Chris is currently the Archdeacon of Barking, working mostly with the communities at the London end of Chelmsford Diocese. Prior to this he was Vice Dean and Canon Precentor at Sheffield Cathedral, as well as holding incumbencies in Stepney, East London and South Bank, Middlesbrough. Chris has an academic interest in the interface between liturgy and missiology and the place of inculturation in the life of the Church. He is also passionate about the mission of the Church in local parish communities. Chris is married to Helen, and they have two teenage daughters and a lively dachshund!