Fr. Peter Hocken

Father Peter Hocken was born in 1932 and ordained as priest for the Catholic Diocese of Northampton, England in 1964. He received his PhD in 1984 from the University of Birmingham, England and was the Chaplain to the Bishop of Northampton from 1997 – 2001.

A British citizen, Father Peter has been privileged to minister around the world, with bases in: England (1964 – 1976, then again 1996 – 2002); the United States of America (1976 – 1996); and Austria (2002 – present).

Father Peter has been active in the charismatic movement since 1971. He served as Executive Secretary of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 1988 – 1997.

A renowned teacher and author for more than thirty years, his writings include:

Streams of Renewal (1986, revised 1997)
One Lord One Spirit One Body (1987)
Many articles in the Dictionary of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements(1988)
The Glory and the Shame (1994)
Strategy of the Spirit? (1996)
Blazing the Trail (2001)
The Spirit of Unity: How Renewal is Breaking Down Barriers between Evangelicals and Roman Catholics (2001)
Toward Jerusalem Council Two: The Vision and the Story (2002, revised 2004)
Many articles in the International Dictionary of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements(2002)
God’s MasterPlan (2003)
The Banquet of Life (2004)
With Daniel Juster The Messianic Jewish Movement (2004)
The Marranos (2006)
Church Forward (2007)