Colin Morris

Colin Manley Morris (13 January 1929 – 20 May 2018) was an English Methodist minister, author, and broadcaster. Born into a mining family in a village near Bolton, after his ordination he served the Methodist Church in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) for fifteen years.He stood out for racial integration within the church, became a close friend of the leader of the independence movement, Kenneth Kaunda, and was closely involved in the formation of the United Church in Zambia soon after the country became independent.He always espoused an explicitly anti-racist and socialist position and argued that it represents the authentic spirit of Christianity. He died on 20 May 2018 at the age of 89.