Peter Owen Jones

Peter Owen Jones dropped out of public school at the age of 16 and went to Australia to make his fortune. Back in the UK, he began his working life as a farm labourer in South England and then ran a mobile disco before moving to London where he started in advertising and worked his way up to creative director. In his late 20s and with a wife and two children, he gave up his commercial life to follow a calling to the Anglican ministry by enrolling at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. In early 1996 he...See more

Peter Owen Jones dropped out of public school at the age of 16 and went to Australia to make his fortune. Back in the UK, he began his working life as a farm labourer in South England and then ran a mobile disco before moving to London where he started in advertising and worked his way up to creative director. In his late 20s and with a wife and two children, he gave up his commercial life to follow a calling to the Anglican ministry by enrolling at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. In early 1996 he gained notoriety when he conducted a service for the Newbury bypass protestors. In 1998, he ran three parishes in Cambridgeshire as the Rector of Haslingfield, before resigning from his post in 2005, to relocate to the benefice of Glynde, West Firle and Beddingham. Peter was recruited by the BBC and has fronted a number of Series including Around the World in 80 Faiths a travel documentary encountering different religions. Extreme Pilgrim, in which he lived as a Chinese Buddhist monk, a Christian monk and an Indian ascetic. - And How To Live A Simple Life, a three part series in which Peter tries to turn his back on consumerism. Peter also has a regular monthly column in The Sunday Times entitled Walks. Peter has written a number of books including: Around the World in 80 Faiths, Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim and Reflections on Life, Love and the Soul. See less