Christ Church, Oxford, Meadows 6-2

The history of Methodist clergy who studied at Oxford goes all the way back to our founders, John and Charles Wesley who were students here in the 1700's. This photo - which is at a very weird angle - shows the commemorative stone laid in honour of those two fathers in the Christ Church Cathedral.

However, there have been other great Methodists (I shall simply concentrate on the South African Methodists) who studied at Oxford. In this picture you see Prof Neville Richardson (who is the current principal of John Wesley College, Pretoria, and the Director of Education in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa) with me. Neville was the very first student to do an MPhil in Theology here at Oxford. The reason why we're standing at this strange place is because this is the doorway to the residence where another well known South African Methodist minister lived during his time at Oxford. Christ Church, Oxford, Meadows, staircase 6, room 2 was the residence of the Rev Dr Donald Cragg (who later became a lecturer at Rhodes University and principal tutor for the Methodists who studied there).

I know that there are some others (who I never got to know) like Vic Bredenkamp, forgive me for not mentioning you with any detail.

So, blessings from a WET, summer's day (which is bloody freezing) in Oxford!