Mark Griffiths (minister)
Mark Griffiths (born June 1968) is a minister, author and lecturer. He is noted for his national and international work on missiology, particularly the church’s work with children, young people and families. Theological education. Griffiths was born in Maesteg, South Wales, UK.  His initial theological education took place at Mattersey Hall, Nottinghamshire and his PhD is from Nottingham University.  He was initially ordained as a Pentecostal Minister in 1990 and ordained as an Anglican Priest in 2007.   He is presently Dean for Discipleship at St Padarn’s Institute the training arm of the Church in Wales .   Griffiths's PhD is in education, theology and cultural anthropology and is titled, “The Legacy of Robert Raikes – a comparative study.”  Some of the findings from this PhD were later published under the title, “One Generation from Extinction”. Ordained ministry. Griffiths has been a regular contributor to teaching at various theological colleges including Mattersey Hall, Notts and Cliff College, Sheffield. As well as teaching internationally, most recently at Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand, but also in Albania, America, Australia and Finland.  He is also on the Board of Directors for Scripture Union (England & Wales).  He was appointed as a  Justice of the Peace in 2001, chairing courts in Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Uxbridge, Reading and Cardiff. In 2017 he joined of St Padarn’s Institute, the training arm of the Church in Wales, where he holds the title Dean for Discipleship.  He is responsible for curates and other licensed ministers and oversees the development of Anglican children, youth and family work across Wales on behalf of the Bishop of Llandaff.  He is also associate lecture at Cardiff University where in 2018 he developed the Master of Theology Programme in Children, Young People and Families, which continues to attract candidates from  across the UK and beyond.  He is also Christian Mission module leader for the University of Wales Trinity St David. Publications. He is the author of resource books for church’s working with children and families, of historical works looking at the development of the church’s work with children, young people and families over the last two hundred years, theological resources looking at the spiritual development of the child, and more overt research based books looking at the development of Sunday Schools and children’s clubs across the UK, Australia and New Zealand and youth groups across the UK  – looking most recently at the pressures young people face in the 21st century, and developments in church planting and fresh expressions of church. Personal life. He has been married to Rhian since 1994 and they have three children, Nia, Owen and Elliot.