Background
Stafford, Geoffrey Wardle was born on January 5, 1898 in Birmingham, England. Son of John Thomas Wardle (formerly president Methodist Church Great Britain and Ireland) and Edith (Hardcastle) S.
Stafford, Geoffrey Wardle was born on January 5, 1898 in Birmingham, England. Son of John Thomas Wardle (formerly president Methodist Church Great Britain and Ireland) and Edith (Hardcastle) S.
Educated, Scarborough College, 1908-1914. Bachelor of Arts, Durham University, 1917, Wadham College, University of Oxford, 1921. Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1924, U. Dublin, 1944.
Doctor of Letters, Wesleyan University, West Virginia, 1928.
Came to the United States 1921, naturalized 1929. Associate minister First Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 1922-1923. Minister Wesley Church, Milwaukee, 1923-1926.
Court Saint Methodist Episcopal Church, Rockford, Illinois, 1926-1932.
Lecturer religion Rockford College, 1928-1932. Minister U. Temple Church, Seattle, 1932-1937.
Guest preacher Stanford University Memorial Chapel, 1933-1936. Professor church history Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, since 1937.
Republican Council of Bishops of Methodist Church of North.A. to British Methodist Conference, Central Hall, Westminster, 1946.
Guest preacher Egremont Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, City Temple, London, 1946. Commision on International Goodwill among Churches of Federal Council Churches, Wellington Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, Scotland, 1947. Ward Chapel, Dundee, Scotland, 1948.
Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers (B.E.F.), 1917-1919.
Author: The Sermon on the Mount, 1927. Home: 52 Hillside Avenue, Madison, New Jersey.
Married Helene, daughter of Bishop John West. Hamilton, December 27, 1933.