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 has been the Principal of LST since January 2020, returning to his alma mater (he was a BA Hons Theology student 1982-1985). He combines his leadership role with some teaching, research supervision, leading and preaching in chapel, as well as external speaking engagements. He has permission to officiate in the Church of England dioceses of London and Oxford.

Mark’s research has combined a fascination with the empirical study of contemporary ecclesial life with 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. More recently, Mark has established an interest in the areas of public theology and digital ecclesiology. He has supervised PhD students on various topics in relation to Pentecostal and Charismatic studies.

Mark’s current research focuses on public theology and digital ecclesiology.

For public theology, his publications include:

• (with Simo Frestadius), eds., Pentecostal Public Theology: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe, CHARIS: Christianity and Renewal – Interdisciplinary Studies series (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024);
• (with Kimberly Ervin Alexander, Melissa Archer, and Michael D. Palmer), eds., Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence Against Women (Leiden: Brill, 2022);
• The Holy Spirit and Public Life: Empowering Ecclesial Praxis (Minneapolis, MN: Lexington Books / Fortress Academic Press, 2022);
• ‘British Pentecostalism and Public Theology: Navigating the Path between Discipleship and Citizenship’, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, 41.2 (2021), pp. 108-23.
• (with Sarah Dunlop, Heather Buckingham and Sophie Bremner), Megachurches and Social Engagement: Public Theology in Practice (Leiden: Brill, 2019).

For digital ecclesiology and the use of digital research methods within practical theology, see:

• ‘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 Studies3-4 (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 1 (2022), pp. 30-50. https://doi.org/10.1558/pent.19914.

Mark’s work connects to the research themes of Church and Society and Theology and Spirituality. Prospective research students are invited to discuss proposals with him, especially if their research resonates with his own interests.

You can find a full list of Mark’s publications here