Background
Payne, Ernest Alexander was born on February 19, 1902 in London, England. Son of Alexander W. and Mary C. (Griffiths) Payne.
Payne, Ernest Alexander was born on February 19, 1902 in London, England. Son of Alexander W. and Mary C. (Griffiths) Payne.
Bachelor of Arts, King’s College, U. London, 1921, Bachelor of Divinity, 1925. B. Little, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, 1927, Master of Arts, 1944. Doctor of Divinity, Saint Andrews University, 1951.
Student Regent’s Park College, London, 1922-1925, Marburg U. (Germany), 1927-1928.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, McMaster, 1960.
Ann (Mistress A. F. Prain). Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1928. Pastor Bugbrooke Baptist Church, 1928-1932.
Headquarters staff Baptist Missionary Society, 1932-1940.
Senior tutor Regent’s Park College, 1940-1951. General secretary Baptist Union Great Britain and Ireland, 1951-1967.
University lecturer comparative religion and history modern missions University of Oxford, 1947-1951. Vice chairman Central committee World Council Churches, 1954-1968.
President World Council of Churches, 1968.
Chairman of the executive committee British Council of Churches, 1962-1971. Moderator Free Church Federal Council, 1958-1959. Vice president Baptist World Alliance, 1965-1970.
Member Baptist History Society (president). Club: Athenaeum (London).
Married Winifred Davies, October 28, 1930.