Andy Saperstein has been a member of Vineyard Church of Columbus, OH since 1982 and presently serves as the Pastor of Global International Ministries and Leader Formation.

He and his wife Kathryn have lived several years in Chicago, four years in Pakistan, eight years in Uzbekistan, three years in New Haven, CT, and 20 years off and on in Columbus, OH – they have moved 20 times since they were married in 1982.

Along the way, Andy has served in multiple leadership roles in Frontiers as well as in multiple other churches and groups, including as Associate Director of a Muslim-Christian dialogue and reconciliation program at Yale University, and was part of the church planting team for Elm City Vineyard in New Haven, CT. He currently coaches and advises multiple international workers and leaders around the world.

He holds degrees in Linguistics from The University of Chicago (B.A.) and from The Ohio State University (M.A. and Ph.D.) and a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Order of Sustainable Faith. He is passionately committed to the pursuit of wisdom, and to helping all believers, especially leaders, grow deeper as true disciples of Jesus in every area of life; he is currently writing a guidebook for a year of spiritual formation in community.

For fun, Andy enjoys writing, reading poetry and philosophy, movies, commuter cycling, the outdoors, time with friends and his widely scattered family (kids in California, Chicago, Connecticut, and France), and repairing his family’s aging house and cars. He and Kathryn have four children and four grandchildren and live in urban Columbus, Ohio with their dog Grady and their cat Jack.