Christina Le Moignan Explained

Christina Le Moignan
Office:President of the Methodist Conference
Vicepresident:Ann Leck MBE
Term Start:2001
Term End:2002
Predecessor:Inderjit Bhogal
Successor:Ian White
Birth Date: December df=y
Occupation:Methodist minister and academic
Education:Somerville College, Oxford

Christina Le Moignan (born 12 October 1942) is a British Methodist minister and academic, who served as President of the Methodist Conference from 2001 to 2002.[1]

Le Moignan was born in Harrogate, the daughter of the Revd. Edward F. Le Moignan (1912-1999). Her education began at Edgehill College in Bideford. She then studied Classics at Somerville College, Oxford (MA Oxon graduating in 1965 and completed the Oxford Diploma in Public and Social Administration. From 1965 to 1970 she completed her PhD in Political Science at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, as a Commonwealth Scholar. She also served on the academic staff.[2] [3]

On her return to England, she worked for a mental health charity, before studying theology at Wesley House, Cambridge Wesley House, Cambridge (1973-6).

Ordained in 1976, she ministered in Huntingdon, Southampton, and Portchester. She was then a tutor at Queen's College, Birmingham from 1989 to 1994, and was Principal of the West Midlands Ministerial Training Course from 1994 to 1996.[4] [5] [6] She served as Chair of the Birmingham Methodist District from 1996 to 2004, and was President of the Methodist Conference for a year from June 2001, the second woman ever to hold this position.[7]

In 2000 she published "Following the Lamb", A Reading of Revelation for the New Millennium.

Le Moignan was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity by the University of Birmingham in 2002. She was a director of Birmingham Student Homes from 2002 to 2004. She became a supernumerary staff member at the University of Birmingham in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beck . Brian E . Le Moignan, Christina . A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland . 14 June 2021.
  2. Web site: 1 December 2019. Le Moignan, Rev. Christina, (born 12 Oct. 1942), Chair, Birmingham Methodist District, 1996–2004; President, Methodist Conference, 2001–02. 18 March 2021. Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. en.
  3. Web site: ROAPE. 2020-09-22. War, University and Life: African Studies and Politics in 1960s Nigeria. live. 2021-08-31. ROAPE. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831220620/https://roape.net/2020/10/08/war-university-and-life-african-studies-and-politics-in-1960s-nigeria/ . 2021-08-31 .
  4. Web site: Le Moignan, Rev. Christina . . Oxford University Press . 23 June 2019 . 1 December 2018.
  5. Web site: New all-female President and Vice President team to take office . The Methodist Church . 23 June 2019 . en . 20 June 2001.
  6. News: Methodist Notes . 23 June 2019 . . 22 July 2000 . en.
  7. Web site: New all-female President and Vice President team to take office. 2021-08-31. www.methodist.org.uk. en.