Senior Pastor

James Tweats moved to Aylesbury to join the Vineyard Church in the summer of 2015 accepting the role as Head of Storehouse, leading the Church’s compassion ministry. After 4 years, James took on the additional responsibility of Assistant Pastor until September 2020 when he succeeded Steve & Lyn Burnhope on their retirement.

As Senior Pastor, James leads the pastoral team and oversees the main church ministry areas. He plays the principal role in setting the vision and direction for the Church.

James grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and became a Christian when he was a teenager. He followed his childhood dream of becoming a Police Officer, serving as 999 Response Officer in Staffordshire until feeling called into full-time ministry and moving to Buckinghamshire in 2015 to work for Aylesbury Vineyard.

James has served and led in a variety of roles, helping to build & grow churches, including leading worship, preaching, running teams of volunteers and youth/children’s work. He also studied at the London School of Theology during training as Assistant Pastor.

James is married to Rachel and has three children, Sam, Ben & Reuben (Roo) plus a particularly cute labradoodle called Molly. In his spare time he loves spending time with family and friends, playing football with Roo, long walks with Molly and playing golf (although the handicap is not exactly single figures!).