More Than a Methodist: The Life and Ministry of Donald English

The death of Donald English on 28 August 1998 inflicted a heavy loss on the Christian world. He had retired only three years previously and was expected to continue his effective ministry as a Methodist and ecumenical statesman for many years to come. An outstanding Methodist preacher, his gifts were used in local church ministry, overseas missions and at many significant large-scale events. But Donald English was more than a Methodist.
More Than A Methodist pays tribute to the varied aspects of Donald's career. Beginning with his early life in the north-east of England, this biography traces Donald's time working with students, in missionary service in Nigeria and then as a Methodist minister in England, through to Donald the theological teacher, Methodist leader, gifted preacher and ecumenical enthusiast. There are also chapters on his international ministry.
Combining personal memories with details drawn from research, this study tells the story of the life and ministry of a man who will be remembered as more than a Methodist.

Although retired, Brian Hoare is still the Course Leader for the Cliff College 'Music, Spirituality and Worship' diploma course. Ian Randall is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Church History and Spirituality at Spurgeon's College, London. He is also the author of Evangelical Experiences, Educating Evangelicalism and One Body in Christ. Ian M. Randall (Ph.D.,University of Wales) was appointed as Director of Baptist and Anabaptist Studies at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, in 1999 and has continued to serve IBTS, from 2002 onwards as Senior Research Fellow. He has supervised and currently supervises a number of PhD students. He has published many articles and a number of books, of which the most significant recent books are Evangelical Experiences (Paternoster, 1999), The English Baptists of the Twentieth Century (Baptist Historical Society, 2005), A School of the Prophets: 150 Years of Spurgeons College (Spurgeons College, 2005) and What a Friend we have in Jesus (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2005). He is currently working on a volume on the history of Operation Mobilisation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.