HISTORY: 

We began as a ‘no name house church’ in January 1985 when a handful of Christians came together with a common vision to serve the Lord.  In December of the same year we took on the name of Fountain of Life Community Church.   In March 1996 we felt the Lord calling us to change our name to Vineyard Christian Fellowship Port Elizabeth.  This expressed our commitment to an outward mission, or church planting thrust, as well as our interdependence within the wider Body of Christ; we are now full participants in the ‘Association of Vineyard Churches’.  We later changed to Fountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship in order to distinguish ourselves from other Vineyard churches in the Port Elizabeth region.

VALUES: 

• The Bible is taught as the word with an application for daily living
• There is evidence of ministry to the poor, broken, divorced etc
• There is emphasis on healing and signs and wonders
• There are small groups with dynamics of accountability, ministry and discipleship
• There is effective ongoing training and discipleship of people
• There is interaction with other churches
• There is good meaningful worship expressed in contemporary music and prayer
• There is commitment to, and involvement in, missions, both foreign and domestic
• There is encouragement and exercising of spiritual gifts

VISION:

We envisage a Church where people are drawn together by the Lord to:

• Enjoy His presence
• Lead others to Him
• Help people find healing in Him

He has fired us up with a passion for worship, community, and ministries. We love to celebrate God, relate to each other, equip and release people to ‘do the stuff’ of Jesus.

We feel called by God to be a resource church, which facilitates church planting, missions, equipping and training.

 

We are a people who desire:

• To show God’s mercy to the broken
• To be generous to the poor and needy
• For the power of the Kingdom of God to break through into the lives of ordinary people.

We want to be a church where every member can walk in the calling of God for his/her life.
Being vulnerable, teachable, transparent and accountable will help us to grow in this vision.