Tim Chester (Ph. D. , University of Wales) is a church planter and Bible teacher. He serves as codirector of The Porterbrook Network, which equips individuals and churches to rediscover mission, and director of the Northern Training Institute, which provides integrated theological and missional training for church leaders. He is coleader of the Crowded House, a group of church-planting networks. His books include Good News to the Poor, The Message of Prayer, Total Church and You Can Change. He and his family live in Sheffield, U. K.
