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	Dr Newton CBE was a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former [[Wikipedia:List of presidents of the Methodist Conference\|President of the Methodist Conference]]. He was the president of the Wesley Historical Society.		Dr Newton CBE was a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former [[Wikipedia:List of presidents of the Methodist Conference\|President of the Methodist Conference]]. He was the president of the Wesley Historical Society.

	Dr Newton was a noted authority on the Wesley family. His book ''"Susanna, Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism"'' ISBN 0716205629), is recognised as the authoritative biography of [[Wikipedia:Susanna Wesley]].<ref>[http://www.wesley-fellowship.org.uk/WesBulletin22_1.html Newton at conference]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190515/http://www.biggerbooks.com/bk_detail.aspx?isbn=9780716205623 Book review]</ref>		Dr Newton was a noted authority on the Wesley family. His book ''"Susanna, Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism"'' ISBN 0716205629), is recognised as the authoritative biography of [[Wikipedia:Susanna Wesley\|Susanna Wesley]].<ref>[http://www.wesley-fellowship.org.uk/WesBulletin22_1.html Newton at conference]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190515/http://www.biggerbooks.com/bk_detail.aspx?isbn=9780716205623 Book review]</ref>

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	'''John Anthony Newton''' was educated at [[Boston ~~Grammmar~~ School]] (1942-1949).		'''John Anthony Newton''' was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1942-1949).

	Dr Newton CBE was a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former [[Wikipedia:List of presidents of the Methodist Conference\|President of the Methodist Conference]]. He was the president of the Wesley Historical Society.		Dr Newton CBE was a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former [[Wikipedia:List of presidents of the Methodist Conference\|President of the Methodist Conference]]. He was the president of the Wesley Historical Society.

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	*[[:Dennis Commonwealth Prize]]		*[[:Dennis Commonwealth Prize]]

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	'''John Anthony Newton''' was educated at [[Boston Grammmar School] (1942-1949).		'''John Anthony Newton''' was educated at [[Boston Grammmar School]] (1942-1949).

	Dr Newton CBE was a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former [[Wikipedia:List of presidents of the Methodist Conference\|President of the Methodist Conference]]. He was the president of the Wesley Historical Society.		Dr Newton CBE was a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former [[Wikipedia:List of presidents of the Methodist Conference\|President of the Methodist Conference]]. He was the president of the Wesley Historical Society.

	Dr Newton was a noted authority on the Wesley family. His book ''"Susanna, Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism"'' ISBN:0716205629), is recognised as the authoritative biography of [[Wikipedia:Susanna Wesley]].<ref>[http://www.wesley-fellowship.org.uk/WesBulletin22_1.html Newton at conference]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190515/http://www.biggerbooks.com/bk_detail.aspx?isbn=9780716205623 Book review]</ref>		Dr Newton was a noted authority on the Wesley family. His book ''"Susanna, Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism"'' ISBN 0716205629), is recognised as the authoritative biography of [[Wikipedia:Susanna Wesley]].<ref>[http://www.wesley-fellowship.org.uk/WesBulletin22_1.html Newton at conference]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190515/http://www.biggerbooks.com/bk_detail.aspx?isbn=9780716205623 Book review]</ref>

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	Before being Chair of the Liverpool Methodist District, John had already risen to a previous challenge, as successor to the famous [[Wikipedia:Donald Soper\|Donald Soper]], Superintendent of the West London Mission. Through modesty, humour, and warmth of personality, John successfully transferred the "high chapel" worship and social outreach of [[Wikipedia:Kingsway Hall\|Kingsway Hall]] to [[Wikipedia:Hinde Street Methodist Church\|Hinde Street Methodist Church]], Manchester Square.		Before being Chair of the Liverpool Methodist District, John had already risen to a previous challenge, as successor to the famous [[Wikipedia:Donald Soper\|Donald Soper]], Superintendent of the West London Mission. Through modesty, humour, and warmth of personality, John successfully transferred the "high chapel" worship and social outreach of [[Wikipedia:Kingsway Hall\|Kingsway Hall]] to [[Wikipedia:Hinde Street Methodist Church\|Hinde Street Methodist Church]], Manchester Square.

	Born in Grantham, John was brought up by his mother, and nurtured in Boston Methodism, not least by his lay-preacher grandfather. After Boston Grammar School, John read history at [[Wikipedia:University of Hull\|University College, Hull]], and, with the encouragement of [[Wikipedia:A. G. Dickens\|A. G. Dickens]] and [[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Nuttall\|Geoffrey Nuttall]], began his research into [[Wikipedia:Puritans\|Puritanism]] After a pre-collegiate school chaplaincy, and ministerial training at [[Wikipedia:Wesley House\|Wesley House]], Cambridge, John became Assistant Tutor at [[Wikipedia:Richmond Theological College\|Richmond College]], London, where he began a significant friendship with the scholar and ecumenist Marcus Ward, whose biography he would eventually write<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-All-Churches-Marcus-1906-1978/dp/0716203987/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0716203987&qid=1605466239&sr=8-1 A Man for All Churches - Marcus Ward 1906-1978, by John A Newton ISBN:0716203987]</ref>.		Born in Grantham, John was brought up by his mother, and nurtured in Boston Methodism, not least by his lay-preacher grandfather. After Boston Grammar School, John read history at [[Wikipedia:University of Hull\|University College, Hull]], and, with the encouragement of [[Wikipedia:A. G. Dickens\|A. G. Dickens]] and [[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Nuttall\|Geoffrey Nuttall]], began his research into [[Wikipedia:Puritans\|Puritanism]] After a pre-collegiate school chaplaincy, and ministerial training at [[Wikipedia:Wesley House\|Wesley House]], Cambridge, John became Assistant Tutor at [[Wikipedia:Richmond Theological College\|Richmond College]], London, where he began a significant friendship with the scholar and ecumenist Marcus Ward, whose biography he would eventually write<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-All-Churches-Marcus-1906-1978/dp/0716203987/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0716203987&qid=1605466239&sr=8-1 A Man for All Churches - Marcus Ward 1906-1978, by John A Newton] ISBN 0716203987</ref>.

	After pastoral appointments in Louth and Stockton-on-Tees, John became church-history tutor at [[Wikipedia:Wesley College (Bristol)\|Wesley College, Bristol]], and then, after five years’ teaching in Kenya, returned to Wesley College as Principal. His studies in the Puritan tradition were followed by a significant book, Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism (1968)<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Susanna-Wesley-Puritan-Tradition-Methodism/dp/0716205629/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0716205629&qid=1605466786&sr=8-1 Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism, by John A Newton ISBN:0716205629]</ref>.		After pastoral appointments in Louth and Stockton-on-Tees, John became church-history tutor at [[Wikipedia:Wesley College (Bristol)\|Wesley College, Bristol]], and then, after five years’ teaching in Kenya, returned to Wesley College as Principal. His studies in the Puritan tradition were followed by a significant book, Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism (1968)<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Susanna-Wesley-Puritan-Tradition-Methodism/dp/0716205629/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0716205629&qid=1605466786&sr=8-1 Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism, by John A Newton] ISBN 0716205629</ref>.

	As a Lincolnshire historian, John also entered the grand passion of his studies, becoming the leading authority on the Anglo-Catholic scholar-bishop [[Wikipedia:Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)\|Edward King of Lincoln]]. The first-fruits of his study issued in Search for a Saint: Edward King (1977)<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Saint-Edward-John-Newton/dp/0716202816/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0716202816&qid=1605466976&sr=8-1 Search for a Saint: Edward King, by John A Newton ISBN:0716202816]</ref>, and John became one of the first Methodists to be offered an honorary canon's stall in an Anglican cathedral, in this case, at Lincoln.		As a Lincolnshire historian, John also entered the grand passion of his studies, becoming the leading authority on the Anglo-Catholic scholar-bishop [[Wikipedia:Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)\|Edward King of Lincoln]]. The first-fruits of his study issued in Search for a Saint: Edward King (1977)<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Saint-Edward-John-Newton/dp/0716202816/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0716202816&qid=1605466976&sr=8-1 Search for a Saint: Edward King, by John A Newton] ISBN 0716202816</ref>, and John became one of the first Methodists to be offered an honorary canon's stall in an Anglican cathedral, in this case, at Lincoln.

	In 1979, John took a calculated risk in being the first to suggest to the Methodist Conference that the time was ripe for Methodists to take a fresh look at the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church and in the gospel. It was all of a piece that, in 1981, John was elected President of the Methodist Conference. There was much delight that, during his term of office, John made an official visit to [[Wikipedia:Pope John Paul II\|Pope John Paul II]].		In 1979, John took a calculated risk in being the first to suggest to the Methodist Conference that the time was ripe for Methodists to take a fresh look at the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church and in the gospel. It was all of a piece that, in 1981, John was elected President of the Methodist Conference. There was much delight that, during his term of office, John made an official visit to [[Wikipedia:Pope John Paul II\|Pope John Paul II]].
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			== See Also ==

			*[[:Parry Gold Medal]]
			*[[:Ogle Divinity Prize]]
			*[[:Dennis Commonwealth Prize]]