This advisory team is responsible for overall leadership & pastoral care of our community. Many people lead ministries, initiatives & small groups in our church community.
Mike & Char Turrigiano
Mike is the senior Pastor of the North Brooklyn Vineyard. Mike has been married to Char for more than three decades. They have two married sons, and four grand children. They have been pastoring in New York City since the 70’s.
Mike was born and raised in NYC and is a graduate of the Teen Challenge program. He received his bachelor degree in Psychology and Biblical Studies from Evangel University. Char is from south Jersey. They both served in Teen Challenge before they met John Wimber, the founder of the Vineyard in 1980. They are pioneers of the Vineyard movement here on the East Coast. Mike currently serves on the Vineyard Eastern Region leadership team.
Mike and his wife Char are seasoned veterans of urban ministry. They share a deep passionate love for the Lord, New York City, church planting, and raising-up and releasing young leaders into urban ministry. Mike is above all dedicated to seeing that the kingdom ministry of the Holy Spirit, the hallmark of Vineyard, is trumpeted and remains on the front burner of our church culture.
Kenny Petrowski helps provide vision to the North Brooklyn Vineyard, teach on Sundays, oversee our worship leaders and our communications. He has been specifically focusing on helping to build up what’s happening at the Trash Bar on Sunday nights.
By day Kenny works in a marketing team for a prominant financial firm in lower Manhattan. He has been apart of Vineyard churches in the NY area for many years. He has a degree in Fine Arts & is a graduate of the Vineyard Leadership Institute.
Kenny is married to Erica since 2002. The both grew up in New York (hailing for Long Island) but live in Brooklyn the past years.
Ryan Wobbrock (Holla!) is originally from Colorado and moved to NY in September of 2003, after graduating from Colorado State University.
Ryan currently works as an analyst on Wall Street, but most of his life is spent hanging out with long-time friends, listening to boy bands (you know you like them too) and living in a perpetual state of disbelief at how the Minnesota Vikings can cause such immense heartache.
David & Elizabeth Chang have been members of the Vineyard in NYC for more than 10 years. During that time they have served the church in various capacities.
The Changs met during their undergraduate years at Florida State University and, prior to moving to New York, were active members in both the (then-newly-planted) Tallahassee Vineyard and the Jacksonville Vineyard.
They moved to New York in 1996 to pursue advanced degrees in business and law. David currently manages an I.T. department in midtown Manhattan and Elizabeth practices law at a Wall Street firm. They reside in Brooklyn Heights/Downtown Brooklyn, where they try to keep up with their two young sons.
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Brendon & Merritt Benz
Rebecca Wulf