Philip Potter (church leader)
Philip Alford Potter (19 August 1921 – 31 March 2015) was a leader in the
Early life and work
Potter was born at
He was active in church matters from an early age, and then became a lay
World Council of Churches
Potter moved to Geneva in 1954 to work in the WCC’s youth department, and remained with the WCC until his retirement. He was the chairperson of the World Student Christian Federation from 1960 to 1968. From 1972 to 1984, he served as the WCC’s General Secretary. He was the first president of WSCF's Centennial Fund. He is considered a leader in world ecumenism.
In a speech on the occasion of his 85th birthday, at the WCC's 9th Assembly at
In November 2009 the WSCF launched the Philip Potter Fund. This Fund is to support Ecumenical Leadership Formation of young people through the WSCF. In conjunction with the WSCF event in November the WCC renamed its library The Philip Potter Library.
Personal life
Potter's first wife, Doreen, the daughter of a Jamaican Methodist minister, died of cancer in 1980. In 1985, Potter married Bärbel Wartenberg, later Bishop of Lübeck, Germany 2001-2008. He died on 31 March 2015 in Lübeck, Germany.[2]
References
- ^ "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden". Uu.se. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "World Council of Churches lauds Philip Potter, one of its most famed leaders". Ecumenical News. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- Kobia, Samuel (18 August 2006). "A tribute to Philip Potter on his 85th birthday". World Council of Churches. Archived from the original on 2006-12-12. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
External links
- Media related to Philip Potter (church leader) at Wikimedia Commons