One of the many groups John started was called Christian Debate. This small group, all personally invited, met three times a year. Often they would read a book and discuss it. Christian Debate was made up of some of John Stott’s sharpest friends. He had known most of them since they were students. The intellectual rigour of the discussions fed into John’s own writing, and into the writing of the group members. Oliver Barclay and Robin Wells were both part of Christian Debate. It met in John’s flat until he was almost eighty years old.
