Issue 14 Whole Life PreachingBlog | The Late Greats John Stott
The Late Greats John Stott
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 25.03.18
The impressive regency style columns of All Souls’, Langham Place, stand in London’s West End, neighbouring the BBC. For six decades, worshippers in All Souls’ would frequently hear the voice of John Stott, whose careful articulation and received pronunciation matched anything that was broadcast next door. The length of Stott’s association with All Souls’ was extraordinary. Stott’s father was a Harley Street physician and All Souls’ was a regular place of worship for the young John and his mother. After ordination in 1945, Stott served his title as assistant curate at All Souls’, became rector in 1950, and continued to minister as rector emeritus from 1975 until his death in 2011. The key experience of his life, however, did not take place at Langham Place: John Stott experienced his evangelical conversion whilst at school at Rugby. Neither did the length of residence in one place mean that Stott’s was a parochially confined ministry; on the contrary, throughout the last four decades of his life Stott built up an international reputation, travelling frequently to speak in public, and exercising a ministry of proclamation through his many published writings.2 His work in global mission continued after his death through the Lausanne Partnership in which he and Billy Graham were the founding influences.3
