The Distillery Church

Martin

Martin is an alien (in the US at least), having grown up in England. He has been trying to follow Jesus since 1982 and for the next 25 years he was involved in various Christian Unions and Church of England churches where he learned (and subsequently unlearned and relearned) a lot about what that means. In 1994 he married Carolyn in Oxford while studying for his doctorate (in Physical Chemistry) and their first two children Miriam and Beth were born in Cambridge (where Martin was not still studying but earning an honest wage). In 2007, Martin moved with two children and a pregnant wife to Albany New York to continue his work in a software development at a high-tech engineering company. A few months later, their son Evan was born. 

While worshipping at the Albany Vineyard, Martin met John and caught his vision for planting a new church in Albany and is currently applying what he learned as a group leader ina big churchin the UK to helping to form a new churchin the US. As well as working full-time and contributing to designing this church, Martin enjoys music, reading, taking photographs and is currently reliving his rock-band-playing youth through the Guitar Hero games.