About
Ian leads the cross-cultural training at Moorlands College. Having previously been both BA and MA Course Leader, he is also Director of Academic Quality with responsibility for making sure that the study opportunities that the College provides are as good as they can be.
He left school early because he wanted to escape education and enter the world of work, but first spent a gap year with Operation Mobilization. That led to a radical change in direction, where Ian went to Aberdeen University and eventually earned a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. After studying at All Nations Christian College he worked in Central Asia for ten years. There he initially focused on IT teaching in a local university and team leadership, but soon found a passion for church planting and teaching in a bible college, forming leaders for the rapidly growing church. During those years, he completed a research masters, and changed what he was teaching from computing science to world religions.
Ian is married with three children (almost) in their twenties. He is on the board of Wycliffe Bible Translators (UK).
Research interests
Ian is fascinated by how culture impacts how we express our faith, particularly how it affects our ideas about leadership and how to do church. He also speaks on Christian responses to Islam and the nature of the mission of the church.
