In office 15 July 2015–present Profession Bishop, lecturer Ordination 1980 Nationality British Name Graham Kings Consecration June 24, 2009 | Denomination Anglican Role Bishop of Sherborne Other posts Bishop of Sherborne Spouse Alison | |
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Born 10 October 1953 (age 70) ( 1953-10-10 ) Children 3 adult daughters: Ros, Miriam & Katie Books Offerings from Kenya to Anglicanism: Liturgical Texts and Contexts Including A Kenyan Service of Holy Communion | ||
Alma mater Hertford College, Oxford | ||
Dr Graham Kings - Bishop Of Sherborne - Succes Stories
Graham Kings (born 10 October 1953) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 15 July 2015, he has been Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion. He was previously consecrated as the Anglican Bishop of Sherborne on 24 June 2009 at a service in Westminster Abbey; he had been the final area bishop under the 1981–2009 area scheme.
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- Dr Graham Kings Bishop Of Sherborne Succes Stories
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Publications
- Styles
- References
Early life and education
Kings was born in Barkingside, Essex, on the eastern outskirts of London. He is one of two children. He was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hertford College, Oxford, Ridley Hall Theological College, Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Utrecht University. He trained for the priesthood at Ridley Hall in Cambridge.
Career
Between school and Oxford, Kings was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards on a short service limited commission (gap year). Between Oxford and Cambridge, he was a caretaker at All Souls Church, Langham Place, in London (1977–78). His first post was served as a curate in Harlesden following which he then spent seven years as a Church Mission Society mission partner as Director of Studies and then as Vice-Principal of St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya. He was appointed an honorary canon of St Andrew’s Cathedral in Kerugoya, Kenya, in 1991.
On his return to Britain, in 1992 Kings became the first Lecturer in Mission Studies at the Cambridge Theological Federation and then founded and directed the Henry Martyn Centre for the Study of Mission and World Christianity at Westminster College in the federation (renamed the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide in 2014) and was an affiliated lecturer in the faculty of divinity of the university. In 2000, Kings became vicar of St Mary's Islington. Kings was consecrated a bishop on 24 June 2009 and installed as the Bishop of Sherborne.
Kings moved to be the “Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion” following his resignation from Sherborne on 15 July 2015, an innovative post which has been created by the partnership of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church Mission Society and Durham University. He is based in London with frequent visits to Durham. He will travel throughout the Anglican Communion convening seminars for theologians, especially in Africa and Asia and Latin America. Details of Kings role in the new post are on The Living Church [1].
Kings co-founded Fulcrum, an evangelical Anglican think tank, in 2003 and is its theological secretary . He has written articles for The Guardian and The Times.
Personal life
Kings married Alison Audrey Britton in 1977 and they have three daughters. Alison Kings is a psychotherapist.
Publications
He has published three books: