He taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon from 1980 to 1984, where he met his wife and where his two sons John and Mark were born.
During that time he carried out both teaching and research[1] duties was also involved in setting up a large environmental project in the Bekaa with A Rocha Lebanon.
In summer 2014 Chris took the opportunity to take early retirement from teaching in order to take up the voluntary position of Mediterranean Conservation Science Coordinator with A Rocha International.
[4] As John Haworth, he wrote two thrillers, which were published in the United States by Crossway; and have also been translated into Swedish and German: Heart of Stone and Rock of Refuge.
Chris has also co-authored a number of non-fiction books, particularly The Life: A Portrait of Jesus (Authentic, 2003), with J. John.