Our History

Gateway Vineyard is a relatively new church in Norwich, it was planted from the main Vineyard Church in Norwich by Craig and Hannah Deal and has the same values as others in the Vineyard movement.

These values are:

We value THE PURSUIT OF GOD. We are hungry to know God’s presence, hear His voice and follow hard after Him. (Psalm 63:1-3)

We Value CHRISTLIKENESS. We desire that through the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus’ love, mercy, grace, truth, purity, power and integrity would shine though all that we are and do. (Ephesians 5:2)

We value BEING SPIRIT-LED. We honour Jesus as our Head and the Holy

Spirit as our Counsellor and the Administrator of our churches. We seek to be actively responsive to the Holy Spirit’s daily leading of our personal lives and ministries and of the local church. (Galatians 5:5, Romans 8:14)

We value PRAYER. We believe that prayer is essential, because it is our primary means of communication with God, and because of our personal lives and ministries and of the local church. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Philippians 4:6)

We value DISCIPLESHIP. Our intent is to teach all believers to believe Jesus’ words, obey His commands and do His works. We aim first to grow as disciples of Christ ourselves and then to make disciples of others. (Matthew 28:18-20)

We value THE KINGDOM OF GOD. We aim to move in the signs of the present fulfilment of the kingdom, invoking the Spirit’s powerful presence, ministering through the Spirit’s gifts, and seeing God heal and work wonders. (Mark 1:15-15)

We value the MERCY OF GOD. We believe that mercy is fundamental to all that God does in salvation. We, therefore, aim to extend mercy to one another and to all to whom we minister. (Colossians 3:12-13)

We value INTEGRITY. It is important for us to speak the truth, deal honestly, and live uprightly. (Ephesians 4:15)

We value SERVANT LEADERSHIP. We believe that Christ has put significant leadership authority in the hands of the pastor and associates. We aim to exercise that authority with humility, selflessness, grace, care for the sheep, and a sincere desire to build up the Body of Christ. (Romans 12:9-10)

We value THE INDIVIDUAL, single or married, and we want to enable and support mature relationships and family growth. (Romans 12:9-10)

We value UNITY. We are convinced that all who belong to Christ are one in His Body, the Church. We aim to maintain unity by honouring all who call on Jesus’ name and by seeking reconciliation with all parts of the Church. (John 17:21-23)

We value RELATIONSHIPS. We are honoured by every person whom God adds to the Vineyard. We aim to work together to build the Church through maintaining mutual respect, open communication, determined cooperation, and believing and speaking the best about each other. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

We value REALITY. We aim to walk in the Spirit and see real supernatural works of God. We aim also to function on the natural plane based on God’s leading in conjunction with excellent, relational thinking. (James 1:5)

We value SIMPLICITY. We wish to do nothing for “religious effect” but rather to operate in natural  low-key, non-hype patterns. We desire to do the ministry of Christ with joy. (Philippians 4:4)

We value being CULTURE CURRENT. We aim to develop an atmosphere of ease, and to speak, act, and dress in ways in which our culture can respond positively. For example, we reflect this value through worship music that is of a popular style. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)