Christina Le Moignan (born 12 October 1942) is a British Methodist

minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

and academic, who served as President of the Methodist Conference from 2001 to 2002. 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 Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, Ir ...

(

MA Oxon In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university (including years as an un ...

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. 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 Queen's College was a medical school in central Birmingham, England, and a predecessor college of the University of Birmingham. It was founded by surgeon William Sands Cox in 1825 as The Birmingham Medical School, a residential college for medi ...

from 1989 to 1994, and was Principal of the West Midlands Ministerial Training Course from 1994 to 1996. 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. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Moignan, Christina 1942 births Living people British Methodist ministers Presidents of the Methodist Conference The Queen's Foundation Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford University of Ibadan alumni Alumni of Wesley House