The Rev Dr. Les Martin is an East Tennessee native, ordained here in the 1990s.  He has recently
returned with his wife Kate from Nigeria, where he was a full-time missionary and professor for 9 years.  He is a priest of the Anglican Diocese of Pankshin, Nigeria, where he serves in the role of Canon Theologian and as an Archdeacon. A graduate of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Trinity School for Ministry, his interests lie primary in the fields of liturgics, spiritual formation, and historical theology with a Reformation emphasis. His full-time work is at Methodist Medical Center where he serves as Pallative Care
Chaplain. He also has a limited ministry of spiritual direction.  His wife, Kate, is a commercial airline pilot, and she recently gave birth to their son Isaiah Leslie Martin.