Pete Owen-Jones

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name = Peter Owen-Jones


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birth_date = 1957
birth_place = South London, England
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church = Church of England
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ordained = 1993
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congregations = Firle, Sussex
offices_held = Subdean, Rector
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spouse = Jac Owen-Jones
children = India, Jonson, Harris & Eden
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footnotes = Reverend Peter Owen-Jones is an English Anglican clergyman, author and television presenter.

Pete began his working life as a farm labourer in South Eastern England. From there he moved into being the owner of a mobile disco before becoming an advertising copywriter in London prior to being ordained into the Anglican Church.

He initial ran three parishes in Cambridgeshire as the Rector of Haslingfield (Harlton, Great Eversden and Little Eversden), however resigned from his post in 2005 and relocated to the Chichester Diocese in West Sussex. He was recruited by the BBC to front a series of religious television program which would look at different aspects of Christian and other faiths where he has received critical acclaim from many quarters.

Books

* Bed of Nails: An Advertising Executive's Journey Through Theological College (1998)
* Small Boat, Big Sea: One Year's Journey as a Parish Priest (2000)
* Psalm (2005)

Television

* The Power and the Glory BBC Four
* The Battle for Britain's Soul. BBC Two
* The Lost Gospels BBC Four
* Extreme Pilgrim. BBC Two