The Santa Maria Vineyard Christian Fellowship initially started out as a small group of people gathering in the living room of a home worshipping God and desiring to see more of God's love and presence in their lives. This small group of people led by founding pastor Carl Tuttle soon outgrew the living room and began meeting in the Orcutt Recreation Center meeting hall. Another move brought the group to begin meeting at the Japanese Methodist Church in Santa Maria and then a few months later the church began Sunday morning services in the gymnasium of El Camino Junior High School.

From 1985 to 1990 at El Camino Junior High the church continued to grow. In 1989 God began to speak to the church in a significant way. Many nationally recognized prophetic ministers came through the church within the course of a year and began to communicate God's heart for the Santa Maria Vineyard, the City of Santa Maria, and the larger Central Coast area. God's invitations and promises for this church overwhelmed us and "ruined" us in a wonderful way. We've never been the same.

In 1990 Carl Tuttle left the church for a different position and Ralph Kucera became the senior pastor of the church from 1990 to 1998. Also in 1990 the church purchased the old First Christian Church facility, gave the facility a major "face-lift" and moved from El Camino Junior High to our present facility located at 200 S. East Avenue in Santa Maria. During this period the church experienced wonderful times of God's presence mixed along with very difficult seasons of adversity. In 1994 the church enjoyed times of refreshing and renewal and we thank the Holy Spirit for his continual renewing presence.

In 1998 Ralph Kucera left Santa Maria to minister in a different area and Steve Dastic became the senior pastor of the Santa Maria Vineyard. During this time the church has begun to see many of the long-standing prophetic promises begin to be fulfilled. The healing rooms ministry (Healing Rooms of the Santa Maria Valley) directed by Rick and Lori Taylor is impacting thousands of lives not only here in the Santa Maria Valley but throughout the world as we take the healing presence and power of God to the ends of the earth. Along with our inner-healing ministry directed by Bob and Carolyn Whitaker, the Santa Maria Vineyard is truly becoming a healing community.

We have also had the privilege of training, developing and taking teams of young people to developing countries to help serve and bless the people of these nations and share the love of Jesus with them. Under the direction of Kirk Schauer and the Seeds of Hope International Partnerships ministry we have also coordinated and facilitated practical resources to bless communities and churches in developing countries such as Zambia and many others. This little church of approximately 250 people is having significant impact throughout the world.

"God, we are overwhelmed by you faithfulness and goodness! We are overwhelmed that you would use us! But we know that there is more. And so our cry to you Lord, with the same heart that the spiritual father of the Vineyard movement John Wimber always prayed, is More Lord, More!"