Posts Tagged ‘John Stott’
Rt Revd Timothy Dudley-Smith RIP
Watch an online thanksgiving service for the life of Timothy Dudley-Smith here. Dear Friends of Langham It is my sad duty to make you aware that Timothy Dudley-Smith, longstanding friend and biographer of John Stott, and encouraging and generous supporter of the Langham Partnership, died at home in Cambridge early yesterday aged 97. Although mobility…
Read More2023 John Stott Lecture at All Souls – 16th November
JOHN STOTT LECTURE:NO WORSHIP WITHOUT THE POORwith Dr Myrto Theocharous All Souls Church, Langham Place, Thursday 16th November at 7 PM In the 2023 John Stott London Lecture, biblical scholar and anti-trafficking activist Dr Myrto Theocharous examined God’s concern for the poor and his radical identification with them. She made the case that the way…
Read MoreNew global Preaching Clubs resource celebrates John Stott
Langham Preaching has embarked on an exciting new project to provide a resource for Preaching Clubs around the world in celebration of John Stott’s centenary this year. The aim of the project is to translate John Stott’s seminal book ‘God’s Word for Today’s World’ into many languages, alongside providing a discussion guide written by the…
Read MoreRelaunch in Jamaica
Mark Meynell, (Langham Preaching Director for Europe and Caribbean) recently spent a weekend in Kingston, Jamaica, along with Annett Brown, Preaching Co-ordinator. Jamaica was one of the very first countries to invite the embryonic Langham Preaching to work, way back in 2002. John Stott himself visited with Chris Wright and then the work became quite…
Read MoreFrances Whitehead, John Stott’s ‘right hand’, ‘promoted to glory’
On Saturday 1 June Frances Whitehead, John Stott’s secretary of nearly 60 years, died peacefully at home at the age of 94. Frances served John Stott throughout his whole ministry, as Rector of All Souls, Langham Place, and then in his wider global ministry. For years, they coped with an average of 30 letters a…
Read MoreIn His Own Words: Conrad Mbewe
How a pastor in search of biblical books in the right context finds “a rich vein of gold” Conrad Mbewe knows from personal experience that these words by John Stott are true: “Good preaching is impossible without study, and study is impossible without good books.” Although today Conrad is a theological leader in his native…
Read More‘I was truly privileged to stay at Tyndale House’
Langham Scholar Oboletswe Matlhaope is studying for a PhD at North West University, South Africa, and is from Botswana. From September to December last year, Oboletswe stayed at Tyndale House, Cambridge, in Langham’s dedicated bed-sitting study room. He is so grateful for his time there, and has expressed his “deepest gratitude” for being able to study…
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