Preacher: The Rev’d Dr Clare Herbert, Tutor in Practical Theology, St Augustine’s College of Theology

Rev'd Dr Clare Herbert was ordained priest in 1994 following a career in child care social work, in university counselling, and in university chaplaincy. She has since been the Rector of St Anne's Church Soho, Lecturer in Inclusive Theology at St Martin in the Fields, and the National Coordinator of the Charity "Inclusive Church". Last year she was awarded a doctorate in Practical Theology from Anglia Ruskin University and is currently rewriting her thesis in queer theology for publication. She is an associate tutor at St Augustine's College of Theology. (She regards Soho as a turning point in her ministry where she learned both how to be a parish priest and how to avoid taking all her clothes off on stage. She is not joking...).