Vineyard Leadership Institute
Vineyard Leadership Institute (VLI) is a two-year, seven quarter course. It was created to integrate hands-on training, ministry experience, spiritual formation, and academic understanding.
Vineyard Leadership Institute was established in 1995 by Rich Nathan the senior pastor of the Vineyard Church of Columbus in Columbus Ohio. In 1996, Steve Robbins, Ph.D. was hired as Director of Vineyard Leadership Institute. Nathan personally fired Robbins in early 2011 when he learned of an affair Robbins had engaged in with a woman he was counseling. Don Williams is now serving as interim director.
The host site is in Columbus Ohio. Classes held there are recorded for distribution to other sites. VLI has many "At a Distance" sites, small groups of people that go through the courses and material together with oversight from a site coordinator. VLI-AD sites are located throughout the United States as well as in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain, Chile, Amsterdam and other locations.
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