Nick Mercer

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Nick Mercer
Archdeacon of London
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Mercer in 2008
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of London
In office2014 until 2016
Predecessor David Meara
Successor Luke Miller
Other posts Vicar General (2007–2017)
Personal details
Birth nameNicholas Stanley Mercer
Born (1949-12-25) 25 December 1949 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism
Education Worthing High School, West Sussex
Alma mater

Nicholas Stanley "Nick" Mercer (born 25 December 1949) is a British Anglican priest who was the Vicar general for the Diocese of London from 2007 to 2017; [1] he was additionally Archdeacon of London from 2014 until 2016. [2]

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Early life and education

Mercer was born on Christmas Day 1949 and raised at Shoreham-by-Sea, one of seven children in a family living in a small three-bedroom home, and was a member of the town's local Baptist church. [3] He was named Nicholas after Saint Nicholas of Myra, Santa Claus. [3] He was educated at primary school in his home town, Worthing High School, [3] and Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1972 (and Master of Arts in 1976). [4] Remaining at Selwyn College, he studied for, and was awarded, the Postgraduate Certificate in Education as a qualified teacher in 1973. [4]

Early career

Following a short spell of teaching at Lancing College, [3] an independent boarding school located close to his family home, he enrolled at Spurgeon's College, graduating with a second BA degree in 1978. [4] He entered the ministry of the Baptist denomination, [3] beginning as a student minister at a large Baptist church in Enfield, north London, [5] and subsequently as Assistant Minister at Upton Vale Baptist Church, Torquay; later studying at London Bible College (where he was the Laing Scholar), obtaining a Master of Philosophy degree in 1986. [4] [3]

Church of England

Mercer's theological studies eventually led him from the Baptist Union into the Church of England, where he self-identified as an anglo-catholic, later stating that he had been a "closet anglo-catholic" since his university days at Selwyn College. [3] Following training at Cranmer Hall, Durham, he was ordained as a deacon in 1995, and as a priest shortly afterwards, in the same year. [4] In his autobiography, published in the anthology "The post-evangelical debate" (1997), Mercer speaks of a growing realisation that he was no longer a conservative evangelical, despite his continued deep Biblical faith. [3] After curacies in Northwood Hills and Pimlico he was Director of Ministry for the Diocese of London from 2003 to 2007. He was Diocesan Director of Ordinands (overseeing a team of Directors) from 2007 to 2017. He was a Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral from 2008 (around the time of his appointment as Vicar general) to 2017. He was also honorary priest in charge of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in the City of London from 2015 to 2016. [6]

He retired in 2017, on reaching the customary Church of England retirement age of 68 years. [4] He was appointed an emeritus Prebendary of St Paul's cathedral, and an emeritus Archdeacon of London, on his retirement. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ called "Vicar General to the London College of Bishops" > Diocese of London – Vicar General to the London College of Bishops, the Revd Preb Nick Mercer (Archive accessed 10 April 2016)
  2. ↑ London Anglican
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cray, Graham (1997). The post-evangelical debate (First ed.). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. ISBN   0281051089.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Ven Nicholas Stanley MERCER". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "History". Suffolks Baptist Church. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Nicholas Stanley Mercer" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Mercer, Nicholas. "Words in a particular order". Nick Mercer. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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David Meara 		Archdeacon of London
2014–2015		Succeeded by
Luke Miller
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