Richard Ian "Rico" Tice (born 3 June 1966) is an

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clergyman and writer, co-author of '' Christianity Explored.'' He is currently associate minister at

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, London, and is well known in the UK as a speaker at

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Christian conferences and an

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of national standing.

Early life

Born in

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in 1966, the son of a businessman and a nurse, Tice grew up in

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and

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. He was educated at

Sherborne School (God and My Right) , established = 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 , closed = , type = Public school Independent, boarding school , religion = Church of England , president = , chair_label = Chairman of the governors , ...

, Dorset and spent a

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working as a youth worker in inner-city

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. He then studied History at

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, where he also captained the rugby team. His progress towards full-time Christian ministry began with a period as a lay assistant at Christ Church Clifton in Bristol. After working briefly for

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, he trained for

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Christian ministry

He was ordained in the

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in 1994, and shortly afterwards joined the staff team at the internationally known

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in 1994 as associate minister. His main role is to help the hundreds of enquirers about the

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who come through the doors of the church each year. In an interview in 2000 he confirmed his desire to focus on

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. He co-wrote '' Christianity Explored'' with Barry Cooper; this is a widely used range of resources for people enquiring about the Christian faith. He also presents the associated videos. In 2003, 2009 and 2013, Tice led the

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mission at Oxford University. He is a non-executive director of Christians in Sport. Tice has written a number of books in collaboration with co-authors, many of them published by

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. His book Faithful Leaders and the things that matter most was published in 2021 is a response to a series of scandals about leadership failure in the evangelical church.

Personal life

Tice was married at All Souls, Langham Place, London on 20 December 2008. He lists his hobbies as rugby, golf and films.

Bibliography

In addition to his work on '' Christianity Explored'' Tice has published a number of books on evangelism, and other books aimed at explaining the Christian faith for those investigating it. Books include: * ''Honest Evangelism: how to talk about Jesus even when it's tough'', co-written with Carl Laferton
A Very Different Christmas
co-written with Nate-Morgan Locke
Capturing God
a book that explores the Easter message
Faithful Leaders and the things that matter most

(2021)

References

External links

Photo of Rico Tice
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tice, Rico 1966 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford 21st-century English Anglican priests Anglican writers Evangelical Anglican clergy People educated at Sherborne School