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    • Balanced biblical Christianity

      • Stott believed in what he called “BBC”—“balanced biblical Christianity”. He refused to polarize if he could avoid doing so, but neither did he opt for a docile version of the middle ground.
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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_StottJohn Stott - Wikipedia

    John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was a British Anglican priest and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974.

  3. The nearly universal acclaim for John Stott following his July 2011 death revealed evangelical longing for a unifying leader of grace and conviction. The disputes and...

    • Early Life
    • Radical Conservatism
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    John Robert Walmsley Stott was born in London on 27 April 1921 to Sir Arnold and Emily ‘Lily’ Stott. His father was a Harley Street physician and self-confessed agnostic, while his mother, who had been raised Lutheran, attended the nearby All Souls Church Langham Place, opposite the BBC. At the age of eight, Stott was sent to Oakley Hall prep schoo...

    Stott’s establishment credentials perhaps suggest a conservative rather than radical disposition, but that characterisation is misleading for a number of reasons. It not only fails to recognise the true meaning of the term ‘radical’ (about which, more later) and the possibility of radical conservatism, but also the fact that Stott’s theology change...

    In the last decade of his life, he was asked what, if anything, he would change if he were to live his life again. He paused thoughtfully and answered: “I would pray more.” This was the response of someone who, while at university, set his alarm clock to 6am to pray. In later life, this changed to 5am. Stott kept a notebook of situations and people...

  4. Apr 27, 2021 · In his own Anglican church he played a major role in turning evangelicalism from being a minority belief to a mainstream element. Internationally, he planned meetings and chaired committees including those for the important Lausanne Covenant (1974).

  5. Stott came of age during the waning years of British imperialism, and Chapman argues that Stott (and other Anglican evangelicals) continued to believe that an educated ministry committed to reaching cultural elites could be used by God to advance the gospel throughout England and ultimately the world.

  6. By helping post-World War II evangelicals to regroup around the biblical gospel and for the Christian mission, Stott also had a role (albeit not a primary one) in influencing the evangelical reading of Roman Catholicism that emerged from the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).

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