St. Thomas' Church, Crookes
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St Thomas Church, Crookes is an ecumenical church with united Anglican and Baptist
traditions, in Sheffield
, England
, in Crookes
. The building still retains most of its original architecture, although a substantial expansion was made in the 1980s where the worship area was rotated and a church lounge and balcony area was installed at the East end of the church.
The church has an extensive staff team which includes the Rector Revd Mick Woodhead and Curate Tom Finnemore, as well as a host of other valuable staff members who oversee a number of core activities of the church, including kids work, Youth, Form, Students, Young Adults etc.
St Thomas Crookes uses a cell and cluster (or Missional Communities
) structure which helps enable every member to get involved in mission and ministry.
The church has played a significant role in a number of Charismatic
expressions of worship including the Nine O'Clock Service
. The church grew to have a congregation of some 2500 in the early 2000s although the church's small physical size meant that it had adopted a city church approach with services taking place in a mixture of larger venues across the city as well as the church buildings at Crookes. The church purchased a group of industrial units, in the Philadelphia area of Sheffield, and started to plant a church called St. Thomas' Church, Philadelphia, or the Philadelphia Campus. St Thomas Philadelphia is now a separate church in partnership with Crookes, though some administration elements are still shared for economy.
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
traditions, in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, England
England
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, in Crookes
Crookes
Crookes ward—which includes the districts of Crookes, Steelbank, Crosspool, and Sandygate —is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the western part of the city and covers an area of 3.9 km2...
. The building still retains most of its original architecture, although a substantial expansion was made in the 1980s where the worship area was rotated and a church lounge and balcony area was installed at the East end of the church.
The church has an extensive staff team which includes the Rector Revd Mick Woodhead and Curate Tom Finnemore, as well as a host of other valuable staff members who oversee a number of core activities of the church, including kids work, Youth, Form, Students, Young Adults etc.
St Thomas Crookes uses a cell and cluster (or Missional Communities
Missional Communities
A Missional Community is a group of anything from 20 to 50 or more people who are united, through Christian community, around a common service and witness to a particular neighborhood or network of relationships...
) structure which helps enable every member to get involved in mission and ministry.
History
Previous Vicars of Note:- Robert Warren
- Mike Breen
The church has played a significant role in a number of Charismatic
Charismatic movement
The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
expressions of worship including the Nine O'Clock Service
Nine O'Clock Service
The Nine O'Clock Service was a youth-oriented alternative Christian worship service started, before a 1985 John Wimber Signs and Wonders conference in Sheffield, in 1986 at St Thomas' Church in Crookes, Sheffield, United Kingdom by a group of Christian musicians and artists...
. The church grew to have a congregation of some 2500 in the early 2000s although the church's small physical size meant that it had adopted a city church approach with services taking place in a mixture of larger venues across the city as well as the church buildings at Crookes. The church purchased a group of industrial units, in the Philadelphia area of Sheffield, and started to plant a church called St. Thomas' Church, Philadelphia, or the Philadelphia Campus. St Thomas Philadelphia is now a separate church in partnership with Crookes, though some administration elements are still shared for economy.