1. Leslie John Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Burry Port FLSW was born on 15 February 1942 and is a British Methodist minister, politician and life peer who served as President of the Methodist Conference from 1994 to 1995.
11 Facts About Leslie Griffiths
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Leslie Griffiths became a local preacher in the Methodist Church of Great Britain in 1963.
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Leslie Griffiths completed a Master of Arts in Theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1969, while training for the ministry at Wesley House.
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Leslie Griffiths spent most of the 1970s serving the Methodist Church of Haiti, where he was ordained, before returning to Britain to serve in ministries in Caversham, Loughton, and Golders Green.
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In 1987 Leslie Griffiths completed a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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In 1994, Leslie Griffiths became one of the few people to be elected President of the Methodist Conference whilst still a circuit minister.
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Leslie Griffiths retired in 2017 and preached his last sermon on 6 August.
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Leslie Griffiths was created Baron Griffiths of Burry Port, of Pembrey and Burry Port in the County of Dyfed in 2004.
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On 20 August 2009, Leslie Griffiths published an article in the Methodist Recorder outlining a prospective plan for his "conditional ordination" by Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, in the Church of England.
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On 1 September 2011, Leslie Griffiths was appointed as the thirteenth president of the Boys' Brigade.
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In 2012, Leslie Griffiths was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.