Luke grew up in the Philippines and Indonesia before moving to England for his final years of schooling. He studied English Literature at university and after five years of teaching English at a secondary school moved to Oak Hill to train for ordination in the Church of England. Luke served his curacy at a church in Banbury and then in 2015 moved to Chile with his wife Mary and their two children. The family were based in Santiago, the capital of Chile and were involved in the ministry of the Centre for Pastoral Studies - a small Bible College that trains men and women for Christian leadership throughout Chile and beyond.
While teaching at CEP Luke began a doctoral research project that explored the intersection between contemporary Roman Catholicism, Christology and political theology. His dissertation was recently published by SCM Press as ‘Gustavo Gutiérrez and The Liberative Sight of Christ.’ The family returned to the UK from Chile in 2022 and were based in South London where Luke’s time was shared between ministry in a local church and teaching at the Cornhill Training Course.
Luke joined Oak Hill in 2024 and has loved being involved in the ministry of the college as it seeks to form leaders who love the Lord Jesus and who are equipped for a lifetime of ministry in which this love overflows to those around them. Luke and his family attend Christ Church Cockfosters. Luke lives on the Oak Hill campus with his family, where you'll often hear them playing table tennis in their garden or see them out for a stomp in the woods. He loves to read quality literature and formulaic whodunnits - and loves the excuse that having children gives him to listen to cheesy pop.