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title: Ekklesia special with Preston Sprinkle
date: 2025-03-25T10:32:00+00:00
author: Heather Carruthers
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### On 9 June 2025, around 140 church leaders gathered for an all day conference with Dr Preston Sprinkle to hear what the Bible has to say about sex, sexuality and gender.

 

  #### If you missed out, the day featured a special live recording of the [Being Human podcast](https://beinghumanlens.com/resources/podcast) with Preston Sprinkle. You can watch the recording here:

 

 

     

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## Speaking up on sexuality and gender – live interview with Dr Preston Sprinkle

### Join Jo Frost and Peter Lynas as they chat about all things sex, sexuality and gender with Dr Preston Sprinkle in the first-ever live recording of the Being Human podcast.

 

 

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  ### **About Preston Sprinkle**

Preston Sprinkle (PhD) is an international speaker and a New York Times bestselling author, who has written over a dozen books, including the recently released **Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire.** Other books include: **The** *U*pside-Down* *Kingdom Bible**, **Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?**, **Embodied** and many more titles.

Preston currently serves as the founder and president of [Theology in the Raw](https://theologyintheraw.com/ "https://theologyintheraw.com/"), a popular podcast, and the founder of Exiles in Babylon conferences. He also serves as the president of [The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender](https://www.centerforfaith.com/ "https://www.centerforfaith.com/"), an organisation that equips Christians to engage in questions about faith, sexuality and gender with theological faithfulness and courageous love.

 

 

  #### The event was an initiative of the Evangelical Alliance's Being Human project. Find out more by clicking on the links below...

 

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   ![Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   ![Being human EA web card](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Being-human-EA-web-card.jpg)   ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/being-human) [####  Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/being-human)  What does it mean to be human?  

 [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/being-human) 

 

 [](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/initiatives/being-human) 

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   ![Being Human Series](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   ![SG](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/SG.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/courses-and-small-groups/being-human-series) [####  Being Human Series  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/courses-and-small-groups/being-human-series)  Our six-part small group course complete with study guide exploring what it means to be human  

 [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/courses-and-small-groups/being-human-series) 

 

 [](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/courses-and-small-groups/being-human-series)