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Colin Manley Morris (13 January 1929 – 20 May 2018) was an English
Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
minister, author, and broadcaster. Born into a mining family in a village near
Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
, after his ordination he served the Methodist Church in
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
(then Northern Rhodesia) for fifteen years. He stood out for racial integration within the church, became a close friend of the leader of the independence movement,
Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth David Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Diss ...
, and was closely involved in the formation of the
United Church in Zambia The United Church in Zambia is the largest Protestant church in Zambia with coverage of all the ten provinces of the country The church formed on 16 January 1965, this is a result of the union of Church of Central Africa, Rhodesia (a mission work o ...
soon after the country became independent. He always espoused an explicitly anti-racist and
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position and argued that it represents the authentic spirit of Christianity. He died on 20 May 2018 at the age of 89. After returning from Zambia, Colin Morris occupied prominent positions in British Methodism, becoming first the superintendent minister of
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in London, and subsequently General Secretary of the Church's Overseas Division. He was
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, elected in July 1976 and serving for the customary year term. From early in his career, Morris was a regular speaker on the
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Radio 4 programme ''
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'', with a radical perspective and an instantly recognizable voice. For a period in 1971 he withdrew from the programme in protest against alleged representations by the Conservative Party
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against his criticism on the programme of the party's immigration policy as un-Christian, an incident that caused questions to be asked in the
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.Hansard, 24 March 1971, Lords Sitting
Religious Broadcasting, Dr Colin Morris He was still contributing to ''Thought for the Day'' in 2010. In 1978 Colin Morris moved out of the ordinary work of the Methodist ministry to work for the BBC, as head of TV Religious Programmes. He subsequently held the posts of Head of Religious Broadcasting, Special Advisor to the
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, and Controller of BBC Northern Ireland. After retiring from management within the BBC he continued to broadcast, presenting numerous religious programmes. From 1991 to 1996 he served as Director of the Centre for Religious Communication in Oxford. As well as his broadcasting work, Colin Morris was a prolific author of books and pamphlets. Most of his published work reflected either his experience as a white missionary in black Africa, or as an ordained minister working as a professional broadcaster.


Published books

*''Out of Africa’s Crucible. Sermons from Central Africa''. Lutterworth, 1960. *''Black government? A discussion between Colin Morris and Kenneth Kaunda.'' United Society for Christian Literature, 1960. *''The Hour after Midnight. A missionary’s experiences of the racial and political struggle in Northern Rhodesia.'' Longman, 1961. *''Church and Challenge in a New Africa: Political sermons''. Epworth Press, 1964. *''Include me out! Confessions of an ecclesiastical coward''. Epworth Press, 1968; Fontana, 1975. *''Unyoung, uncoloured, unpoor''. Epworth Press, 1969. *''Mankind my church''. Hodder & Stoughton, 1971. *''What the papers didn’t say, and other broadcast talks''. Epworth Press, 1971. *''Epistles to the Apostle: Tarsus-please forward.'' Hodder & Stoughton, 1972. *''The hammer of the Lord: Sign of hope.'' Epworth Press, 1973. *''Word and the Words : The Voigt Lectures on Preaching.'' Epworth Press, 1975. *''Bugles in the afternoon''. Epworth Press, 1977. *''Get through till nightfall''. Fount, 1979. *''God-in-a-box: Christian strategy in the television age.'' Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. *''A week in the life of God''. Epworth Press, 1986. *''Wrestling with an angel''. Collins Fount, 1990. *''God in the shower: thoughts from Today.'' Macmillan, 2002. *''Things shaken - things unshaken : reflections on faith and terror''. Epworth Press, 2006. *''Bullet point beliefs: The best of Colin Morris'' (Edited by Rosemary Foxcroft). Canterbury Press, 2007


Works about Colin Morris

*''A Humanist in Africa. Letters to Colin M. Morris from Kenneth D. Kaunda.''. Longman, 1966. *Charlton, L. ''Spark in the stubble: Dr Morris of Zambia''. Epworth Press, 1969.


References

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