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Michael Saward

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Michael Saward (priest)

British hymnwriter (1932–2015)

For other people named Michael Saward, see Michael Saward (disambiguation).

Michael John Saward (14 May 1932 – 31 January 2015) was a British Anglican priest, author and hymnodist. He was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1975 to 1995 and was Canon Treasurer of St Paul's Cathedral from 1991 to 2000. He was part of a group of clergy who, under the leadership of John Stott, revived evangelicalism in the Church of England.

Early life

Saward was born on 14 May 1932 in Blackheath, London, England.[1] He was educated at a dame school in Petts Wood, London, and at Eltham College, a private school in Mottingham, London.[2] He became a practising Christian in 1946.[3]

Saward served in the British Army as part of National Service.[3] He was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 26 May 1951 as a second lieutenant.[4]

From 1951 to 1952, he served in Accra, Ghana, as part of the Royal West African Frontier Force.&#

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Michael Saward

Michael Saward was born at Blackheath in South East London on 14th May 1932. He grew up in Petts Wood, was educated at Eltham College, and became a practising Christian in 1946. After his National Service (he served as a subaltern in the Royal West African Frontier Force in Accra, Ghana) he read Theology at Bristol University, and played cricket for the University for four years. He was ordained Priest at Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher and served curacies in Croydon and Edgware - two London suburbs. From 1964-67 he was Secretary of Liverpool Council of Churches before becoming Radio and Television Officer to Archbishop Michael Ramsey for five years. He then became Vicar of St Matthew's, Fulham, (1972-78) and Ealing (1978-91). At that time he was President of the House of Clergy of the Willesden Area Synod.

Among the large number of councils and committees on which he served, he was a member of the General Synod between 1975-95, a Church Commissioner from 1978-93 and on the Church of England Evangelical Council between 1976-93. He was Chairm

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