Who's who

Chris Wright is an honorary member of the All Souls staff, and one of the preaching team. 

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1947, the son of missionary parents, and nurtured as an Irish Presbyterian. After university in Cambridge, he started his career as a schoolteacher in Belfast. Then, after doing a doctorate in Old Testament ethics, he was ordained in the Church of England in1977 and served a curacy in the Parish Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Tonbridge, Kent.

In 1983 he took his family to India and taught at the Union Biblical Seminary (UBS), Pune for five years as a mission partner with Crosslinks. While at UBS he taught a variety of Old Testament courses at BD and MTh levels. In 1988 he returned to the UK as Director of Studies at All Nations Christian College (an international training centre for cross-cultural mission), and was appointed Principal there in September 1993.

In September 2001 he was appointed International Director of the Langham Partnership International. This is a group of ministries originally founded by John Stott, committed to the strengthening of the church in the Majority World through fostering leadership development, biblical preaching, literature and doctoral scholarships.

He has written several books, including:

Chris, who enjoys running and watching rugby, has a passion to bring to life the relevance of the OT to Christian mission and ethics, and loves preaching and teaching the Bible. He and his wife Liz live in London and have four adult children and a growing number of grandchildren.