GIVING TO GOD. FAITH IN ACTION.

At Father's House Vineyard Church, we believe that when we finally come to that cross-roads in life when we make our true confession of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, we are actually embarking on a life-long, God-directed journey of making certain that same confession becomes a lived-out reality in every aspect of our lives.  

As James wrote in his letter to early followers of Jesus, "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." (James 2: 14-17)

We've found over the years that one of the most difficult "actions" associated with true Christian "faith" in America is opening up our wallets and giving God full access to our money. While indeed we believe there are leaders in the American church who have done a great dis-service to God's Kingdom by constantly harping for more and more money to fund this or that new program or ministry, the Bible actually does talk a lot about money. In truth, Jesus talks more about money throughout the Gospels than some people realize. We truly believe God has some wonderful truths to teach us about becoming good stewards of our time, energy & resources and as leaders of this church, we offer this web page as a resource for some of that wisdom.

"Giving to God-Part 1" Enjoy Pastor Jack Deere's talk (24.5 minutes).

"Giving to God-Part 2" Enjoy Pastor Jack Deere's talk (20 minutes).

This teaching was given in 1995 at the Airport Vineyard Church of Toronto, Canada. We believe Jack's teaching is one of the best scriptural overviews on the subject of giving we've ever heard. ENJOY!

In 1976, Jack Deere joined the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary, teaching Hebrew and books of the Bible in Hebrew. He received both a Master and Doctor of Theology degrees from Dallas Seminary. During his tenure at Dallas Seminary, he started and pastored two churches. In 1986 after months of concentrated scriptural study, Jack reversed his position on the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit. He became convinced that all of the gifts of the Spirit were meant to be used today, including healing and prophecy. God had never withdrawn these gifts, rather many in the church had withdrawn from the gifts. Even though he had no supernatural experience of his own, Jack and his wife, Leesa, along with others began praying for the sick and listening for the voice of God. Almost immediately, they saw some wonderful healings. Jack left the seminary faculty at in the end of 1987 and joined the staff of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church in Anaheim, CA. He served with John Wimber at the church and traveled around the world with him doing conferences on intimacy with God and the Holy Spirit. Jack is currently the senior pastor of Wellspring Church in Ft. Worth, Texas, a church he started in the spring of 2004.

OUR FINANCIAL TEAM

Phil Engen, Craig Teague & Suzanne Revers (Bookkeeping)