Professor Jerram Barrs, of Covenant Theological Seminary in St Louis, speaks to Mark Meynell in Episode 12 of The Stott Legacy podcast.
Jerram has been at the Seminary since 1989 and just a few years ago was made the inaugural holder of the Francis Schaeffer Chair of Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture. He was born in the UK and studied at Manchester University.
Jerram was involved in the original L’Abri Fellowship in Huémoz in Switzerland with the Schaeffer family. In 1971 was one of the founding members of the English L’Abri and founding pastor of the International Presbyterian Church in Liphook, Hampshire, nearby.
He has written and taught widely ever since, and in particular, got to know John Stott through their public debates and discussions on Just War and Pacifism. Stott asked him to be one of the first board members of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC, formerly known as Christian Impact) in the 1980s.
To mark the centenary of John Stott’s birth, Langham launched a podcast called “The Stott Legacy”. In each episode, Mark Meynell meets someone who has been impacted by John Stott’s legacy. His thoughts, life and example represent many challenges to our own generation. Join us by listening to these remastered episodes, as we explore inspiration, challenges and insights from the life of Uncle John. One episode per day will be released in Advent 2024.
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