Christopher idle biography
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Christopher Idle (hymnwriter)
Christopher Martin Idle (born 11 September 1938) is a British hymnodist.
Life
Idle was born in Bromley, Kent, and was educated at Eltham College.
Christopher idle biography
After leaving school, he spent three years in various forms of employment, as well as becoming involved in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.[1] He then studied at St Peter's College, Oxford, graduating in 1962, before undertaking theological training at Clifton Theological College, Bristol.[1][2]
Church ministry
Idle was made a deacon in the Church of England in 1965, and ordained as a priest the following year.
His first curacy was at St Mark's, Barrow-in-Furness, and his second at Christ Church, Camberwell, where he served from 1968 to 1971. In 1971, he became the priest-in-charge of St Matthias', Poplar, and in 1976 became the rector of St Anne's Limehouse.
In 1989, he moved to Suffolk and became the rector of seven churches. He returned to London in 1995, joi