Growing Disciples Growing the Gospel

All Christian ministry is a mixture of trellis and vine.

Vine work - the prayerful teaching of the word of God. Seeing people converted and grow to maturity as disciples of Christ. Vine work is the Great Commission.

Trellis work - creating and maintaining the structures and programs that support vine work and its growth.

• What’s the state of the trellis and the vine in your part of the world?
• Has trellis work taken over?
• Have the programs taken over the people work?
• Is the vine work being done by very few - perhaps only the pastor and only on Sundays?
• How can we get more people involved in vine work?

In The Trellis and the Vine, Colin Marshall and Tony Payne answer these urgent questions afresh. They dig back into the Bible’s view of Christian ministry, and argue that a major mind-shift is required if we are to fulfill the Great Commission of Christ, and see the vine flourish again.

Vinegrowers will help you address these questions.

Vinegrowers will help you derive training and mission strategies for your context – from biblical principles.

There is no silver bullet!

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1 Corinthians 3:7-9