About Mark
Mark initially studied English Literature and History at York St John and worked with students in Ukraine before training for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall in Durham. He was ordained in 2001 and has ministered in several dioceses in the Northern Province of the Church of England.
He completed his PhD part-time at Durham whilst working successively as a University Chaplain, Vicar, and Pioneer Minister, and joined the staff of St Hild College when it was founded in 2017.
Initially working as an Academic Tutor, from 2024 he became the Centre Head for St Hild Sheffield. Mark teaches Postgraduate study skills, Ethics and Anglicanism. Mark is married to Leah, who is the Vicar of Lancaster Priory Church and Chair of On Fire Mission, and they have four children.
Publications
- The Scandal of Evangelicals and Homosexuality (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2015)
- Defusing the Sexuality Debate (SCM, London, 2023)
Research and Supervision Interests
- Contemporary church, culture, & mission
- Evangelicalism
- The work of Rene Girard
- Doctrine (especially ecclesiology)
- Ethics (especially sexuality, gender & relationships)