Book Review: Scattered Servants

16 Aug 2019

Book Review: Scattered Servants

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Charismatic, Church History, Culture, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mission, Vineyard | 2

Alan Scott has had influence on my life since 2012, when I heard him speak at The Cause to Live For, a Vineyard UK and Ireland conference. At the time, he and his wife Kathryn were leading Causeway Coast Vineyard … Continued

30 Apr 2019

A Blast from the NLC Past – 2

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Timothy, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mission, New Testament, Prayer, The Bible, Theology, Vineyard | 0

This is the second ‘substantive’ post in my new(ish, on and off) mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. This was the opening … Continued

19 Mar 2019

Book Review: The Cause to Live For

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Charismatic, Vineyard | 1

After 30 years of church planting and worship-album-making (most recently the excellent TWELVE: ONE), as well as producing both printed and digital resources for their own churches, it has been great to see the Vineyard in the UK and Ireland … Continued

16 Mar 2019

Album – Twelve: One

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Charismatic, Evangelicalism, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Mental Health, New Testament, Prayer, Revival, Romans, Vineyard, Worship | 1

Perhaps it is because I’m allegedly a millennial, or perhaps it is because most places I go I have wifi, or because I already own most of what Coldplay and U2 have written, but I haven’t bought an album for … Continued

15 Nov 2017

Reflecting: The Cold Within

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Atonement, Being Human, Embodiment, Justice, Personal, Prayer, Sin, Theology | 0

At the recent VCUKI 2017 Theology Symposium, ‘Just Theology’, the brilliant Kate Colemanspoke powerfully on mission, diversity and leadership. She began with a poem, playing this video: This is a poem that is apparently well known – yet I’d not … Continued

10 May 2017

10 Reasons to Come to Just Theology

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Jesus, Justice, Kingdom of God, Politics, Power, Theology, Vineyard | 4

I’ve never really done a listicle before. It certainly isn’t a way I would want to ‘do’ theology. But I also want to persuade you (Especially if you are part of a Vineyard Church, leading in a Vineyard Church, … Continued

23 Mar 2017

Just Theology? The 2017 VCUKI Theology Symposium

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Charismatic, Ecclesiology, Holy Spirit, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Theology, Vineyard | 1

Echoing an old guest post on the first VCUKI Symposium, and the second one, the following is shamelessly borrowed from my friend Neal Swettenham, Theological Coordinator for Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland! Is our theology just theology or a Just … Continued

22 May 2016

A Mini-Series: A Blast from the NLC Past

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Leadership, Vineyard | 0

Those who know me or have engaged online/theologically will know that the Vineyard movement, of which I am a part, has been a place where I have learnt a great deal. This year, 2016, was the first time I didn’t … Continued

27 May 2015

‘Working Theology’: The 2nd VCUKI Theology Symposium

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Charismatic, Evangelicalism, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Theology, Vineyard | 1

Way back in 2013, the Vineyard Movement in the UK and Ireland (VCUKI) held its first Theology Symposium, at Loughborough University. Aimed at those involved in theological study and reflection, leadership, and those just interested from around the movement, it … Continued

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