Stephen J. Poxon is a member of the Salvation Army in Luton Bedforshire. Having previously worked as an officer and community worker for the Salvation Army, he now combines employment within the Methodist church in Bedforshire with freelance writing projects. Poxon studied theology at St. Andrew's College, North Yorkshire, and Wycliffe Hall, a private college of the University of Oxford. He is the author Through the Year with William Booth and Through the Year with Catherine Booth.