New Wine
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New Wine is the largest UK network of charismatic
churches and Christians. It originated in 1989 as a Christian festival run by two Anglican clergy from St Andrew’s Church Chorleywood
: Bishop David Pytches
and the Rev. Barry Kissell. Pytches and Kissell had been inspired by the teaching of John Wimber
and others that had begun to bring in a new wave of charismatic movement to the established church in the UK. New Wine also runs a number of week long festivals in England
, Scotland
and Wales
.
New Wine is currently led by John Coles and has headquarters attached to St Paul’s Church, Ealing
.
, Bolivia
, and Peru
in 1972. While in South America, he witnessed what he termed a 'spontaneous expansion' of the church. Pytches was keen to see this replicated in the UK and while vicar of St. Andrew's, Chorleywood in the 1980s, he invited John Wimber to his church. Wimber was founder of the Vineyard Church in the USA. Inspired by Wimber and by what he had witnessed in South America, Pytches came to believe that ordinary Christians can minister to others using the scriptural Gifts of the Spirit.
While in the UK, Wimber held a number of conferences resulting in considerable interest in the charismatic movement from churches nationwide. Soon afterwards, Pytches became the leader of New Wine. Unlike John and Eleanor Mumford, who planted the first Vineyard Church
in the UK, Pytches chose to establish the values of the Vineyard Church in other church settings.
The name 'New Wine' was chosen as an appropriate biblical description of the ‘new life’ offered to people who were open to the Gifts of the Spirit.
and attracted nearly 2,500 people. In 1993 a separate conference for teenagers was launched under the leadership of Mike Pilavachi
, then a youth worker at St Andrews. The youth conference was named Soul Survivor. New Wine now attracts over 30,000 delegates over three weeks and Soul Survivor attracts over 28,000 young Christians over two weeks.
There are also a number of New Wine conferences held around the UK and abroad each year.
Over the years, New Wine has attracted many well known speakers, including Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox
, Jackie Pullinger
, J.John and Brother Yun
. The list of worship leaders who have led worship at New Wine includes Matt Redman
, Tim Hughes
, Brian Doerksen
, Kathryn Scott and David Ross
in 2005 with 3,500 delegates attending. In subsequent years, the event was moved to Newark Showground
in Newark-on-Trent
.
every person training for ministry in the Church of England has access to practical training in healing, prayer ministry, prophecy, evangelism and visionary leadership. New Wine holds two national Leaders in Training conferences per year.
, and the US. Further afield, New Zealand
initially held independent Summer Wine Conferences but is now affiliated with New Wine. The New Zealand New Wine Summer conferences have outgrown their original venues and are now held in Matamata
, Waikanae
and Kaiapoi
.
Charismatic movement
The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
churches and Christians. It originated in 1989 as a Christian festival run by two Anglican clergy from St Andrew’s Church Chorleywood
Chorleywood
Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It had a population of 6,814 people at the 2001 census. The parish of Chorleywood as a whole has a population of 10,775. The town lies in the far south west of Hertfordshire, on the...
: Bishop David Pytches
David Pytches
David Pytches is a bishop of the Anglican Communion and the former Bishop of Chile, Bolivia & Peru. Pytches was also vicar of St Andrew's, in Chorleywood England. He is the author of many books, including Come Holy Spirit and his autobiography, Living at the Edge...
and the Rev. Barry Kissell. Pytches and Kissell had been inspired by the teaching of John Wimber
John Wimber
John Richard Wimber was a musician, charismatic pastor and one of the founding leaders of the Vineyard Movement, a neocharismatic Evangelical Christian denomination which began in the USA and has now spread to many countries world-wide.-Life and ministry:John Richard Wimber was the son of Basil...
and others that had begun to bring in a new wave of charismatic movement to the established church in the UK. New Wine also runs a number of week long festivals in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
New Wine is currently led by John Coles and has headquarters attached to St Paul’s Church, Ealing
Ealing
Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...
.
Origins
David Pytches was consecrated Bishop of the then diocese of ChileChile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
in 1972. While in South America, he witnessed what he termed a 'spontaneous expansion' of the church. Pytches was keen to see this replicated in the UK and while vicar of St. Andrew's, Chorleywood in the 1980s, he invited John Wimber to his church. Wimber was founder of the Vineyard Church in the USA. Inspired by Wimber and by what he had witnessed in South America, Pytches came to believe that ordinary Christians can minister to others using the scriptural Gifts of the Spirit.
While in the UK, Wimber held a number of conferences resulting in considerable interest in the charismatic movement from churches nationwide. Soon afterwards, Pytches became the leader of New Wine. Unlike John and Eleanor Mumford, who planted the first Vineyard Church
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland is the national body for the Association of Vineyard Churches in the UK and Republic of Ireland. There are currently over 100 churches under its direction. The organisation is both a registered charity and a registered company .The Vineyard church was established...
in the UK, Pytches chose to establish the values of the Vineyard Church in other church settings.
The name 'New Wine' was chosen as an appropriate biblical description of the ‘new life’ offered to people who were open to the Gifts of the Spirit.
Summer conferences
The first New Wine Christian Family Conference was held in 1989 at the Royal Bath and West Showground, SomersetSomerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
and attracted nearly 2,500 people. In 1993 a separate conference for teenagers was launched under the leadership of Mike Pilavachi
Mike Pilavachi
Mike Pilavachi is a British charismatic Christian evangelist and author of Greek Cypriot descent. He is the co-founder and leader of the Soul Survivor charity based in Watford, United Kingdom. He is also the Senior Pastor of the Soul Survivor Watford church, based in North Watford, which he set up...
, then a youth worker at St Andrews. The youth conference was named Soul Survivor. New Wine now attracts over 30,000 delegates over three weeks and Soul Survivor attracts over 28,000 young Christians over two weeks.
There are also a number of New Wine conferences held around the UK and abroad each year.
Over the years, New Wine has attracted many well known speakers, including Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox
Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox
Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox FRCN; born 6 July 1937) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She also is the founder and CEO of an organisation called the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust...
, Jackie Pullinger
Jackie Pullinger
Jackie Pullinger MBE is a British Protestant Christian charismatic missionary to Hong Kong and founder of the St Stephen's Society. She has been ministering in Hong Kong since 1966. Her work has resulted in at least 1000 drug addicts being saved from their drug addictions...
, J.John and Brother Yun
Brother Yun
Brother Yun a.k.a. Liu Zhenying , in his book named "Tianshang ren" , is an exiled Chinese Christian house church leader, evangelist, and proponent of the Back To Jerusalem movement...
. The list of worship leaders who have led worship at New Wine includes Matt Redman
Matt Redman
Matt Redman is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton.He has worked with Newfrontiers, Passion Conferences, Hillsong London, Soul Survivor, is an artist for Sixstepsrecords and is a member of Compassionart a charity founded by Martin Smith.He appeared with...
, Tim Hughes
Tim Hughes
Tim Hughes is a British worship leader and singer-songwriter. He is currently Director of Worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, an Anglican church in central London, and heads up Worship Central, an international worship training and resource centre.- Personal life :Hughes is the son of an Anglican...
, Brian Doerksen
Brian Doerksen
Brian Robert Doerksen is a Canadian Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader from Abbotsford, British Columbia born in 1965.-Musical career:...
, Kathryn Scott and David Ross
David Ross
David Ross may refer to:*David Ross , British actor who played Kryten in the second series of BBC sitcom Red Dwarf*David Joseph Ross , American environmentalist...
New Wine North and East
The first New Wine North and East conference was held at the Great Yorkshire Showground in HarrogateHarrogate
Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters, RHS Harlow Carr gardens, and Betty's Tea Rooms. From the town one can explore the nearby Yorkshire Dales national park. Harrogate originated in the 17th...
in 2005 with 3,500 delegates attending. In subsequent years, the event was moved to Newark Showground
Newark Showground
Newark Showground is a showground in Newark, Nottinghamshire. It makes up of the former RAF Winthorpe Airfield which were purchased in 1964 by the Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society.-LAMMA:...
in Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 , and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way...
.
Leaders in Training
New Wine works with almost all the training institutions in the C of E to ensure thatevery person training for ministry in the Church of England has access to practical training in healing, prayer ministry, prophecy, evangelism and visionary leadership. New Wine holds two national Leaders in Training conferences per year.
Discography
New Wine has released a number of 'live worship' music CDs recorded at its summer conferences:- Only One Name (2011)
- Glory to you (2010)
- Saving Grace (2009)
- Kingdom Come (2008)
- Cry Freedom (2007)
- Heavenbound (2006)
- Hope (2005)
- Echoes in Eternity (2004)
- In Pursuit of God (2003)
- Journey in Faith (2002)
- Grace (2001)
World-wide scope
The summer conferences at Shepton Mallet have spawned a number of related conferences around the world. In addition to New Wine North there are separate events in Scotland (Clan Gathering), Wales, IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and the US. Further afield, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
initially held independent Summer Wine Conferences but is now affiliated with New Wine. The New Zealand New Wine Summer conferences have outgrown their original venues and are now held in Matamata
Matamata
Matamata is a rural Waikato town in New Zealand with a population of around 12,000 . It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits...
, Waikanae
Waikanae
Waikanae is a small town on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. The name is a Māori word meaning "The waters of the yellow eyed mullet". Another settlement called Waikanae Beach exists near Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand....
and Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi is a town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, located close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River, and approximately 17 kilometres north of Christchurch....
.
See also
- Soul Survivor - a similar event, aimed at youth, which also originated from St. Andrews, Chorleywood.
- Trinity CheltenhamTrinity CheltenhamTrinity Cheltenham is an evangelical, charismatic Anglican church in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. As well as being part of the Church of England, it is a major contributor to the New Wine network. The Church has around 1500 members, making it one of the largest churches in the UK...
- Hosts for New Wine, Central and South West