From its inception, Martyn Percy has been a great supporter of the Festival of Preaching and hosted it during its Oxford years. He is a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford and King’s College London and was previously Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. He has written extensively in the fields of theology and ecclesiology and among his recent books are Forty Psalms of Solace, An Advent Manifesto, The Spirit of Witness, The Humble Church and The Precarious Church. Martyn has been a regular contributor to The Guardian, BBC Radio Four, and the BBC World Service and is a Vice-President of Modern Church.