Issue 08 Preaching and ComedyBlog | The Late Greats Leslie Weatherhead
The Late Greats Leslie Weatherhead
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 13.09.16
1893 Weatherhead born 1913 Candidated for the ministry while studying at Cliff College 1916 Ordained and sent to work in India 1922-25 Minister of Oxford Road, Manchester 1925-36 Minister of Brunswick, Leeds 1936-60 Minister of the City Temple 1950 Awarded his PhD in Psychology 1955 President of the Methodist Conference 1965 Publication of The Christian Agnostic and subsequent controversy 1976 Weatherhead dies
In 1954, the Methodist Conference took the unusual step of electing as its president designate the minister of a Congregational church. The Revd Dr Leslie Dixon Weatherhead was, however, one of the most famous Methodist preachers in the world, known for his broadcasting, his pioneering work on the relationship between psychology and religion, and his liberal views.
Weatherhead was born in 1893, began preaching in 1911, and entered Richmond College to train for the ministry when only 19. The Great War disrupted his formation; he was stationed to a circuit in Surrey in 1915 but a year later was ordained and sent to Madras, India. Returning to Britain in 1922, he had appointments in Manchester and Leeds
