| Administrative History | Max Alexander Cunningham Warren (1904-1977), clergyman, writer, and missionary statesman. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge (B.A. 1926, M.A., 1931) and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1926-1927. In 1927, he went to Nigeria as a member of the Hausa Band (formed in March 1924, following an appeal in Cambridge by G. T. Manley, CMS Africa Secretary, consisting of four members - Guy Bullen, W. H. Oswald, Norman Cook and Max Warren - who offered to CMS as a team to further missionary work among Moslems in Northern Nigeria). Warren reached Zaria in December 1927, but in 1929 was invalided home with tuberculosis. He was ordained deacon in 1932 and priest in 1933 and became curate of St John the Evangelist, Boscombe and Joint Secretary for Youth Work in Diocese of Winchester from 1932 until 1936. In 1936 he became vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge and Secretary of the Cambridge Pastorate, 1936-1942. He then served as General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, 1942-1963. He became Canon and Sub-Dean of Westminster in 1963.
He travelled widely, particularly to Africa and Asia. He was frequently invited to give lectures and to speak at conferences. He also wrote extensively including regular contributions to the monthly CMS News-Letter and numerous books and articles. His books included:
Loyalty (1935); Interpreters (1936); Master of Time (1943); The Calling of God (1944); Strange Victory (1946); The Truth of Vision (1948); The Christian Mission (1951); (Ed.) The Triumph of God (1948); Revival (1954); The Christian Imperative (1955); Caesar the Beloved Enemy (1955); The Gospel of Victory (1955); Partnership (1956); Challenge and Response (1959); Letters on Purpose (1963); Perspective in Mission (1964); The Missionary Movement from Britain in Modern History (1965); Social History and Christian Mission (1967); To Apply the Gospel (1971); A Theology of Attention (1971); Crowded Canvas (1974); I Believe in the Great Commission (1976).
References: Crockford's Clerical Directory; Who was Who, 1971-1980; Concise Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Custodial History | Deposited with the CMS in October 1977 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in May 2007 (with the exception of the photographs in the collection which were temporarily retaind by the CMS in May 2007) |