Steve Robbins Ph.D., (Fuller Seminary) church planter, and Director of Vineyard Leadership Institute, Columbus, OH. Steve is the primary teacher for VLI. Resident pastors and ministry coordinators teach part of the curriculum based on their area of competency. Expert guest speakers from around the country and world often teach for weekend intensives and occasionally for weeknight classes.

Don Williams, Ph.D. (Columbia University & Union Theological Seminary), pastor and founder of Coast Vineyard in La Jolla, CA, prolific author, architect of the Association of Vineyard Churches' statement of faith.

Peter Davids, Ph.D., resident scholar at Basileia Vineyard, Bern, Switzerland, specialist in the general epistles, author of James (NIGTC), 1 Peter (NIGTC), and editor of the Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments.

Dr. John Oswalt: Dr. Oswalt, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, is Research Professor of Old Testament at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, MS.  From '89-'99, he was Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY.  From '83-'86 he was president of Asbury College and from '86-'89 a member of the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. 

Dr. Oswalt holds degrees from Taylor University, Upland, IN; Asbury Theological Seminary; and Brandeis University, Waltham, MA where he received the Ph.D. in Mediterranean Studies. 

Dr. Oswalt's writings have appeared in Bible encyclopedias, scholarly journals, and popular religious periodicals.    He has written six books, including a two-volume commentary on Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series.

Rich Nathan, J.D. (Ohio State University), Sr. Pastor, Vineyard Church of Columbus, executive board member of the Association of Vineyard Churches, regional overseer of Vineyard Churches in the Great Lakes Region of the U.S., and author.

Stephen Van Dop, D. Min. (Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Ky.), Pastor of Evangelism and Connect Ministries (Assimilation), Vineyard Church of Columbus.

Gary Best: Gary and his wife, Joy were the founding National Directors of the Vineyard Church in Canada as well as overseers of the development of Vineyard Churches in a number of Asian countries. Currently they serve as National Team Leaders of Vineyard Churches Canada and Gary is the Resource Director for Vineyard Resource Canada and on the leadership team of Vineyard Music Canada. In all that they do, their passion is disciple-making - locally, nationally and internationally. Gary and Joy have two grown children and a son-in-law and live in Langley, BC, where they attend the North Langley Vineyard church, which they planted in 1995

Rick Love, Ph.D. (Fuller Seminary), International Director of Frontiers Missions, pioneer church planter to the Sudanese, West Java, Indonesia and author.

Steve Nicholson, BA in Government and International Relations from Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Coordinator the National Board of the AVC Church Planting Task Force, senior pastor of the Evanston Vineyard in Evanston, Il.

Mark Fields, MA Theology from Fuller Seminary, post graduate studies in the New Testament, London Bible College, PhD Student in the School of World Mission, Fuller Seminary. Mark is the National Missions Coordinator for the AVC-USA.

Derek Morphew, Ph.D., (University of Cape Town, South Africa), senior pastor of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa, church planter, serves on the National Team of the Association of Vineyard Churches in South Africa and is the international Director of Vineyard Bible Institute and author.

Berten A. Waggoner, B.Div., (Nazarene Theological Seminary), National Director of the Association of Vineyard Churches, USA, senior pastor of the Vineyard Church in Sugar Land, Texas, and church planter.