The Vine Church in Madison, WI

Posted by on Dec 7, 2011 | 2 comments

A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of going to Madison, WI to visit with a new church plant that The Bridge is starting to partner with! The church is called The Vine Church.

Facts on the city:

  • Population of 233,209- total metro area of 561,505
  • Slightly over 5% evangelical
  • Overall student population of Madison is about 50,000

Facts about the church:

  • Led by pastors Scott Sterner, Zach Nielsen, and Nate Hobert
  • Just had its 1 year anniversary
  • About 50 members and around 100 total attenders
  • Right now they are meeting in a school– yep set up and break down just like The Bridge used to!

I got to spend 2 1/2 days with these godly pastors and it was a joy to my heart.  We all need a healthy reminder of all the cool stuff God is doing ALL OVER THE WORLD and that weekend was a reminder for me.  The Bridge blessed these pastors and their wives by taking them out to dinner as we discussed how we can best partner for the gospel.

The Vine is extremely like-minded with The Bridge Church with similar DNA and vision.  The 3 pastors of The Vine are also not just top quality pastors, but I got to see them be quality husbands and fathers as well.  Suffice it to say, I became VERY confident that The Vine is the perfect church for The Bridge to partner with for two reasons 1) The gospel-centered, like-mindedness of the Vine and the Bridge 2) The Bridge wants to invest in people that are of high calling, character, and competence.

To illustrate the like-mindedness here is The Vine’s vision statement:

The Vine Church exists to glorify God by living out his mission as a community transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.

How are we partnering with The Vine?
1) We are beginning to suport them financially on a month to month basis
2) Shared resources
3) We plan to take a group of people annually to serve them in whatever way they need.

We are supporting the Vine, but like The Bridge, The Vine is a church planting church and it is our desire to partner with them to plant not just The Vine, but several churches in the Madison area!

Spend time praying for The Vine Church- their pastors and families- and that God will bless their work and advance His Kingdom in Madison.

2 Comments

  1. Mary Bea | December 7, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    very cool Matt…thanks for sharing…

  2. Josh Howerton | December 7, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Love this.