A FORMER Beaumont Park gardener has penned a book about Christianity and the church.

Christopher Brearley’s third book Reclaiming Church is now available in Christian bookshops.

Christopher, from Birkby, said:“The early church had its faults just like the churches of today.

“The book examines what we might learn from the mistakes of the early church.”

Christopher, 55, who now lives in York, was a gardener at Beaumont Park from 1961 to 1966.