Thief Prisoner Soldier Priest - How finding Jesus turned around a man's life against all the odds

Paul Cowley recounts his remarkable transformation after an encounter with God at the age of thirty-eight. Revealing the tempestuous years before his conversion - his spell in Risley Remand Centre at seventeen, his almost seventeen years in the British Army and his time as a Gym Manager for Mark Birley's Club in Mayfair with its prestigious clientele - Paul's story is a inspirational account of one man's complete transformation. In the second half of his account, Paul tells the powerful transformative effect of his conversion and his subsequent ordination at St Pauls Cathedral in 2002. He also shares how he pioneered both Alpha Prisons and Alpha Forces, two international ministries which under his directive have flourished globally. And how in 2015 Paul was awarded an MBE for the charity which he founded: Caring for Ex-Offenders. In this book, Paul gives reflective and often comic insight into his human nature: how he sees his mistakes and how he is able to learn from them. It will inspire others - particularly men and women who are incarcerated in jails worldwide - to have hope in something beyond themselves.

About the author

Paul Cowley is on the leadership team at Holy Trinity Brompton and founded the charity Caring for Ex-Offenders. He has twenty-five years' experience of working with socially excluded and vulnerable adults, and is the Bishops' Advisor to Prisons in London. In 2015 he was awarded an MBE for services to ex-offenders.

Amanda Cowley is a landscape painter and writer. After a career in television as an art director she continued to exhibit her paintings and is in the process of completing her first novel. Amanda is involved with her husband in ministering to the people of an estate church, linked to HTB's parish, in North Kensington.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Cowley
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781529303766
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-0376-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 232 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography & True Stories, RELIGION / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Biblical Biography / General, Biography: religious & spiritual, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Biography: religious and spiritual