Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

Sharon Prentis, talking about race and ethnicity in church

Episode Summary

Conversations of Grace! The Revd Dr Sharon Prentis is Mission Enabler & Dean of Black and Minority Ethnic Affairs for the Church of England in Birmingham. Amongst other things she is the author of Every Tribe: Stories of Diverse Saints Serving a Diverse World.

Episode Notes

Revd Dr Sharon Prentis is all about enriching the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. She joins the Tent to talk about the state of theological education, recruiting and training clergy from all walks of life, and how to set spaces to talk about race and ethnicity within our church circles. She wants us create places of peace, not just for ourselves but for other people. Along the way we ask if it is even possible to have a church of England that is not “nationalist", and we find out what she wishes everyone entering the church would know.

More about Sharon Prentis HERE 

More about her book "Every Tribe" HERE

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