Vinny Commons was converted in November 1979 while studying sport at Manchester University (Padgate).
During the past thirty years he has travelled extensively preaching the gospel to all ages with a particular strength in young people’s work. He has a sports background, playing football to a very high level, which he left to concentrate his energies on gospel work, but he continues to coach football part-time at a professional football club. He has a speciality outreach with his ceramic exhibition using a potter’s wheel. He has written a tract for sports-minded people entitled ‘The Greatest Team Ever’. Vinny is a leader with United Beach Missions and has been on the staff of Young Life as their North West worker for more than ten years.
He is based in Southport.