Rico Tice
{{Short description|English writer (born 1966)}}
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Bristol University
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
| ordained = 1994
| writings = Christianity Explored
| congregations = All Souls, Langham Place (1994–2024)
| offices_held = Associate minister
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Richard Ian "Rico" Tice (born 3 June 1966) is a Christian minister and evangelist, who was, until 2024, an Anglican clergyman. He is also a writer, co-author of Christianity Explored. He was associate minister at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, and is well known in the UK as a speaker at conservative evangelical Christian conferences.{{cite web|url=http://www.allsouls.org/ascm/allsouls/static/whoswho/tice.html |title=Rev Rico Tice |publisher=All Souls Church |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603010831/http://www.allsouls.org/ascm/allsouls/static/whoswho/tice.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2008 }}[http://www.uccf.org.uk/support-us/pray/prayer/regional/4074 Report on Exeter Carol Service], UCCF South West
Early life
Born in Chile in 1966, the son of a businessman and a nurse, Tice grew up in Uganda and Zaire. He was educated at Sherborne School,{{cite web|url=https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/uncategorized/35-year-reunion-for-the-class-of-1984 |website=The Old Shirburnian Society |title=35 Year Reunion for the Class of 1984|date=13 September 2019 |access-date =31 October 2020}} Dorset and spent a gap year working as a youth worker in inner-city Liverpool. He then studied History at Bristol University, 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 Hewlett Packard, he trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
Christian ministry
Tice was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1994 and as a priest in 1995.{{Crockford| surname = Tice | forenames = Richard Ian | id = 14978 | accessed = 2 May 2024}} In 1994, he joined the ministry staff of All Souls, Langham Place in the Diocese of London, serving his curacy and then as an associate minister. His main role is to help the hundreds of enquirers about the Christian faith who come through the doors of the church each year. In an interview in 2000 he confirmed his desire to focus on evangelism.{{cite news|url=http://www.e-n.org.uk/1254-When-Rico-met-Roger.htm |title=When Rico met Roger|last=Carswell|year=2000 |newspaper=Evangelicals Now}}
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.Tim Thornborough, [http://www.e-n.org.uk/3880-Growing-each-day.htm Growing each day], Evangelicals Now, July 2007
In 2003, 2009 and 2013, Tice led the OICCU mission at Oxford University.[http://www.e-n.org.uk/p-2537-It-began-with-prayer.htm A brief history of the OICCU], Evangelicals Now, May 2004 He is a non-executive director of Christians in Sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.christiansinsport.org/church_and_sport/downloads/speakers_list_Oct_04.pdf |title=Christians in Sport, Speaker's List |last=Miles |first=Steve |date=Oct 2004 |publisher=Christians in Sport, Frampton House, Victoria Road, Bicester, OX26 6PB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121100114/http://www.christiansinsport.org/church_and_sport/downloads/speakers_list_Oct_04.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=21 November 2023 }}
Tice has written a number of books in collaboration with co-authors, many of them published by The Good Book Company. His First book, [https://www.thegoodbook.com/honest-evangelism "Honest Evangelism: How to talk about Jesus even when it's tough"], was published in 2015. 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.
In 2023, Tice left All Souls and was granted permission to officiate in the Diocese of London. In 2024, he left the Church of England over same-sex services of blessing [https://www.patheos.com/blogs/adrianwarnock/2024/04/ricco-tice-leaves-c-of-e-founder-of-christianity-explored/ Rico Tice Leaves Church Of England Over Same-Sex Blessings]"Patheos", April 26 2024 and started worshipping at an International Presbyterian Church congregation.{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Iain |date= |title=Rico: ‘I was naïve about current culture in the CofE’ |url=https://www.e-n.org.uk/2024/05/uk-news/rico-i-was-naive-about-current-culture-in-the-cofe/ |work=Evangelicals Now |access-date=15 May 2024}}
Personal life
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:
- '[https://www.thegoodbook.com/honest-evangelism 'Honest Evangelism: how to talk about Jesus even when it's tough']', co-written with Carl Laferton
- [https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/a-very-different-christmas A Very Different Christmas], co-written with Nate-Morgan Locke
- [https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/capturing-god Capturing God], a book that explores the Easter message
- [https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/faithful-leaders Faithful Leaders and the things that matter most], The Good Book Company (2021) {{ISBN|978-1-78498-580-6}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.allsouls.org/ascm/allsouls/assets/11738/100.jpg Photo of Rico Tice]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.shipoffools.com/mystery/2002/459Mystery.html |title=St James's Park, Exeter, England |last=Mystery worshipper|year=2002 |publisher=Ship of Fools|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625224612/http://www.shipoffools.com/mystery/2002/459Mystery.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 June 2008 }}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Category:21st-century English Anglican priests