Uncovering the Image

Bob Horrocks is married to Judie and they have two grown-up children. After twenty two years of ordained ministry within the Church of England he is now Team Rector of a large urban parish in the Diocese of Manchester. Evangelical by conversion and conviction he stumbled into Naturism in 2004 and had to re-evaluate his received theology and his reading of the Bible to see where God was leading him. He embarked on a journey of discovery and saw new emphases in the scriptures which he believes were previously hidden beneath layers of evangelical tradition and contemporary culture. He is presently Chair of the Christian Naturist Fellowship alongside his parish ministry. What follows is his personal understanding of his present position. His hope is that more people will be open to what is in the biblical tradition without the blinkers which prevent us from fully evaluating the text. Through that process he believes that more people will appreciate the freedom that comes through Jesus Christ and come to rediscover the image of God which lives in us.