During his time in Notting Hill, he oversaw the restoration of St. Peter’s, a Grade 2* listed building, as well as developing a community cafe on Portobello Road and a Prison Fellowship team at Wormwood Scrubs.

[...] Without seeking to diminish the value of many committed same-sex relationships, for which there is much to give thanks, we find ourselves constrained by what we sincerely believe the Scriptures teach which cannot be set aside.

[16]During the Church of England's February 2023 General Synod meeting, Watson was one of four bishops in the house to vote against the successful proposal to introduce blessings and prayers for same-sex relationships.

[17] He also voted against introducing "standalone services for same-sex couples" on a trial basis during a meeting of the General Synod in November 2023; the motion passed.

[27] The grandson of CMS missionaries in China, Watson has a strong commitment to the global church, especially in those parts of the world where Christians face discrimination and persecution.

As a young adult he met with Christians behind the Iron Curtain, and has since travelled to China, India, Pakistan and parts of Africa where religious extremism is on the rise.

[29] On 10 November 2018, he and his wife took a walk on Longsands Beach in Tynemouth exactly a hundred years after his grandfather received his call to missionary service there.