Background
Perkins, Ernest Benson was born on July 14, 1881 in Leicester, England. Son of George and Leah (Benson) Perkins.
Perkins, Ernest Benson was born on July 14, 1881 in Leicester, England. Son of George and Leah (Benson) Perkins.
Student Newton’s School, 1892-1896, Handsworth Theological College, 1904-1907. Master of Arts honoris causa, Manchester University, 1949. Doctor of Laws, Centenary College.
Hilda (Mistress G. Stephen Lester). Ordained to ministry Methodist Church of England, 1910. Assistant secretary Christian Citizenship Department Methodist Church of England, 1920-1925.
Superintendent Birmingham Mission, 1925-1935, Sheffield Mission, chairman Sheffield District, 1935-1939.
Guest preacher Methodist Church, Toronto, 1932. General secretary Department Chapel Affairs, 1939-1952.
Chairman Manchester District, 1941-1949. Secretary World Methodist Council since 1951.
President British Methodist Conference, 1948-1949.
Vice president British Council Churches. Director Methodist Insurance Company Delaware World Council Churches, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1948. Fraternity delegate Quadrennial Conference, Methodist Church of America, San Francisco, 1952, General Council, United Church of Canada, 1950.
Delegate World Methodist Conference, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1947, Oxford, England, 1951.
Trustee Methodist Church Purposes. Member National Federal Free Church Council, moderator, 1954-1955.
Delegate World Council Churches, 1954. Honorary chaplain Armed Forces.
Fellow Royal Statistical Society. Club: National Liberal (England).
Married Alice Elsie Bulletin, August 10, 1910.