| Activity | Grubb spent the years prior to World War II traveling and researching throughout Latin America, first on behalf of the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade and then for the World Dominion Press. This unique experience led to his appointment as director of the Latin American section of the Ministry of Information, set up by the British government at the outbreak of World War II, and later to his promotion to Overseas Controller of the Ministry of Information, a position he held until 1946. In 1944 he accepted the invitation of Canon Max Warren to become president of the Church Missionary Society, supervising its development for the next quarter of a century. In 1946 Grubb was invited to become the first chairman of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, and in partnership with Frederick Nolde he played a decisive role in the World Council of Churches throughout the period up to the fourth assembly in Uppsala in 1968. Later he added to his responsibilities by thrice accepting election as chairman of the House of Laity in the Assembly of the Church of England. He also continued to accept government assignments, as secretary general of the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Councils, and as chairman of the high level Committee on Strategic Studies in Britain. In recognition of his public service as well as his service to the church he was awarded a knighthood by the queen. [Source: http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/g-h/grubb-kenneth-george-1900-1980/ ] |