Having worked for The Salvation Army's UK Mission Team for 12 years,Russell Rook is now the Director of ALOVE, The Salvation Army for a new generation in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Russell is the chairman of the executive committee for 'Youthwork, the Partnership,' a coalition of national youth work support agencies, and is a consultative editor for Youthwork magazine.

Russell is currently undertaking post-graduate research into the relationship between theology and culture at King's College London. He is the author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Kingdom, a commentary on Matthew 13, A Certain Rumour and What are we waiting for?: Christian Hope and Comtemporary Culture(with Stephen Holmes) all published by Authentic Media. -Editorial Review.