Ed is Director of Innovation and Development at St Mellitus. He was ordained in 2004 and has ministered in a wide variety of roles including; as a West End Theatre Chaplain, a Training Incumbent and most recently as National Adviser for Pioneer Ministry for the Church of England. Ed is a creative, a trained coach and is interested in the relationship between faith and culture. He loves to think outside of the box and to pioneer new things. He is married to Lisa and they have 3 children (including twins!). He loves the countryside, film and is an avid swimmer.

• BA (Hons) Geography
• BTh Theology

• Creating New Christian Communities
• The Forge: ‘Mission’ and ‘The Mixed Ecology’

• Missiology
• Pioneering
• Mixed Ecology
• Culture and Context
• The Arts and Creativity
• Worship

• The Mixed Ecologists, Experiences of Mixed Ecology Ministry in the Church of England: Dr Ruth Perrin and Ed Olsworth-Peter, Living Ministry, Church of England, 2021

Part of the Living Ministry research programme exploring clergy flourishing, this focused study examines an expanding area of ordained ministry which sees ministers engaging in pioneering initiatives alongside ‘inherited’ or gathered expressions of church as part of their parish ministry. The findings draw on 17 in-depth interviews with clergy across England who are interested in the relationship between the inherited and pioneering.

• ‘Seeing the Hidden Things’ Neurodivergence and Ministerial Formation (Published October 2026) Read Here  

Funded by the Church of England's TEI innovation fund this joint 2 year research project between St Mellitus College and The Queens Foundation Birmingham, seeks to raise awareness of the experiences of neurodivergent people training for ministry. The project emerged from a TEI (Theological Education Institution) working group, who observed that current practices seem to favour the neurotypical. The project draws together those interested in this area of research, bringing greater attention to it in the academy and in the church. Through publishing a research report, guidelines for good practice, a podcast and an interactive card based training tool the hope is that this will encourage good practice across TEIs and support the flourishing of all students through their formation, training and in their ongoing ministry.  

• Proclaiming Christmas, J.John (Philo Publishing, 2012) and Proclaiming Marriage, J.John (Philo Publishing, 2014)
• Anglican Evangelists, Archbishops College of Evangelists, SPCK (June 2019).
• Anvil Journal: Contextual inhabitation: Exploring the ‘where of the pioneer charism’ (CMS, Vol 35, Issue 3, 2019)
• Mixed Ecology: Inhabiting an Integrated Church (SPCK, July 2024) Read here
• The Starters Way: Leading New Contextual Communities, (Church Publishing, NYC, October 2025) Read here