Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
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The Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, usually known as OICCU, was the second university Christian Union
and is the University of Oxford
's most prominent student Protestant organisation. It was formed in 1879.
Due to the strength of the Oxford Movement
and later the Oxford Group
s (alternative Christian movements), Evangelical
Christians in Oxford have generally faced a more pluriform environment than in Cambridge
, and the OICCU has tended to follow the general lead of its Cambridge counterpart, the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
(CICCU).
The OICCU does admit postgraduate students as well as undergraduates, although postgraduates are eligible only for associate membership, and their needs may be better served by the Oxford Graduate Christian Union.
2. Relationship to the local church
3. The way it works week to week
This is summed up in the OICCU mission statement: the OICCU exists to be a united student community to love and witness for Christ.
, an evangelical
Christian organisation with which OICCU is affiliated. The doctrinal basis contains what evangelicals perceive as the biblical
foundations of Christianity, including:
(CICCU), founded two years earlier, but later incorporated a Daily Prayer Meeting established in Brasenose College
in 1867. Like Wycliffe Hall (also 1877), it could be seen as a response to the University's abandonment of its previous officially Protestant
position. The initial members included Frank Chavasse, subsequently Bishop of Liverpool
and founder of St Peter's College
.
and followed its lead in liberalizing its doctrine. In 1914 the OICCU suspended its activities, with the rest of the University.
After World War I, the Oxford SCM was reestablished under that name, but those who held the OICCU's original doctrinal position established a separate Oxford University Bible Union. In 1925 the two agreed to merge, and the OUBU became the Devotional Union of the Student Christian Movement in Oxford. However, the merger was not successful and in Michaelmas 1927, the Devotional Union committee voted to secede. The SCM gave them permission to use the old (1879) name and so the OICCU was born anew, adopting the Doctrinal Basis of the new Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions (now UCCF
) in 1928.
During much of this period, the OICCU used some of the buildings later incorporated into St Peter's College
. However, after 1933 it had the use of the Northgate Hall
(just opposite the Oxford Union
on St Michael's Street).
drew a considerable following at Oxford. He emphasized the use of small groups (with Buchman-appointed leaders) where sins were publicly confessed and repented of. The movement taught that the Holy Spirit
was to directly guide Christians. These small groups became known as Oxford Group
s and later Moral Re-Armament
. The emphasis on small groups and personal belief was inherited by Alcoholics Anonymous
.
Buchman was appealing directly to the OICCU constituency, and Julian Thornton-Duesbury (one of OICCU's supervising university teachers) became a noted Buchmanite. However, the OICCU's student leadership distanced themselves from Buchman.
, the worldwide body to which OICCU belongs, was planned at a conference in Oxford in the late 1930s.
World War II
forced those plans to be delayed. The greatly reduced number of students in Oxford obviously interfered with the OICCU itself; one medical student had to serve as President for much more than the customary one year of office. However, the Union maintained daily prayer meetings (in termtime) throughout the War. Afterwards, a Standing Committee of prominent past members was established to ensure the Union's long-term continuity in such circumstances and in 1948 they became trustees of the Northgate Hall. The Standing Committee also has some reserve powers regarding the Doctrinal Basis, although they have never been used.
More positively, the prominent Evangelical theologian J.I. Packer was converted to Evangelical Christianity at an OICCU meeting in the 1940s, during his first week at the University. While a student member he was not regarded as doctrinally sound enough to join the Executive Committee. However, he was appointed Librarian, taking a particular interest in the OICCU's selection of out-of-print Puritan
books. In the following decade Packer, along with Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones
, led a revival of Puritan
studies amongst British pastors. He returned to Oxford in 2004 as the guest of honour at the 125th Anniversary celebrations.
was seen to have moved towards Marxism
. One leading figure at this time was Michael Green
(President in 1952), who has been a leading Evangelical
in the Church of England
and then the Anglican Communion
since the 1960s. Canon Green has taken a particular interest in promoting the Charismatic Movement
, including within the OICCU.
In a slightly later generation, Tom Wright
was the OICCU President (1970-71) and published his first book together with other members of his year's Executive Committee. The book was a plea for a conservative Calvinist doctrinal position, a position he has since modified.
A feature of the post-war years has been the custom of triennal missions which attempt to explain the gospel to every undergraduate. These missions can trace their history back to the visit of Dwight Moody and Ira D. Sankey
in 1882, but the current model began with a 1940 mission led by Lloyd-Jones
. Subsequent main speakers have included Michael Green
, Dick Lucas
(long-time rector of St Helen's Bishopsgate
), and John Stott
; one of Stott's series of talks was subsequently published as Basic Christianity.
OICCU membership has diminished since the middle part of the century, and now usually stands in the low hundreds — however, most students who regularly attend meetings become formal members, and as of March 2006 OICCU's group membership on Facebook
exceeded its official membership. The lease on the Northgate Hall
was given up in the 1980s, and the Union has returned to the peripatetic existence of its earliest years, meeting in various church and public buildings around the city. Its archives are now held in the Bodleian Library
and it has the use of a small store room at St Ebbe's
church and New Road Baptist Church. The OICCU currently meet every Wednesday during term time, with 'even weeks' being central meetings and 'odd weeks' being meetings in college (in Hilary Term 2011).
Christian Union (students)
Christian Unions are evangelical Christian student groups. They exist in many countries and are often affiliated with either International Fellowship of Evangelical Students or Campus Crusade for Christ. Many Christian Unions are one of the societies affiliated to their universities' students'...
and is the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
's most prominent student Protestant organisation. It was formed in 1879.
Due to the strength of the Oxford Movement
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...
and later the Oxford Group
Oxford Group
The Oxford Group was a Christian movement that had a following in Europe, China, Africa, Australia, Scandinavia and America in the 1920s and 30s. It was initiated by an American Lutheran pastor, Frank Buchman, who was of Swiss descent...
s (alternative Christian movements), Evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Christians in Oxford have generally faced a more pluriform environment than in Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and the OICCU has tended to follow the general lead of its Cambridge counterpart, the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
The Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, usually known as CICCU, was the first university Christian Union and is the University of Cambridge's most prominent student Christian organisation. It was formed in 1877, but can trace its origins back to the formation of the Jesus Lane Sunday...
(CICCU).
The OICCU does admit postgraduate students as well as undergraduates, although postgraduates are eligible only for associate membership, and their needs may be better served by the Oxford Graduate Christian Union.
Aims and Purpose
1. The three aims of OICCU are- Presenting the claims of Jesus Christ to the University - OICCU is not an ordinary university society, because it exists not so much for members as non-members (that is, non-Christians). Christians meet to encourage one another to proclaim the good news of Christ in their colleges for God's glory and for the sake of those who aren't Christians.
- Uniting in fellowship those who desire to witness for Christ, and to deepen their spiritual life - Christians are commanded to preserve their unity in Christ. When this happens the unity is a witness to the gospel: it highlights the truth and beauty of the gospel.
- Promoting involvement in God's work worldwide - as a small part of a worldwide community of Christians the desire to witness to the university will spill over into a passion for gospel work globally.
2. Relationship to the local church
- The local church is a biblical principle which the OICCU is not trying to replace in the Christian's life: OICCU encourages all its members to also be part of a local church and to contribute to that family of believers.
- OICCU has the opportunity as a student run organisation to put on events uniquely geared to what its members think its fellow-students want.
- OICCU also has the opportunity to be prominent in the college communities in a way that churches cannot do.
- OICCU is inter-denominational, so its declaration of belief reflects what its members believe to be central to the gospel, and not secondary issues which Christians differ on.
3. The way it works week to week
- College Groups enable OICCU to put on events geared towards evangelising the individual college communities. This structure also enables students to have fellowship with a small group of believers, which helps in reaching out to the rest of the college. When non-Christians see the Christian Union's members acting like a family and supporting one another it helps with evangelism.
- Central Meetings mean that members of OICCU can be encouraged by seeing that there are lots of people who also want to witness for Christ in Oxford. OICCU has speakers, music and opportunities to hear about God's work in Oxford and further abroad. The members of OICCU pray together on a Monday morning, recognising that everything they do is useless if God's not at work.
- Personal Evangelism is key to what OICCU does, it's not all about meetings and bureaucracy, but its members want to get alongside non-Christians and tell them about Christ.
- Central Events and College Events are a resource to back up personal evangelism; OICCU has weekly events like 'Big Issues' lunchbars, and bigger events like the Summer BBQ, the Carol Service, and Mission Week.
This is summed up in the OICCU mission statement: the OICCU exists to be a united student community to love and witness for Christ.
Beliefs
OICCU adopts the doctrinal basis of UCCFUCCF
Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship , formerly known as the Inter-Varsity Fellowship , is a UK-based evangelical Christian charity that operates on university campuses....
, an evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Christian organisation with which OICCU is affiliated. The doctrinal basis contains what evangelicals perceive as the biblical
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
foundations of Christianity, including:
- The unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
- The sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption and final judgement.
- The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
- The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
- The full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate son of God; his virgin birth and his real and sinless humanity; his death on the cross, his bodily resurrection and his present reign in heaven and earth.
- Redemption from guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once for all time of our representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and man.
- Justification as God's act of undeserved mercy, in which the sinner is pardoned of all his sins, and accepted as righteous in God's sight, only because of the righteousness of Christ imputed to him, this justification being received by faith alone.
- The need for the Holy Spirit to make the work of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting him repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.
- The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in all those thus regenerated, producing in them an increasing likeness to Christ in character and behaviour, and empowering them for their witness in the world.
- The one holy universal Church, which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers belong.
- The future personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge all men, executing God's just condemnation of the impenitent and receiving the redeemed to eternal glory.
Mission Week
Since its early years, the OICCU has held an annual week of evangelistic events including apologetics talks and a summary of the gospel. Every three years a larger series of evangelistic events is organised.Foundation
OICCU was modelled after the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian UnionCambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
The Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, usually known as CICCU, was the first university Christian Union and is the University of Cambridge's most prominent student Christian organisation. It was formed in 1877, but can trace its origins back to the formation of the Jesus Lane Sunday...
(CICCU), founded two years earlier, but later incorporated a Daily Prayer Meeting established in Brasenose College
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, it has an estimated financial endowment of £98m...
in 1867. Like Wycliffe Hall (also 1877), it could be seen as a response to the University's abandonment of its previous officially Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
position. The initial members included Frank Chavasse, subsequently Bishop of Liverpool
Bishop of Liverpool
The Bishop of Liverpool is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool in the Province of York.The diocese stretches from Southport in the north, to Widnes in the south, and from the River Mersey to Wigan in the east. Its see is in the City of Liverpool at the Cathedral Church of...
and founder of St Peter's College
St Peter's College, Oxford
St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, located in New Inn Hall Street. It occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns, or medieval hostels - Bishop Trellick's, later New Inn Hall, and Rose Hall - both of which were...
.
Relations with the SCM
OICCU was a founder member of the Student Christian MovementWorld Student Christian Federation
The World Student Christian Federation is a federation of autonomous national Student Christian Movements forming the youth and student arm of the global ecumenical movement...
and followed its lead in liberalizing its doctrine. In 1914 the OICCU suspended its activities, with the rest of the University.
After World War I, the Oxford SCM was reestablished under that name, but those who held the OICCU's original doctrinal position established a separate Oxford University Bible Union. In 1925 the two agreed to merge, and the OUBU became the Devotional Union of the Student Christian Movement in Oxford. However, the merger was not successful and in Michaelmas 1927, the Devotional Union committee voted to secede. The SCM gave them permission to use the old (1879) name and so the OICCU was born anew, adopting the Doctrinal Basis of the new Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions (now UCCF
UCCF
Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship , formerly known as the Inter-Varsity Fellowship , is a UK-based evangelical Christian charity that operates on university campuses....
) in 1928.
During much of this period, the OICCU used some of the buildings later incorporated into St Peter's College
St Peter's College, Oxford
St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, located in New Inn Hall Street. It occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns, or medieval hostels - Bishop Trellick's, later New Inn Hall, and Rose Hall - both of which were...
. However, after 1933 it had the use of the Northgate Hall
Northgate Hall
The Northgate Hall stands in St Michael's Street, Oxford, England. It has had a number of purposes:* It was originally built as a Primitive Methodist Church, but with Methodist Union in 1932 it was no longer needed for this purpose, as the Wesleyan Wesley Memorial Church is about 100m away;* From...
(just opposite the Oxford Union
Oxford Union
The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, Britain, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford...
on St Michael's Street).
The Oxford Groups
During the 1920s and 1930s, an American preacher named Frank N. D. BuchmanFrank N. D. Buchman
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman , best known as Dr. or Rev. Frank Buchman, was a Protestant Christian evangelist who founded the Oxford Group...
drew a considerable following at Oxford. He emphasized the use of small groups (with Buchman-appointed leaders) where sins were publicly confessed and repented of. The movement taught that the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of the Hebrew Bible, but understood differently in the main Abrahamic religions.While the general concept of a "Spirit" that permeates the cosmos has been used in various religions Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of...
was to directly guide Christians. These small groups became known as Oxford Group
Oxford Group
The Oxford Group was a Christian movement that had a following in Europe, China, Africa, Australia, Scandinavia and America in the 1920s and 30s. It was initiated by an American Lutheran pastor, Frank Buchman, who was of Swiss descent...
s and later Moral Re-Armament
Moral Re-Armament
Moral Re-Armament was an international Christian moral and spiritual movement that, in 1938, developed from the American minister Frank Buchman's Oxford Group. Buchman, a Lutheran, headed MRA for 23 years, from 1938 until his death in 1961...
. The emphasis on small groups and personal belief was inherited by Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
.
Buchman was appealing directly to the OICCU constituency, and Julian Thornton-Duesbury (one of OICCU's supervising university teachers) became a noted Buchmanite. However, the OICCU's student leadership distanced themselves from Buchman.
1940s: Problems and Packer
The International Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsInternational Fellowship of Evangelical Students
The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students is an association of about 136 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide, encouraging evangelism, discipleship and mission among students. The goal of the organisation is to establish local autonomous student movements in every country...
, the worldwide body to which OICCU belongs, was planned at a conference in Oxford in the late 1930s.
World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
forced those plans to be delayed. The greatly reduced number of students in Oxford obviously interfered with the OICCU itself; one medical student had to serve as President for much more than the customary one year of office. However, the Union maintained daily prayer meetings (in termtime) throughout the War. Afterwards, a Standing Committee of prominent past members was established to ensure the Union's long-term continuity in such circumstances and in 1948 they became trustees of the Northgate Hall. The Standing Committee also has some reserve powers regarding the Doctrinal Basis, although they have never been used.
More positively, the prominent Evangelical theologian J.I. Packer was converted to Evangelical Christianity at an OICCU meeting in the 1940s, during his first week at the University. While a student member he was not regarded as doctrinally sound enough to join the Executive Committee. However, he was appointed Librarian, taking a particular interest in the OICCU's selection of out-of-print Puritan
Puritan
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
books. In the following decade Packer, along with Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a Welsh Protestant minister, preacher and medical doctor who was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century. For almost 30 years, he was the minister of Westminster Chapel in London...
, led a revival of Puritan
Puritan
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
studies amongst British pastors. He returned to Oxford in 2004 as the guest of honour at the 125th Anniversary celebrations.
Post-war era
The 1950s saw the OICCU at perhaps its greatest numerical strength, while the SCMWorld Student Christian Federation
The World Student Christian Federation is a federation of autonomous national Student Christian Movements forming the youth and student arm of the global ecumenical movement...
was seen to have moved towards Marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
. One leading figure at this time was Michael Green
Michael Green (theologian)
Edward Michael Bankes Green is a British theologian, Anglican priest, Christian apologist and author of more than 50 Christian books.- Early life, education and ministry :...
(President in 1952), who has been a leading Evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
and then the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
since the 1960s. Canon Green has taken a particular interest in promoting the Charismatic Movement
Charismatic movement
The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
, including within the OICCU.
In a slightly later generation, Tom Wright
Tom Wright (theologian)
Nicholas Thomas Wright is a leading New Testament scholar and former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England. His academic work has usually been published under the name N. T...
was the OICCU President (1970-71) and published his first book together with other members of his year's Executive Committee. The book was a plea for a conservative Calvinist doctrinal position, a position he has since modified.
A feature of the post-war years has been the custom of triennal missions which attempt to explain the gospel to every undergraduate. These missions can trace their history back to the visit of Dwight Moody and Ira D. Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
Ira D. Sankey , known as The Sweet Singer of Methodism, was an American gospel singer and composer, associated with evangelist Dwight L...
in 1882, but the current model began with a 1940 mission led by Lloyd-Jones
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a Welsh Protestant minister, preacher and medical doctor who was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century. For almost 30 years, he was the minister of Westminster Chapel in London...
. Subsequent main speakers have included Michael Green
Michael Green (theologian)
Edward Michael Bankes Green is a British theologian, Anglican priest, Christian apologist and author of more than 50 Christian books.- Early life, education and ministry :...
, Dick Lucas
R. C. Lucas
Richard Charles "Dick" Lucas is an Anglican evangelical cleric, best known for his long ministry at St Helen's Bishopsgate in London, England. He is also known as a founder of the Proclamation Trust and the Cornhill Training Course. He is the author of a number of evangelical books and commentaries...
(long-time rector of St Helen's Bishopsgate
St Helen's Bishopsgate
St Helen's Bishopsgate is a large conservative evangelical Anglican church, in Lime Street ward, in the City of London, close to the Lloyd's building and the 'Gherkin'.-History:...
), and John Stott
John Stott
John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE was an English Christian leader and Anglican cleric who was noted as a leader of the worldwide Evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974...
; one of Stott's series of talks was subsequently published as Basic Christianity.
OICCU membership has diminished since the middle part of the century, and now usually stands in the low hundreds — however, most students who regularly attend meetings become formal members, and as of March 2006 OICCU's group membership on Facebook
Facebook
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exceeded its official membership. The lease on the Northgate Hall
Northgate Hall
The Northgate Hall stands in St Michael's Street, Oxford, England. It has had a number of purposes:* It was originally built as a Primitive Methodist Church, but with Methodist Union in 1932 it was no longer needed for this purpose, as the Wesleyan Wesley Memorial Church is about 100m away;* From...
was given up in the 1980s, and the Union has returned to the peripatetic existence of its earliest years, meeting in various church and public buildings around the city. Its archives are now held in the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
and it has the use of a small store room at St Ebbe's
St Ebbe's, Oxford
St Ebbe's is a Church of England parish church in central Oxford which is in the conservative evangelical tradition. It has members from many nations, many of whom are students at Oxford University...
church and New Road Baptist Church. The OICCU currently meet every Wednesday during term time, with 'even weeks' being central meetings and 'odd weeks' being meetings in college (in Hilary Term 2011).
List of OICCU Presidents
- 1879: George King
- 1881: Frank Webster
- 1882: Hon. William Talbot Rice
- 1885: Vernon Bartlet
- 1891: Thomas Ketchlee
- 1892: Tom Alvarez
- 1893: Edmund Elwin
- 1894: Temple Gairdner
- 1895: Willie Holland
- 1897: Fergus McNeile
- 1898: Robert Drury
- 1905: Jack Woodhouse
- 1907: Geoffrey Lunt
- 1909: Nathaniel Micklem
- 1919: Willoughby Habershon
- 1920: Noel Palmer
- 1921: Willoughby Habershon
- 1922: Talbot Mohan
- 1925: Verrier ElwinVerrier ElwinVerrier Elwin was a self-trained anthropologist, ethnologist and tribal activist, who began his career in India as a Christian missionary...
- 1926: Gordon Aldis
- 1935: David Bentley-Taylor
- 1938: Herbert Pope
- 1943: David Mullins
- 1944: David Mullins
- 1945: David Mullins
- 1947: Donald WisemanDonald WisemanDonald John Wiseman OBE, FBA was a Biblical scholar, archaeologist and Assyriologist. He was Professor of Assyriology at the University of London from 1961 to 1982.-Early life and beliefs:...
- 1951: Michael Farrer
- 1952: Michael Green
- 1955: Kenneth Habershon
- 1956: JD Morris
- 1957: Patrick B Harris
- 1958: HWJ Harland
- 1959: David R. Catchpole
- 1960: BT Lloyd
- 1961: John G. Wesson
- 1962: G. Graham DowGraham DowGeoffrey Graham Dow was the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle from 2000-2009, the 66th holder of the office. He is a well-known Evangelical.-Early life:...
- 1963: AMG Dalzell
- 1964: Ray AE Shilling
- 1965: RD Toley
- 1966: John Clarke
- 1967: Denis AlexanderDenis AlexanderDr. Denis Alexander is the director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmund's College, Cambridge, a molecular biologist and an author on science and religion. He is also an editor of Science and Christian Belief. He is an evangelical Christian.-Scientific work:Alexander was...
- 1968: Chris MN Sugden
- 1969: Richard Kennedy
- 1970: NT Wright
- 1971: Duncan Munro
- 1972: Christopher Foster
- 1973: Morey Thomas
- 1974: Keith Sinclair
- 1975: Lindsay Brown
- 1979: Stephen Wright
- 1980: Tim Saunders
- 1981: Richard Dain
- 1982: David Field
- 1983: Hugh Skiel
- 1984: David Gray
- 1985: Mark May
- 1986: Rick Simpson
- 1987: Andy Buckler
- 1988: Simon Cansdale
- 1989: Steve Divall
- 1990: Richard Frank
- 1991: Nat Schluter
- 1994: Stuart Cashman
- 1995: James Ewins
- 1996: Stephen Jones
- 1997: Ed Reid
- 1998: David Scoffield
- 1999: Paul Murray
- 1999: Martin Thornley
- 2000: Tom Patrick
- 2001: Joshua Hordern
- 2002: Ed Boddam-Whetham
- 2003: David 'Benny' Goodman
- 2004: John Aldis
- 2005: Edward Clark
- 2006: Gregory Tarr
- 2007: Daniel Tredget
- 2008: David Meryon
- 2009: Graham Thornton
- 2010: Joel Harland
- 2011: Robbie Strachan
Affiliation
- UCCFUCCFUniversities and Colleges Christian Fellowship , formerly known as the Inter-Varsity Fellowship , is a UK-based evangelical Christian charity that operates on university campuses....
(Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship) - International Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsInternational Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsThe International Fellowship of Evangelical Students is an association of about 136 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide, encouraging evangelism, discipleship and mission among students. The goal of the organisation is to establish local autonomous student movements in every country...
External links
- Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union website
- Oxford Graduate Christian Union website
- A brief history of the OICCU by Liam Beadle, from the May 2004 edition of Evangelicals NowEvangelicals NowEvangelicals Now is a monthly evangelical Christian newspaper based in Surrey, England. The magazine was started in 1986 by Bob Horn, and the current editor is John Benton, who is also the pastor of Chertsey Street Baptist Church in Guildford...