Why should anyone in the 21st century read books by someone whose prime years of global evangelical leadership were fifty years ago in the 20th?

InterVarsity Press (USA) published this press release the 8th of January 2021. WESTMONT, IL— Known worldwide as a preacher, evangelist, and communicator of Scripture, the late John R. W. Stott was …

Photo © Kieran Dodds This year the global Church celebrates the birth centenary of one its greatest twentieth-century leaders, John Stott (1921-2011). Although I heard him as a speaker and …

Photo: Lausanne Young Leaders conference Singapore 1987 © Lausanne Movement The two leaders with whom the Lausanne Movement is most closely associated are Billy Graham and John Stott. Billy was …

Themes: Faith; Friendship; Love; Obedience and Disobedience [A] true friend studies a loved one’s interests. His love spells loyalty. [A servant] dare not call himself “servant” if [he] disobeys. How …

I joined the staff at All Souls, Langham Place, on 15 August 1994, and so had the privilege of getting to know Uncle John as a colleague and friend from …

Faith, life, and mission must be integrated in the preparation of pastors-to-be. I have never been a seminary teacher—but please do not judge me unqualified to engage in the debate …

I first met John Stott when, as a small boy in Bangalore, India, I was instructed to be on best behaviour because a famous preacher was visiting. My main memory …

Dr. James Barr, Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture in the University of Oxford, is one of our leading British theologians. He will probably be remembered for his …

Themes: Conflict; Education; Health and Healing; Justice; Sanctity of Life; Work Righteous Lord God, you love justice and hate evil, and you care for the weak, vulnerable, needy, and the …

As a new Christian, I came to realise in my late teens that I was gay; and, not quite ready to tell anyone else yet, I wanted to know what my new-found faith said about my sexuality. Almost at random in a local Christian bookshop, I picked up a copy of Authentic Christianity. It was so helpful that the first Christian thing I ever read on the subject was clear that my identity is in Christ and not my sexuality, that my sexuality was no more fallen than anyone else’s.

John Stott’s contribution to missiological thinking has been succinct, seminal and strategic. Let me illustrate. Succinct To be comprehensive, clear and pithy first requires mastery. John Stott wrote over 50 …