio […]

Alexander Venter has a teaching ministry since January 1975 when he became a church planter and pastor. He has planted & pastored churches in Zimbabwe, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Soweto. Ordained with the Assembly of God in 1975, he migrated to the Vineyard movement to work with John Wimber in southern California in 1982, and […]

Stephen Van Dop grew up in the small town of Fremont, Michigan. He received a B.A. from Hope College in Psychology. He went on get an MDIV with Western Theological Seminary and a D.Min with Asbury Theological Seminary. Stephen has served as a medical center chaplain in Chicago and a pastor for two Reformed Church […]

Alvin Padilla, a native of Ponce Puerto Rico, came to the USA when he was 12 years old. He received a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University, and is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div) and the Graduate School of Drew University (Ph.D). Dr. Padilla went to Gordon-Conwell after five years of teaching Biblical studies […]

Quinton Howitt (B. Ind. Psych; B.Th.; M.Th.; D.Th.) served as the Academic Dean, and as a Professor of Theology, for The Vineyard Biblical Institute until 2012. Before this, he spent several years assisting with the establishment of the South African Theological Seminary (SATS). His Masters and Doctorate degrees were in the fields of Systematic, Biblical […]

Don Williams passed away in 2022. Don was a native Californian. He graduated from Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and holds a PhD from Columbia University. He served on the staff of the Hollywood Presbyterian Church for 10 years as College Pastor and was heavily involved in the Jesus Movement in the late 1960’s. Don […]

Glen Taylor is the founder and lead pastor of the Vineyard Pasadena Community Church, a network of home churches that view neighborhoods as their parish. The VPCC actively serves refugees and undocumented immigrants. Glen is multi-lingual and has spent over 30 years pastoring bi-vocationally in the US, Turkey, and Tajikistan. In addition to pastoring, Glen […]

Visiting Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. From ’99-‘2009 Research Professor of Old Testament at Wesley Biblical Seminary, Jackson, MS. Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Asbury from ’89-’99. Professor of Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School from ’86-’89. Dr. Oswalt is the author of 11 books. His most […]

Brittany Kim is an adjunct professor at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, New York, and Ecclesia College in Springdale, Arkansas. She grew up in a Vineyard Church near Seattle, Washington, where she met her husband, who is currently the Worship Pastor at the Vineyard Church in Syracuse, New York. After completing a BA in Religious Studies […]