OUR TEAM
2024 Missions Leaders Meeting (MLM)
LIFT UP YOUR EYESListen! I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already
white for harvest.
-John 4:35 (MEV)
Our Team provides capacity building in cross-cultural skills, assist with cross-cultural leadership development, and scaffold churches' care of their long-term, cross-cultural workers, including providing expertise in rises. Through our efforts we also acknowledge that every church belonging to the Vineyard USA community is an individual local congregation with responsibility for its own missional efforts and decisions while interdependently working in connection with other churches around the world.
Elgie 'Bubba' Justice
Missions Coordinatorand Chief Financial Officer
Elgie 'Bubba' Justice
Elgie “Bubba” Justice begin serving as the Missions Coordinator on July 1, 2021. In his capacity as the Missions Coordinator, he gives leadership to VUSA Missions. He oversees mobilization, training, partnership development and coordinating US activity with other Vineyard movements. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Vineyard USA (VUSA). In his capacity as CFO, Bubba supports the National Director, Jay Pathak, by overseeing all phases of VUSA finances which includes Vineyard Resources, Vineyard Worship and Lilly Grants. From 2017 until 2021 Bubba served as the National Coordinator for VUSA. Prior to working with VUSA, Bubba was the senior pastor of the Inverness Vineyard Church (IVC) for 23 years and before that worked in the financial world as a C.P.A., a financial manager, and chief financial officer. Bubba and his wife Melany live in Houston, TX, and have two married daughters.
Christine Cottrell
Administrator for Vineyard USA Missions
Christine Cottrell
Bio coming soon...
Ross Naylor-Tatterson
Partnership Catalyst
Ross Naylor-Tatterson
After working with YWAM for a decade, Ross served as the director of youth and family for Churchlands Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Perth, and then became Executive Pastor of the Lakeshore Vineyard in Holland Michigan for five years. Eighteen years ago Ross became a church planter. Ross recently transitioned out his senior Pastor role at Without Walls Vineyard Church in Zeeland Michigan. He continues to be Pastor Emeritus at the church and he serves as the Regional Coordinator for Asia and MENACA for Vineyard Missions USA. Ross runs a leadership development consultancy business, (EnliveLeaders.com) which focuses cultivating healthy life giving leadership. Presently he is developing coaches and leaders in a global manufacturing assembly business; and is developing young Entrepreneurs involved in the real estate Business. Ross and his wife have five children and they are thoroughly enjoying being grandparents of six.
Duke LancasterMissions Mobilizer Marie Lancaster
Missions Mobilizer/
Women's Association Liaison
(Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, Midwest Central regions)
Duke and Marie Lancaster
Duke and Marie Lancaster have been in the Vineyard since 1992. Marie grew up in a Hungarian household, the daughter of an Assembly of God pastor and church planter. Marie says that she knew she never wanted to be married to a pastor and when she met Duke while they were attending Oral Roberts University she was certain he was the last person God would ever call into ministry, so she married him. God used a mission trip to Colombia to radically impact Duke and he felt God call him to pastor. Together they embraced a call to ministry and missions and never looked back. They have traveled the world doing ministry and Duke has led the Colombia partnership for the past 5 years. They have planted 3 churches and were the Senior Pastors of Vineyard Church of Jackson, Mississippi for ten years, stepping down at the end of 2021 to pursue a desire to travel itinerantly to equip the saints in Holy Spirit ministry and to encourage and strengthen leaders. They have been married over 39 years and delight in their 4 children and 5 grandchildren.
Glenn Schroder
Glenn Schroder
Glenn Schroder has been part of the Vineyard movement since 1976 when he started attending a home group in Yorba Linda, California that eventually became the Anaheim Vineyard. Glenn served there as the youth pastor under John Wimber from 1984-1996. Glenn and his wife, Donna, then planted the Cascade Vineyard in 1996, where they continue to serve today. Glenn has always had a heart for youth and missions and has led numerous youth teams on missions trips and helped to organize Extreme Mission Conferences in the early 2000s. He and Donna have 4 adult children and 6 grandchildren, all of whom live in the Portland area. In 2020, Glenn published his first book, Never Trust A Leader Without A Limp, about the ministry of John Wimber. He enjoys kayaking with Donna, Trail Blazer basketball, and cooking- especially if it involves fire and meat.
Josh Armstrong
Josh Armstrong
Josh is married to his high school sweetheart Amanda, and they have two children that keep them on their toes. They have been a part of the Vineyard Church in East Tennessee for over a decade. Josh has had several ministry positions over the years, which include being a regional coordinator for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a campus chaplain at a Christian high school, and a youth pastor position. Josh and his family also spent 3 years as missionaries in Haiti, where they helped launch several projects, including a disciple making movement that is still going strong. Josh currently serves as the missions pastor at the Vineyard Church in East Tennessee, where he helps to catalyze and develop disciple making movements in several areas both nationally and internationally.
Ray Maldonado
Regional Coordinator for Caribbean/Hispanic Association Liaison
Ray Maldonado
Rafael (Ray) Maldonado Jr. began in ministry in 1978, planting a church in 1983. He was the senior pastor for two Chicago churches for over 28 years. He has earned a Master’s and Doctorate of Ministry. Ray has been involved in missions for over 16 years. He leads the VM Cuba partnerships and was recently appointed as VM Coordinator for the Caribbean Region. Ray and his wife Teresa have 5 children and 10 grandchildren and now reside in Florida.
Rich Andrews
Co-Regional Coordinatorfor Latin America
(focusing on South America)
Rich Andrews
Rich Andrews first met the Vineyard 20 years ago at the opening service of a new Vineyard plant in the Philadelphia area. At the time, Rich was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Master’s degree in education. Rich then completed Vineyard Institute and became an associate pastor at that church plant now known as Blue Route Vineyard. After seven years as a pastor, Rich and his wife Jess, along with their four children, and a handful of people went out in 2014 and planted the Conshohocken Vineyard, just west of Philadelphia. Since 2009, Rich also has been leading the Vineyard Bolivia Partnership. He has a vision to see healthy Vineyard churches planted throughout South America, where he travels regularly to encourage church planters, train pastors, and equip leaders. In his spare time, Rich can be found working out at the CrossFit box, eating healthy food, and unhealthy food, or hanging out with his family.
Joel Lowery
Regional Coordinator for Europe
Joel Lowery
Joel’s ministry in global missions began at the early age of seventeen, when he traveled to Albania for a month-long missions trip with Teen Mania Ministries. This life-changing experience sparked a life-long passion for global missions, which has led him all over the world, bringing the gospel message of hope to over 20 countries through humanitarian aid, evangelistic outreach, and strengthening the local church through Holy Spirit ministry, leadership development and building networks. In 2008, Joel and his wife Christina planted Crossroads Church in Fredericksburg, VA and continue to work towards their vision of making disciples, developing leaders, and planting churches. In addition to his local leadership at Crossroads, Joel has served in various trans-local and national leadership roles with Vineyard USA, serving as an Area Leader in Northern and Central Virginia for ten years, the Healthy Church Taskforce for three years, as the Large Launch Church Planting Specialist with Multiply Vineyard for three years, and is currently VUSA Missions Regional Coordinator for Europe and the Partnership Leader for the Ukraine, where he is building a network of churches. Joel and Christina have been married for 25 years and have 3 amazing kids. Joel’s favorite places to hang out are at the gym, a nice restaurant or the beach!
Aisha Oyarekhua
Compassion and Justice Specialist/BPLA Liaison
Aisha Oyarekhua
Aisha joined the Vineyard Movement in 2010. She serves as the Compassion and Justice Coordinator at the Valley Vineyard Church in Reseda, California. She is passionate about seeing people understand the heart of the Gospel and experience lasting spiritual growth. Aisha’s life can be summed up in one sentence–she loves God, she loves people, and she loves justice. Her fascination with the notion of justice and fairness began at a very young age and led her to become an attorney. She is passionate about access to justice for the less privileged and spends a lot of time volunteering to protect the rights of the poor because she believes that providing access to basic legal services to the less privileged is an essential aspect of loving her neighbor. Aisha is a Justice Ambassador for Prison Fellowship International, a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in foster care, and also the Vice President of Christian Legal Society in Los Angeles.
Ranjo Clements
Theology and Education Specialist/AAPI Liaison
Ranjo Clements
Ranjo joined the Vineyard in 2013. Although originally from India, he is a card-carrying “third culture kid,” having spent multiple stints in India and the US. He is passionate about equipping worship leaders, building multiethnic communities, and creating “safe spaces” where people encounter God and operate in their gifting. Ranjo served as a worship pastor in India before returning to the US in 2008 to pursue an M.Div. in worship studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (ATS). He has since served as Associate Pastor at GCF Vineyard in Wilmore, KY, and is on the core team for Vineyard USA’s AAPI association. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Asian American studies at ATS. His research interests include Asian American Identity and theology, worship, ethnodoxology, and missiology. Ranjo and his wife, Aletha, have five beautiful daughters. They love hosting people, singing, sharing stories, laughing, and eating all kinds of ethnic food, especially spicy food.
Barbara Naylor-Tatterson
Spiritual Formation Specialist
Barbara Naylor-Tatterson
Barbara Naylor-Tatterson currently resides in Holland, Michigan where she and her husband pastor a Vineyard Church. She has 5 adult children, and 8 grandchildren that fill her life with loads of laughter. Barbara also loves to sit with people and help them notice what the Father may be doing and inviting them into. She has a heart for the nations and love for those that may be feeling tired, weary, broken or on the outside. In her spare time, you will find her tending her flowers or curled up with a cup of tea/coffee and a good book.
Jeremy Pleasant
Communications Coordinator
Jeremy Pleasant
Jeremy is a husband to Kim and father to Amari. A ministry leader, musician, and software developer, Jeremy uses his gifts and calling to love God and serve others. Following a 12-year stint as a local church leader and pastor, Jeremy has now focused his efforts on serving Vineyard Missions on the Missions Leadership Team and serving the Vineyard and others as a Spiritual Director. He also leads the Vineyard Haiti Partnership, an international mission that focuses on planting churches, training leaders and equipping Haitians to train and empower their own people to build sustainable ministries. He is deeply committed to justice, compassion, and healing in his local community and communities impacted by poverty and injustice.
Jim Egli
Training andDisciple-Making Movements (DMM) Specialist
Jim Egli
Jim has been a part of the Vineyard movement since 1992. He helps launch and equip Vineyard church planting movements in West Africa and is the Curriculum Coordinator for New Generations. Together with his wife Vicki, he develops training and resources for the worldwide Disciple Making Movement. It’s Jim's passion to multiply disciples, leaders, and churches around the world, especially among unreached people groups. He has a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication with a cognate in World Evangelization from Regent University.
Todd R
Fundraising Specialist
Todd R
Todd and his wife Michelle have been working in missions for over 25 years and have lived on foreign mission fields for 15 years. Todd is passionate about reaching unreached people groups. Having lived on support and raising funds for the organization that they founded, Todd is passionate about not letting funding stop the mission of the Kingdom in people’s lives. As a fundraising specialist he can share his experience, fundraising tools, and strategies that may assist with getting funding. This subject can be stressful for many, but he looks forward to sharing the Biblical roots of fundraising and the joy of watching God work in this necessary part of ministry.