Revd Greg Downes
Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership and Lecturer in Evangelism and Apologetics
MA (Oxon), BSc (Surrey), PGCE (Cantab), PGCT (Exon), DipMin (Oxon)
Areas of Special Interest: evangelism, apologetics and missiology; applied theology (especially discipleship, preaching and leadership) and the role of faith in public life.
A native of Lancaster, Greg moved to London to study for a degree in Social Policy and Administration before completing a PGCE in Religious Education at Cambridge and then becoming the Head of RE at the Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith.
A brief stint followed as John Stott's study assistant before reading Theology at Oxford and being ordained into the Church of England.
Since ordination Greg has been the Curate of Holy Trinity Church, Hazlemere, High Wycombe; Senior Chaplain of HMP & YOI Ashfield, Bristol; Tutor in Evangelism at the London School of Theology (during which time he was an associate minister at St Andrew's Chorleywood); Chaplain at Pembroke College, Oxford and then the Oxford Pastorate Chaplain (based at St. Aldate’s Church)
Greg is passionate about communicating the Good News of Jesus Christ in a way that is both compelling and culturally relevant. He is a frequent speaker at missions and conferences and it has been his privilege to minister in a wide variety of missional contexts (universities, schools, prisons and pubs etc) on five continents. He is the editor and a contributing author of More Ways Than One, a volume written by J John’s associate evangelists exploring a methodology for evangelism in the post-modern world.
Greg is theologian-in-residence to Christianity Magazine as well as being on the leadership team of {Onel!fe}, an organisation committed to raising up transformational leaders among youth and is an associate of Global Leadership, New York.
He is married to Tamie, a GP, and they have a daughter, Anastasia. He enjoys travelling (especially the USA and Italy), the theatre, cinema, skiing and squash.
