Inderjit Bhogal

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We must challenge our governments to divert money and investment from war to the ending of poverty and tackling climate change and pollution. In our personal lives we need to find ways to live with greater grace and generosity with those who are different from us.

In 2020 he became honorary president of the Fellowship of Reconciliation England and Scotland from 2020 until 2023. [8]

Bhogal has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Oxford Brookes in 2001, Sheffield Hallam in 2002 and Sheffield in 2020. [4]

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Inderjit Bhogal OBE
President of the Methodist Conference
In office
2000–2001