Praise for The Living Church
PRAISE FOR THE LIVING CHURCH
“I have relied on John Stott’s books for decades as both guides to practice and nourishment to belief. Our church, Redeemer Presbyterian in New York City, has attempted to incarnate all that I, and a generation or more of Christians, have learned from him. This new book promises to be just as helpful in navigating modern controversies and issues.”
TIM KELLER, Redeemer Presbyterian Church
“Young pastors with a love for Jesus’ church will be blessed by this timely gift from one of the most important evangelical voices.”
MARK DRISCOLL, Mars Hill Church
“Inspiring and nourishing reading.”
AJITH FERNANDO, Youth For Christ in Sri Lanka
“Vintage Stott: faithful, rigorous biblical exposition; crystal clarity; challenging contemporary applications with plenty of punch; great wisdom.”
VAUGHAN ROBERTS, author, God’s Big Picture
“Gold on every page.”
RICHARD BEWES, All Souls Church
“Exceptional clarity, profound concern and strong counsel.”
DICK LUCAS, St. Helen’s Bishopsgate
“A gem of a book, which every committed Christian needs to read. Here is the heartbeat of a godly minister of the gospel.”
DAVID JACKMAN, Proclamation Trust
“The reader is given a vision for a church whose roots are deeply biblical and whose touch reaches a dying world.”
AMY ORR-EWING, Zacharias Trust
“While many high-profile churches come and go, All Souls, Langham Place, in the heart of London has maintained its spiritual vitality and mission commitment over many decades. Its effectiveness has depended not on a formula for success but on an unswerving commitment to fundamental biblical principles. The Living Church establishes the foundations for a biblically balanced approach to ministry that is comprehensive in its scope and expressed with John Stott’s characteristic clarity. It provides a valuable resource for church leaders seeking to revitalize existing churches and for those birthing new faith communities.”
EDDIE GIBBS, Fuller Theological Seminary
“Stott has earned a close reading through his more than 50 years of faithful service to the church. He understands the dangers facing the church and the urgent need for ‘God’s new community’ to be biblically strong and outward looking. He seeks a biblical middle ground between emergent churches and those traditional ones that have become complacent.”
SUSAN OLASKY, WORLD
“It is biblical. It is encouraging, and it is instructive. His insights are to be found on every page. He writes with conviction and candor, without rancor or provocation. And as a man in his late 80s, he demonstrates a joyful wisdom too rarely observed in aging pastors and scholars.”
JOHN NYQUIST, Missiology