Mark is a Church of England minister with extensive experience in ministry over many years. He has taught in seminaries in Nigeria and the USA, as well as St John’s College, Durham. He has also worked in departments of Theology and Religion at the Universities of Wales (Lampeter, now called Trinity Saint David) and Birmingham. He is a practical theologian who has specialised in the study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. He was the Principal of LST between January 2020 and August 2026, having been an undergraduate Theology student many years earlier (1982-1985). Currently, as a part-time Research Professor in Practical Theology, his main work is with postgraduate research students.

Mark’s research has combined a fascination with the empirical study of contemporary ecclesial life and various aspects of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. He has also contributed to constructive Pentecostal and Charismatic theology as it has developed over the last three decades. Mark’s work connects to the LST research themes of Church and Society, and Theology, Spirituality and Formation. Prospective research students are invited to discuss proposals with him, especially if their research resonates with his own interests.

Mark’s current research focuses on Pentecostal spirituality and digital ecclesiology. His most recent publications include:

• ‘Pentecostal Congregational Ecclesiology: Ordinary, Public and Digital’, Practical Theology 19.2 (2026), pp. 176-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2026.2646026

• ‘Pentecostal Digital Doxology: Exploring Hybridity, Liminality and Ecclesiology’, in Marcia Clarke and Steven Félix-Jäger (eds.), More Than a Song: The Public Witness of Pentecostal Worship (Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2026), pp. 88-109.

• ‘The Holy Spirit and the Digital Church: A Discussion of Calvin, Pentecost and Hybrid Ecclesial Practices’, in John McClean (ed.), The Holy Spirit and the Church: Papers from the Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference 2023 (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2025), pp. 33-51.

• ‘Digital Pentecostal Sacramentality: A Theological Reflection on Benny Hinn’s “Zoompartation”’, Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 34.1 (2025), pp. 96-114. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455251-bja10062

• ‘Pentecostalism and the Eucharist in a Digital Age: A Theological Reflection on Bill Johnson’s Praxis’, Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity, 44.2 (2024), pp. 93-109. https://doi:10.1080/27691616.2024.2329548

• ‘Empirical Theology as Theological Netnography: Methodological Considerations’, Journal of Empirical Theology, 35.2 (2022), pp. 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1163/15709256-20221435

• ‘Studying Digital Pentecostalism: Empirical-Theological Hermeneutics, Ethnography, and the Internet’, Pneuma: the Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 44.3-4 (2022), pp.479-96. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700747-bja10073

• ‘Virtual Mediation of the Holy Spirit: Prospects for Digital Pentecostalism’, PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements 21.1 (2022), pp. 30-50. https://doi.org/10.1558/pent.19914.

Prospective research students are invited to discuss proposals with him, especially if their research resonates with his own interests.