
Follower of Jesus
Mike first chose to follow Jesus in 1972, making his decision after four years as a teenage "resident atheist"at a south London Church ...
After working as chaplain to a drug addiction rehab, he led Baptist churches in
Cardiff, in Coventry, and in Banbury.
While teaching full time, Mike made a number of
trips to Uganda, Kenya,
Pakistan, and Gambia
to train pastors
Mike spoke at New Wine conferences for more than 20 years ...
and is now (in retirement) Tutor in Theology at
Trinity Church, Cheltenham.

Mike
is an accredited minister (retired) of the Baptist Union of Great Britain
holds a Master's degree in Biblical Studies and Doctrine from the University of Oxford
is a qualified teacher
is a personal member of the Evangelical Alliance
relates to Catch the Fire, Toronto
(formerly Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship)
is a member of the New Wine Network
relates to the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
is a member of the Progressive Christianity Network
has spoken at New Wine and Leading Edge conferences
has taught theology as a visiting lecturer at Westminster Theological Centre, and St Mellitus College
Mike welcomes invitations to talk about Jesus ...
... addressing any topic -
but particularly exploring
obstacles to belief,
different ways to
understand the Bible,
how the Holy Spirit
helps us, relating to other faiths,
and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Use the box below to get in touch!


Mike has two adult sons, one daughter-in-law, and two beautiful grand-daughters.
He inherited from Susie the world's most beautiful Cavapoo, Phoebe.
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For 43 years, Mike was married to Susie - who, sadly, died in September 2020.
When I first chose to
follow Jesus (just
over half a century
ago!), I sensed from
the start that our
Father's purpose for
me was to help
people understand
what it means to "believe". This has been the focus of my life since then ...


For 25 years, I created and taught material at New Wine for those who were exploring faith.
The focus was always
to show the range
of possible Christian
perspectives, so that folk could find an expression of faith that was coherent for them. It wasn't recorded at the time, but I've now started putting this teaching into videos on YouTube.
Some of my Sunday preaching is
already available on YouTube.

I've been asked recently to
create some simple teaching
for friends in Africa who
never had formal training for
their work as pastors.
I plan to add this to YouTube soon.
Under the guidance of my esteemed colleague, Tim Grew, I've been contributing to a collection of resources for ordering a Rule of Life -
you can find them here:
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