Will Newcomb joined the staff of the London Mennonite Centre in 1984. He has handled much of the administration and the book keeping since then, and in 1994 took on the management of the book service.

He grew up in Bedford, England (John Bunyan country), and studied Civil Engineering at Manchester University before practising in South Africa for 3 years.

Taking a year out from the world of work he travelled to the West Indies with 3 friends in a 35 foot sloop. From there he spent 2 months hitch hiking all over the U.S.A. and Canada, and finally accepted Jesus just before flying back to the U.K.

Back in England he joined a large evangelical Anglican church in 1975 where he remained until moving to the Wood Green Mennonite Church in the early 80's.

For 7 years he worked for an international construction company and served as a temporary works design engineer in the overseas department.

His recreational passion is ice skating which he took up in 1991.

Since 1997 he's been singing in the Highgate Choral Society as a tenor. For the next performance see Highgate Choral Society. In 1999 he joined a Gospel Singing Class which puts on concerts several times a year.

In church, he is a regular member of the music group, playing a 12 string Maton guitar. He has served as an elder for 5 years, stepping down in 1994. His vision for the church is one which lives out the teachings of Jesus in every area of life, both personal and corporate. He longs to see others come into the new life and transforming relationship with God and for disciples of Jesus to honour him as King, above all authority and power, the state included. This has led him to help provide music at public acts of Christian witness against injustice and militarism.

His current book recommendations include: Metanoia's book of the year 2004 Post-Christendom by Stuart Murray and Consuming Passion: Why the Killing of Jesus Really Matters edited by Simon Barrow and Jonathan Bartley.

Links:
Mennonite Mission Network Article 2004
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