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John Stott: A Leader and a Statesman
Photo © InterVasity Christian Fellowship I first met John Stott when I was a student in Oxford University in 1975 when he came to speak at three consecutive evangelistic meetings …
10 June 2021
John Stott at 100
I’ve got a confession to make: before I joined IVP, I’d only read the one John Stott book, his classic The Cross of Christ, which I picked up on a …
27 April 2021
The Ultimate Purpose of Our Lives
Photo © Keswick Ministries For nearly 150 years, in a small town in the heart of the English Lake District, thousands of Christians have gathered every summer to listen to …
19 April 2021
John Stott on Devotion
On the day John Stott died, I was at a youth conference. Opposite me at the table in the speakers’ lounge sat a nineteen-year-old man. He hadn’t heard the news. …
18 April 2021
Melba Maggay on John Stott: A Life and Work of Equal Worth
The first time I saw John Stott, he was doing a series of Bible expositions for pastors and the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship here in the Philippines. It was …
17 April 2021
Miles Away: The Hookses with Uncle John
The following is a reflection from Todd Shy who served as a study assistant to John Stott from 1988 to 1992. First posted at johnstott.org On the five-hour drive from …
16 April 2021
True Leadership
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 …
01 April 2021
The Head and Heart of the Lausanne Movement
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 …
26 March 2021
Rico Tice: Lessons from John Stott
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 …
12 March 2021
John Stott, A Rocha and Creation Care
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 …
01 March 2021