Frequently Asked Questions

Freedom bringing, counter cultural, extravagantly gracious, willing to serve, empowering of others and kind! But we are biased, come and see and add your own description.

South Liverpool Vineyard is a part of Vineyard Churches UK, which is itself connected to thousands of related churches in many different countries and continents: we began here in Liverpool in 1996. We love to worship, build communities that encourage authentic relationships and demonstrate God’s love in practical, life changing ways.

We are not Catholic, but we certainly are not protesting either! We are simply one group of churches among many; one ‘part of the stew’. We try to foster good relationships with a wide variety of different churches in Liverpool & other faith groups that are interested in community transformation.

Well, many of us have been there! We can’t promise you won’t nod off, but the best way to find out is by ‘tasting the pie’. As for being manipulated; I’m not sure we’re organised enough for that! Seriously, our heart is to encourage genuine friendships based on unconditional love, we aren’t the finished article, have plenty of faults but hopefully manipulating people isn’t one of them!

Absolutely! Everyone at South Liverpool Vineyard is on a journey – none of us has arrived yet!

Many contemporary churches like ours don’t own a building but choose to hire or lease premises, ranging from schools to cinemas, hotels to university property. Perhaps this approach underlines that it is people who define the church, not bricks and mortar. That said; we may choose to buy a suitable property in the future, if it helps us to serve the communities we work with.

Glad you asked! Firstly, just come and hang out with the folks and get to know us. You can join in with some of the work the groups do, or visit our Sunday service where we sing, learn from the bible, pray for each other, hear stories and eat cake! We even do welcome evenings where you can ask any questions you like and meet some of the team-the food’s good too!

Yes! We all get to do the dishes. Any positions of responsibility are held purely based on the persons gifting and not their gender.

Nope! The opportunity is there to give if you want to. Many of us do give to support the work of the church but money is best given from a willing heart not a coerced one.

Well, like all charities we have to keep accurate records of every penny we spend and what it’s spent on. The annual record of this is available for anyone to see.

We do all we can to ensure our kids wellbeing and safety. Our helpers are DBS (formerly CRB) checked and are known to us. There are a number of kids’ activities, including Kids’ Zone on a Sunday & the amazing Messy Church every 1st Sunday.