Global Fellowship appoints new Patron
Thursday 28th April 2022The Executive Committee of Global Fellowship of Christian Youth has announced that Lord Griffiths of Burry Port has been appointed as the organisation’s first-ever Patron.
Lord Griffiths first met The Boys’ Brigade whilst serving the Methodist Church of Haiti in the 1970s, where he was ordained. Upon returning to the UK he served various ministries and BB chaplaincies as well as holding the role of President of the Methodist Conference in 1994-1995.
He is a life peer in the House of Lords, having been created Baron Griffiths of Burry Port, of Pembrey and Burry Port in the County of Dyfed in 2004. From 2011 until 2020, Lord Griffiths served as President of The Boys’ Brigade UK & RoI.
