The Vineyard Churches follow the Protestant canon and exclude the deuterocanonical books from Scripture. While these books are recognized as historically and religiously significant, they are not included in the Vineyard's biblical canon.

The Vineyard's position reflects evangelical Protestant consensus: the deuterocanonical books lack the marks of canonical Scripture (apostolic authority, universal recognition in the early Church, citation in the New Testament). The Vineyard affirms the 66-book Protestant canon (39 OT + 27 NT) as the complete and authoritative Scripture.

This does not mean the deuterocanonical books are worthless; they have value for understanding Second Temple Judaism and intertestamental history. However, they do not carry the same authority as the canonical books for establishing doctrine or being used as primary theological sources.