InterviewBlog | In conversation with Mark Bailey Interview by Jo Swinney
In conversation with Mark Bailey Interview by Jo Swinney
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 09.03.15
REVEREND CANON MARK BAILEY became the leader of New Wine in 2014, having been involved in the movement for over 20 years. He is also the lead pastor of Trinity Cheltenham (www.trinitycheltenham.com). He is married to Karen and they have three grown-up children.
JS When was your first vivid encounter with the Holy Spirit? What happened? How did it change you?
I actually came from a Christian background, my father was a minister in the Church, but everything about Church, and my experience of Christianity at school, had driven me away. I genuinely found the whole thing rather boring and irrelevant and unengaging, and, like countless others of my generation, quietly slipped away from the Church. I gave myself to the world of rugby, and the occasional bit of academic study, and general hedonism. It was whilst playing in a rugby match that I was injured and became unable to move.
