# Sandy Millar > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandy_Millar > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandy_Millar.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Millar > Source revision: 1305988681 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Anglican bishop}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend) | name = Sandy Millar | honorific-suffix = | title = Honorary Assistant Bishop, [Diocese of Ipswich and St. Edmundsbury](/source/Diocese_of_St_Edmundsbury_and_Ipswich) | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England)
[Church of Uganda](/source/Church_of_Uganda) | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | appointed = 2012 | term_start = | term_end = | quashed = | predecessor = | successor = | opposed = | other_post = {{Unbulleted list|Vicar, [Holy Trinity Brompton](/source/Holy_Trinity_Brompton) (1985–2005)|Honorary assistant bishop, [Diocese of London](/source/Diocese_of_London) (2006–2011)}} | ordination = {{Unbulleted list|1977 (priesthood)|1976 (diaconate)}} | ordained_by = | consecration = 25 November 2005 | consecrated_by = [Henry Luke Orombi](/source/Henry_Luke_Orombi) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = [Anglicanism](/source/Anglicanism) | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = Barrister, Anglican priest | education = | alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|[Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge)|[University of Durham](/source/University_of_Durham)}} | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }} '''John Alexander Kirkpatrick Millar''' (born 13 November 1939), known as '''Sandy Millar''', is a retired [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) [bishop](/source/bishop) who, on 27 November 2005, was consecrated in [Kampala](/source/Kampala) as an [assistant bishop](/source/assistant_bishop) in the [Province](/source/Province) of Uganda,{{cite web|website=Diocese of London|title=Sandy Millar to become a Bishop|url=http://www.london.anglican.org/NewsShow_5129 |date=21 October 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024013931/http://www.london.anglican.org/NewsShow_5129|archive-date=24 October 2005|url-status=dead}} in a joint initiative of [Henry Luke Orombi](/source/Henry_Luke_Orombi), [Archbishop of Uganda](/source/Archbishop_of_Uganda); [Rowan Williams](/source/Rowan_Williams), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury); and [Richard Chartres](/source/Richard_Chartres), [Bishop of London](/source/Bishop_of_London).{{Cite web|title=Hold the potting shed — this man has a mission|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2006/10-march/features/hold-the-potting-shed-this-man-has-a-mission|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}} He was subsequently licensed at [St Paul's Cathedral](/source/St%26nbsp%3BPaul's_Cathedral), London, on 9 February 2006 to act as an honorary assistant bishop in the [Diocese of London](/source/Diocese_of_London). He thereafter served as [priest-in-charge](/source/priest-in-charge) of St Mark's, [Tollington Park](/source/Tollington_Park) in [North London](/source/North_London) until 2 February 2011 when he retired. == Personal life == Millar was born into an upper class Scottish family. His father was a [major-general](/source/major-general). He was educated at [Lambrook Preparatory School](/source/Lambrook), [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge), graduating in 1962 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, promoted [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)) in 1966.{{Cite web|title=The Rt Revd John Alexander Kirkpatrick (Sandy) MILLAR|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/26417/the-rt-revd-john-alexander-kirkpatrick-millar|access-date=2021-12-15|website=www.crockford.org.uk}} He practised as a [barrister](/source/barrister) for 10 years. After that, he gained a [diploma](/source/diploma) in [theology](/source/theology) from the [University of Durham](/source/University_of_Durham). He was ordained deacon in 1976 and priest in 1977 at the age of 37. Millar has been a [prebendary](/source/prebendary) of [St Paul's Cathedral](/source/St_Paul's_Cathedral) since 1997. Millar is in the [Charismatic Evangelical](/source/Charismatic_Movement) tradition of the Church of England, but has usually concentrated on local missions and not on participation in controversies in the wider [Anglican Communion](/source/Anglican_Communion). However, in October 2007, he was reported to have said to an American church congregation at [Truro Church](/source/Truro_Church_(Fairfax%2C_Virginia)), in [Fairfax](/source/Fairfax%2C_Virginia), [Virginia](/source/Virginia) that "there is a war on for the very soul of the church" and to have told the congregation, which had left the [Episcopal Church](/source/ECUSA) of the United States in protest at its acceptance of homosexuality, "your steadfastness in the face of a new and speciously sophisticated manifestation of evil has won you many admirers all over the world."[https://babybluecafe.blogspot.com/2007/10/transcript-full-text-of-bishop-sandy.html Transcript: The Full Text of Bishop Sandy Millar's Sermon at] [Truro](/source/Truro): "Do You Love Me?", [https://babybluecafe.blogspot.com/ BabyBlueOnline], 31 October 2007. These comments were publicised on the internet, although not by him. On 29 April 2012, Millar was licensed as an [honorary assistant bishop](/source/honorary_assistant_bishop) in the [Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich](/source/Diocese_of_St_Edmundsbury_and_Ipswich), by which time he was living in [Aldeburgh](/source/Aldeburgh).{{Cite web|date=2012-04-30|title=Suffolk: Trio honoured at St Edmundsbury Cathedral service|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-trio-honoured-at-st-edmundsbury-cathedral-service-2034130|access-date=2021-12-15|website=East Anglian Daily Times|language=en-UK}} == Growing the church == Millar was [vicar](/source/vicar) of [Holy Trinity Brompton](/source/Holy_Trinity_Brompton) from 1985 to 2005 and was the principal person responsible for the [Alpha course](/source/Alpha_course). He was succeeded as vicar and principal of Alpha by [Nicky Gumbel](/source/Nicky_Gumbel). During this period, he developed a strategy of [church planting](/source/church_planting) throughout London, thereby making it possible for dying churches to have a fresh start with congregations and [clergy](/source/clergy) provided by Holy Trinity – all in close association with the [London](/source/London) bishops. Such church "plants" included: * 1985: St Barnabas' [Addison Road](/source/Addison_Road%2C_London), [West Kensington](/source/West_Kensington) * 1987: St Mark's [Battersea](/source/Battersea) Rise * 1989: [St Paul's](/source/St_Paul's%2C_Onslow_Square) [Onslow Square](/source/Onslow_Square) * 1994: [St Stephen's Church, Westbourne Park](/source/St_Stephen's_Church%2C_Westbourne_Park) * 2000: [St Paul's, Hammersmith](/source/St_Paul's%2C_Hammersmith) * 2002: [St George the Martyr's](/source/St_George_the_Martyr%2C_Holborn), [Queen Square](/source/Queen_Square%2C_London), [Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury) * 2005: St Paul's [Shadwell](/source/Shadwell) Another of his achievements is the rehabilitation of the previously disused church of [St Paul's, Onslow Square](/source/St_Paul's%2C_Onslow_Square), located in his [parish](/source/parish). == Writing and teaching == Millar also initiated "The Marriage Course" and "The Marriage Preparation Course", which run both throughout the United Kingdom and in many other countries. In 2005, a book containing a selection of his writings, ''All I Want Is You'', was published. ==Styles== * Sandy Millar (1939–1977) * [The Revd](/source/The_Reverend) Sandy Millar (1977–1997) * The Revd Prebendary Sandy Millar (1997–2005) * [The Rt Revd](/source/Right_Reverend) Sandy Millar (2005–present) ==See also== {{Portal|Christianity|Biography}} * [Nicky Lee (priest)](/source/Nicky_Lee_(priest)) ==References== {{reflist}} {{S-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before=[John T. C. B. Collins](/source/John_T._C._B._Collins)}} {{S-ttl|title=[Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton](/source/Holy_Trinity_Brompton)|years=1985–2005}} {{S-aft|after=[Nicky Gumbel](/source/Nicky_Gumbel)}} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Millar, Sandy}} Category:1939 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category:Members of Lincoln's Inn Category:20th-century English Anglican priests Category:21st-century English Anglican priests Category:British expatriate bishops Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in Uganda Category:Evangelical Anglican bishops Category:Evangelicalism in the Church of England Category:British Charismatics Category:Holy Trinity Brompton people Category:Alumni of St John's College, Durham --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sandy Millar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Millar) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Millar?action=history)). 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