A brief history of LAC
Our Mission Statement
Help and services
Inside the Church
Chris and Susie Martin
Welcome to Lyon Anglican Church here in the heart of beautiful Lyon, France's second major
city.
This website aims to provide you with practical information to enable you to come and
worship with God's family, whether you are living in Lyon or just visiting.
We also aim to provide some basic understanding of Christianity and the Anglican Church for
those seeking more information.
Whatever your situation, we encourage you to come and meet with God's family.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for
you. Luke 11:9
Who are we?
We are a dynamic, Bible-based, multi-national, English-speaking church; welcoming people from all countries and cultures; helping them to grow in their fellowship and faith in Christ, while serving God, each other and the community.
If you are searching for other English speaking churches in Europe you can find a list of these by visiting the ICS web site:
Lyon Anglican Church is a member of the Intercontinental Church Society ICS
http://www.ics-uk.org
It is also part of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe
http://www.europe.anglican.org
The Anglican Church offical web site:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org
About the Chaplain and his wife:
Chris Martin has been Chaplain of the Lyon Anglican Church since October 2000. He read History at Balliol College, Oxford, in the 1960s, and then worked in educational publishing for 20 years in London, Paris, and Oxford. His first adult church-going experience was at the Eglise Réformée, in the rue de l’Ouest in Paris, when he was working there for OUP. He came to faith at St Andrew’s, Linton Road, Oxford, under the teaching of Colin Bennetts, in the late 1970s, and trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
Chris was fortunate enough to do a curacy under Dennis Lennon, at St Thomas’s, Glasgow Road, Edinburgh. After that he spent 10 years as Rector of Christ Church, Duns, in the Scottish Borders. For much of that time he was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bible Society of Scotland. His interests include 20th century history, current affairs, food and wine, and coarse gardening. He is a keen rugby supporter, in spite of living close to Bourgoin Jallieu! His heroes include John le Carré and Eugene Peterson. He is less enthusiastic about football supporters, New Labour politicians, lawyers, and bishops. Chris is best known for his dry sense of humour interwoven with sound biblical teaching and an amazing ability to rememember everyone’s names.
Chris has been married to Susie for quite a long time. She is from Scotland. Her father was an Edinburgh GP, and one grandfather was a Church of Scotland missionary in China for 30 years. Susie read Modern Languages at Aberdeen, and then taught English in Frankfurt and French in Oxford. More recently she re-trained as a Counsellor, and is the prime mover in the LAC Counselling service.
Chris and Susie have two children. Joanna lives in High Wycombe, works for DFID in London, and is married
to Craig, a hospital doctor. Jeremy lives in Plymouth, works for an international pharmaceuticals
company, and is about to get married to Anna.