The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation (LCWE) has announced on 28th June, the influential British evangelical Dr. John R. W. Stott, to become the Honorary Chair of the LCWE. The major and life-long contribution of John Stott to the world’s evangelical movement has been highly appreciated by Lausanne.
Rev. S. Douglas Birdsall, Executive Chair of Lausanne, said in many ways the name John Stott is synonymous with Lausanne because of the key role he has played in the development of the movement.
John Stott was born in London in 1921. He obtained a 1st class degree in French and Theology at Trinity College Cambridge. He also has honorary doctorates from British, Canadian and American colleges. He is a committed churchman in the Church of England since he was ordained into the ministry in 1945. He serves the All Souls Church at Langham Place in London, where the street is famous for the British Broadcasting Company (BBC).
During the last quarter century, John Stott has travelled across the world for ministry to pastors and students. He is the founder of John Stott Ministries with a vision to serve the church in the Majority World by supporting evangelical graduate students with discipleship training, pastoral care, theological resources and Christian literature. His ministry is now set up in US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong as well as the UK and Ireland.
Nationally, John Stott has worked as a top leader in many evangelical organisations throughout his life, for instance, the Church of England Evangelical Council, Scripture Union, British Evangelical Alliance as well as Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF). He has been a Chaplain to the Queen since 1959. He is now the President of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC).
In addition, his prominence within North American evangelicalism was reflected in his role as Bible expositor on six occasions at the triennial Urbana Student Mission Convention arranged by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He was vice president of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) from 1995 to 2003.
