Rick Creighton grew up in Northern Ireland and studied maths at Oxford and then taught maths at a secondary school in England. After that, he studied theology at Moore Theological College in Sydney and London School of Theology. He served as a church pastor in England for ten years, before moving to Nigeria in 2012, where he has been teaching at ECWA Theological Seminary Kagoro and Jos ECWA Theological Seminary. Rick is married to Alanna. They have three children: Asha, Conor, and Jack.
