Richard England is Assistant Curate of Whitfield Parish in Glossop, Derbyshire on the northern edge of the Peak District. He spent his 20s on the staff team of St Thomas’ in Sheffield overseeing much of the church’s pioneering work in Sheffield’s inner-city communities and among children and students. His concern is to help churches take the best of their remarkable heritage and rework it for effective discipleship and mission in the 21st century. Richard is married to Kathryn and they have two daughters.