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Rev. Dr Mark Keown

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Introduction

Mark Keown directs Evangelistic Leadership at Laidlaw College. He teaches and mentors leaders in evangelism, apologetics, and church planting. A former school teacher, Mark completed a BTh with First Class Honours and a ThD on evangelistic mandate. He is also a singer-songwriter, performing with the band “Already Not Yet,” integrating music and ministry to inspire students and church communities.

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“I am committed to developing leaders for evangelism, apologetics, church planting, and mission renewal, grounded in biblical insight and practical experience.”

Something Personal

Mark enjoys music, songwriting, and integrating worship with ministry training.

Qualifications

ThD – Doctor of Theology, Laidlaw College, 2005
BTh (Hons) – Bachelor of Theology with First Class Honours, Laidlaw College
DipTch – Diploma of Teaching

Professional Experience

Director of Evangelistic Leadership, Laidlaw College
Minister, Greenlane Presbyterian Church and Mt Roskill Baptist Church
Community outreach worker
Singer-songwriter and performer

Books

Jesus as the New Joshua: A Typological Reading (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, forthcoming 2027)

Reading the New Testament (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2024)

Galatians: A Commentary for Students (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2024)

Pneumaformity: Transformation by the Spirit in Paul (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2024)

Philippians. A Commentary. (2022). https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/commentary/philippians/

Discovering the New Testament, Vol 3: The General Epistles and Revelation (Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2022).

Journal Essays

"Participating in the New Creation in Ephesians." Religions 16(2) (2025). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020158

"The Missional Power of the Christ-Hymn." Religions 15(6) (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15060711

"The Vision for Intercultural Church in Ephesians 2 and Colossians 3." Lexington Theological Journal 70(1-4) (December 2022): 15-35.

"Engaging with outsiders: Insights into sharing the gospel from Colossians 4: 5-6." Stimulus: The New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought and Practice, 29(2)(2022): 14–19. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.010385844208259

Book Chapters

"The Challenge to Toxic Masculinity in Ephesians." Pages 156-77 in Pauline Ethics. PAST 11. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon. Leiden: Brill, 2026. DOI:

""The human body and Christ's church: Extending Paul's metaphor through his somatic understanding." In Hope: Growing Flourishing Church Communities that Transform and Heal People. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2025.

https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004766020-008

Conference Presentations

"Who Are Christ's Ambassadors." Forthcoming Denver, 2026 ETS

"The Priority of Evangelism in God's Mission." Boston, 2025 ETS.

"The Kingdom of God as "Colonizing" Power." San Diego, 2024 ETS.

"An Evangelistic Reading of Luke-Acts." San Antonio, 2023 ETS.

"Initial Discipleship and Sexual Holiness." Denver, 2022 ETS.

"A Vision for Intercultural Church in Ephesians 2 and Colossians 3." Denver, 2022 SBL.

Other

Chair of Biblical Evangelism Consultation ETS 2024-

Teaching & Expertise

New Testament studies (Gospels, Acts, Pauline letters, General Letters, Revelation)
Biblical theology
Evangelism and apologetics
Church planting and mission leadership

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