Geoff is married with three daughters, and is a lifelong Chelsea fan. He completed a theology degree at Spurgeon's College, London, then trained and worked as a secondary school teacher.

Following this, he joined  Emmanuel Baptist Church in Gravesend as a Youth Ministry Worker in association with Kent Youth & Community Service.

Geoff set up The Windmill Youth Centre, and ran 'Christmas Cracker' projects for several years, raising funds and awareness of world issues through running restaurants and radio stations. He pioneered the Youth Worship event 'No Limits' in locals schools. He was Associate Minister with the same church in Gravesend for a number of years, helping to launch the Shears Green Congregation, before moving to Faversham in 1998.

In 1998 / 1999 Geoff was President of the Kent Baptist Association. Since coming to Faversham, he has led the church through an extensive building renovation programme and been active within Churches Together in Faversham. He has chaired the local Christian Aid working group for many years. He regularly visits schools to take assemblies and was a Governor at Davington Primary for ten years.

Amongst many other things, Geoff is the executive member for the East Kent Baptist Network on the South Eastern Baptist Association (SEBA) and is involved with its Ministerial Recognition Group.

A Favourite Bible Verse: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11)

Geoff enjoys music of all kinds, watching sport, walking, running, painting, genealogy, reading, camping and much else.

Read posts from Geoff aka The Electric Monk
in the church blog The Big Conversation:

Give It Up For Lent Tue 21 Feb 2012 It’s Ash Wednesday tomorrow – the beginning of Lent. Traditionally we find things to give up during Lent (the graphic above left shows the top things given up for Lent last year).  According to the Independent, an online survey shows that more than one in five British adults is planning to do something for Lent. Read more...	Blessed Are The Well Off Mon 13 Feb 2012 Monty Python’s Life Of Brian brilliantly illustrates how easy it is to mishear what Jesus is actually saying. On Sunday we were looking at Matthew 5 – Jesus’ teaching in what we call the Sermon on the Mount. You will probably remember the scene in the Monty Python film where, because of the squbbling among members of the... Read more...
Top Five Regrets of the Dying Thu 2 Feb 2012 Yesterday The Guardian published an article: Top Five Regrets Of The Dying – A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life? If that makes you think, I’ve... Read more...	Beyond 400 Thu 19 Jan 2012 ‘Beyond 400′ is the name of this year’s Baptist Assembly, happening in London over the first weekend in May – 400 years after the first Baptist church on home soil began. The Assemly aims to explore what it means to be Baptist in today’s world and celebrate together 400 years of Baptist witness in the UK and... Read more...
Quote: The Paradox of Worship Wed 11 Jan 2012 Michael Perry “The Paradox of Worship” (London: SPCK, 1977), p10: “Worship is not a human activity directed at God, but a divine activity initiated by God in which we are privileged to share. God draws men to worship with him; the Father seeks people to worship him in Spirit and in truth” Read more...	Another Route Wed 4 Jan 2012 It’s traditional of course to begin the New Year with some resolutions. From the hands that went up last Sunday in our congregation, it seems that the practice isn’t dead. The only person willing to publicly name their intentions indicated that their resolution was to get to church worship on time in future.  What’s yours? We’re only four... Read more...