Chris Lane is Tutor in Pioneer and Planting Ministry at St Mellitus College, He planted Langworthy Community Church in 2004, a pioneering missional church in inner-city Salford, Greater Manchester, and still leads the church now. Chris helped to start the Eden youth project in Salford. Chris is married to Esther, and they have three children, who are being taught to follow Jesus and Manchester United, in that order. In his spare time, Chris enjoys running, reading, and watching sport.

• Ordinary Miracles: mess, meals and meeting Jesus in unexpected places (Instant Apostle, 2017)
• Not Forgotten: Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness (Instant Apostle, 2023)

Chris graduated with an MA in Theology at Chester University in 2016, focussing on urban theology, hospitality and the common meal tradition in the gospels and the earliest church

• Mission, Apologetics and Contemporary Culture
• Ecclesiology
• Creating New Christian Communities (course leader)
• Beginning Theology