Vineyard Church of San Antonio is led by a team of dedicated followers of Christ. Like Paul in the New Testament, we are tent makers. We love and serve our church family and community while we have full time jobs outside of the church. We are: teachers, bookkeepers, analysts, doctors, stay- at- home mothers, sales representatives, gardeners, artists, students, nurses, soldiers.... Some of us were born into faith, others stumbled upon faith later in life. We are committed to Christ, His Church, and His Cause. Together we are figuring out how to walk out that commitment in 21st Century America. Not an easy thing to do, if you haven’t noticed.
The Vineyard Church of San Antonio is a relationship-based church: connecting people to our beautiful God, to one another, the church, and to our community. Our hope is that when you join us you will experience God, encounter friendships, and embrace the healing and love that flourishes among us. Our church community is made of American, Panamanian, Ethiopian, Indian, Cuban, Mexican, British, Chinese, Korean, Kenyan, Taiwanese, German, Venezuelan, and Puerto Rican (getting a picture of what Sunday mornings looks like?) ... all seeking to know and love Jesus, our King.
After being involved in the first Vineyard Church in Yorba Linda, which was pastored by John Wimber, in the 1980's, Randy and Clara Maranville, our founding pastors, left California to support church planting efforts in Phoenix. Finally, in 1995, the Maranvilles responded to God’s call to plant in San Antonio. Since our founding pastors are very passionate about missions that passion plays a significant role in the life of the church. Over the years many teams and individuals from our church have served in a variety of nations: Mexico, India, Costa Rica, Hungary, Kenya, Spain, France, Nepal, Ukraine, Romania, Russia, China, and the Philippines. We believe every nation deserves to experience His love through His people, so we are invested in walking this out across the world and across San Antonio.