Blackpool, 1989
Christopher and Alison met in 1989 at a Full Gospel Business Men’s convention in Blackpool. Chris was a Court Enforcement officer and a member of the British Red Cross Society in his spare time; Alison was a Further Education lecturer. Retirement has taken them on a new journey as authors.
Proceeds from their work support students on the London International Bible College Distance Learning Courses. Christopher is the Course Administrator and Alison is the Main Assessor.
They rescued the College from closure in 2022, when the former dean, Dr Michael Vincent, went to be with the Lord. His book, The Miracle Pathway, has also been published in his honour to aid LIBC.
Christopher and Alison live in Welwyn Garden City and attend the Revival Church, under the ministry of the founders of LIBC, Dr Brad and Wyona Norman.
Three books, one thread
Chris and Alison write as a pair. Each book follows one Person of the Trinity and the way a life is shaped by knowing Him.
When God Comes Close — The Movements of a Formed Life
The Father who comes close, and what happens to a life when He does. Written for readers who know the doctrine of God’s fatherhood but want to meet it in ordinary days — in shaping, in patience, in being carried.
The workshop, the vine and the obedience of a Son
The third book in the sequence turns to Jesus — the carpenter’s bench, the vine and the vinedresser, and a Son who does only what He sees His Father doing. A study of Christ that stays close to the workshop floor.
To You, In You, and Through You
The Spirit’s work in three movements — what He brings to a believer, what He does within, and what He then does through an ordinary life. A practical book for Christians who want the gifts and the fruit to belong to the same walk.
Chris Brown
Written over ten years, left in a file box, then typed up and shared.
A collection of five books in one volume
It began in a moment of boredom, pen on paper. Wanting to pass on what God was saying, it came out as poetry. The poems gathered over ten years and sat in a file box before Chris typed them into five separate books — collected here to encourage and to give hope.
Alison H Brown
Etty for reading together, and a new title on the way.
Etty is the only black lamb in the flock. A gentle story about being different, being wanted and being known by name — a family book that speaks to adults as readily as to the children listening.
Protect My Seed — Protect My Land — Protect My Spirit
A new title from Alison Brown, in three movements — the seed, the land and the spirit, and what it takes to guard each one.
In memory
Not their own writing, but their own doing: a book brought back into print to support London International Bible College.
Published by Chris and Alison in honour of Dr Michael Vincent, former dean of London International Bible College, who went to be with the Lord in 2022. All proceeds aid the College. A French edition is in preparation for readers in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada.
About the authors
“Wanting to share what God was saying with others, somehow it flowed as poetry.”
Chris grew up in the West Sussex town of Worthing, the eldest son of a motorcycle mechanic. He left school at sixteen and would describe himself as non-academic, working a range of manual jobs before a career as a Court Enforcement officer.
He became a Christian in 1976. In 1989 met Alison, then a Further Education lecturer, at a Full Gospel Business Men’s convention in Blackpool. In 2025 they started to write together.
Today their writing serves the College they saved: proceeds from every title go to students on the London International Bible College Distance Learning Courses, where Chris is Course Administrator and Alison is Main Assessor.
Where to buy & get in touch
All titles are stocked by Good News Bookshop, with UK delivery and church bulk orders on request.
goodnewsbookshop.co.ukFor bulk copies, study-group discounts or a speaking request, contact the publisher and we will pass it on to Chris and Alison.
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