About us

Our team

Senior Editor: David Baker

David works as Senior Editor of both the newspaper and the website, ably assisted by the brilliant team below. Until recently also a full-time church minister (as were his two immediate predecessors as Editor), he has retired from ministry for medical reasons following an accident, but continues to work with en enjoying the greater scope that retirement gives him to do more as he is able.

Operations Manager: Rob Clarke

Rob assists David with laying out the content of the newspaper and works to keep the production schedule rolling and the company running.

News: Nicola Laver

Nicola covers mostly UK news, with an emphasis on legal developments. She also investigates stories and helps produce the final news for the paper. Nicola is a dual qualified solicitor and journalist.

News: Rebecca Chapman

Rebecca conducts interviews and writes articles for en, often about cultural issues. She has a theology degree, as well as diplomas in management and Christian counselling.

Reviews Editor: John Woods

John edits the Evangelicals Now Reviews section. He is also the Training Director for the School of Preachers.

Assistant Editor (Online): Milla Ling-Davies

As well as writing articles, Milla helps with managing the website’s editorial content and development.

News: Luke Randall

Luke looks after en's social media, investigates stories and writes articles for the newspaper with an emphasis on world news.

Proofreading: Betty and Philip Miles

Each month, Philip and Betty proofread articles that go into the newspaper.

News: Emily Pollok

Emily works for en as a freelance journalist, writing news stories, conducting interviews and also aiding en's email marketing. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and after seven years of working in journalism and communications in the US, has recently moved home to Scotland.

Multimedia Journalist & Audience Engagement Officer: Lydia Houghton

Lydia works full-time for en. She does a variety of tasks, including creating social media content and writing stories. She trained as a broadcast journalist before going on to do a master's in creative writing.

Managing Director: Simon Byrne

Simon is en's Managing Director, with responsibility for strategic implementation, organisational development, and executive leadership. He has worked in church and Christian charity settings, with experience across governance, operations and leadership, having previously worked in procurement. He has also undertaken postgraduate study in theology.

Sales and Distribution: Malcolm Havell
Malcolm ensures that our subscribers get their copy of the paper every month be that directly by post, through their church agent or local Christian bookshop. He also looks after advertising in the paper.

Consultative Editors: Ellelein Kirk and Professor David Watts
Each month, Ellelein and David are consulted about the latest issue of the newspaper, and offer feedback and guidance.

Governance

The team are responsible to a board of directors chaired by Joel Morris, Executive Director of Union School of Theology, and are accountable to around 50 ‘members’ who support the board in overseeing en.