Back in 2014, Sir John Houghton (1931 – 2020) agreed to be interviewed by John Emyr. That interview was translated into Welsh and appeared in the Welsh-language magazine Cristion. It now appears for the first time in English.
JE: Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. When, and under what circumstances, did you first acquire a personal faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord?
JH: I cannot give a date when I acquired a personal faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. I was brought up in a strongly Christian home and was taught from an early age to pray and to read the Bible. In 1948 I went to Oxford University when I was only 16 and was surrounded by many older students who had been in the war. Some of these who were Christians befriended me and introduced me to the OICCU, the University Christian Union. To join the OICCU I had to declare my personal faith in Jesus as Saviour and Lord, which I was glad to do, but I also realised it was the first time I had openly declared it.
