Staff

Jack is the founding pastor of Vineyard Community Church and also serves as the Southwest Regional Leader for Vineyard USA. He is also the author of the book, "Healing Ministry," which was published in 2010. Jack has a B.A. in Religion from Grand Canyon University and an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. Jack and his wife Brenda have four adult children, Brandon, Brady, Britt, and Breana, as well as seven adopted children (Anthony, Dayton, Mackenzie, Mia, Ciera, Halle, and Mercy).

Email: jack@vineyardaz.com

Mark has been in full time ministry for over 30 years. He is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas and of Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Mark was born in the San Joaquin Valley of California where he was raised on a farm. Later, his family moved to Colorado and then Missouri. Before moving to Arizona to plant a Vineyard church, Mark served as a youth pastor in Olathe, Kansas and as a senior pastor Valley City, North Dakota. Mark and Bonnie have twin sons, Matt and Mike, who are both married with families.

Email: mark@vineyardaz.com

Officially licensed as a minister in 1971, Danny has served in many areas of pastoral and worship ministry. In February of 2001, he joined the staff of Vineyard Community Church. Danny serves as an associate pastor with oversight of the worship ministry, adult education (Vineyard School of Minisry, VSM) and the media ministry of the church. Married since 1974, he and his wife, Janet, are the proud parents and grandparents of four sons and three grandsons.

Email: danny@vineyardaz.com

Obadiah "Obie" Pinner has been attending the Vineyard since 1995 when he started attending East Valley Vineyard in Mesa, Arizona. He has been working in youth ministry since 1998 and became the full-time youth pastor at Vineyard Community Church in September of 2006. Obie and his wife Jen married in May of 2005 and have two children, Elijah and Zoe. Obie and Jen both have a passion to help teens develop a relationship with Christ that reaches beyond Sunday mornings. 

Email: obie@vineyardaz.com

Michael joined Vineyard Community Church as the Children's Pastor in October of 2013. Michael started out as a volunteer for children's events when he was 16 and has worked in Children's ministry in multiple capacities since then. Prior to working at Vineyard Gilbert, Michael has been a children's pastor/director at churches in Chandler, Phoenix, and Mesa. Michael also worked at the University of Phoenix for eight years, the last five of which was as a learning facilitator. Michael graduated in 2012 from the University of Phoenix with a B.S. in Communications. Michael and his wife Rebekah have 3 children: Delia, Daphne, and Shane.

Email: michael@vineyardaz.com