On Monday Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester, will make history by becoming first female bishop to sit in the House of Lords.
She will become a member of Parliament's 26 Lords Spiritual after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Bishop of London, Richard Charters, read her "writ of summons" outloud.
It is reported that Bishop Rachel rejected the fist writ because it referred to her as "right reverend father in God" and she changed it to "bishop" instead.
"God is not to be seen as male.
"God is God," she said in The Observer.
Bishop Rachel has admitted that she is aware many Anglicans will disagree, but says the Church of England should use both male and female langauge when talking about God.
* Ordained into ministry in 1994
* Trained at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford
* Appointed as Archdeacon of Northolt in 2006
* Became Archdeacon of Hackney in 2011
* Member of General Synod since 2010
* Adviser to the House of Bishops Working Group on Human Sexuality.
* Will become the first female bishop to sit in the House of Lords in October 2015
The Bishop of Gloucester says she prefers to use neither gender: "Sometimes I lapse, but I try not to."
"In the creation narratives we're told that God created human beings in God's likeness, and then it goes on to talk about male and female.
"If I am made in the image of God then God is not to be seen as male."
She continued: "I am not in the business of wanting to offend anyone, but I do want to gently challenge people."
Bishop Rachel said she thinks that language is "very powerful in shaping people's views and shaping our culture."
The first female bishop to sit in the Upper House has said there is still a long way to go when it comes to gender equality in the church: "We're not at a place where men and women are represented in equal numbers across church roles.
"We don't have large numbers of young women coming forward to be ordained.
"We have to ask ourselves why that is."
Rachel Treweek has also criticised the lack of diversity in the church, saying that it is important that the Church of England represents the colours, genders and social backgrounds of the people of England.
She plans to speak on a number of issues surrounding social injustice from domestic abuse to homelessness and the refugee crisis.
