The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor

Gold on every page.
-Richard Bewes, rector emeritus, All Souls Church

Vintage Stott: faithful, rigorous biblical exposition; crystal clarity; challenging contemporary applications with plenty of punch; great wisdom.
-Vaughan Roberts, author, God's Big Picture

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

Exceptional clarity, profound concern and strong counsel.
-Dick Lucas, rector emeritus, St Helen's Bishopsgate, London

Inspiring and nourishing reading.
-Ajith Fernando, national director, Youth For Christ in Sri Lanka

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, president, Proclamation 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, senior professor, Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, Fuller Seminary

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.
-Dr. Timothy Keller, senior pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

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, pastor, Mars Hill Church, and president, Acts 29 Church Planting Network

This short, well-organized book is perhaps most useful for those clergy and laity who are directly involved in ministry.
-Publishers Weekly, 9/24/2007

I'd like to be able to say that this is a book for pastors, but it's just as much for the flock as it is for their shepard. Stott takes his decades of experience in pastoral ministry and missions and whittles it down into basically an annotated outline of what the Church as a whole should look like...a Survival guide of sorts, teachign what is vital to the life of the church.
-Nick Norelli, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, February 26, 2008

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, May 3/10 2008

As the subtitle claims, these are the "convictions of a lifelong pastor. Turning 87 in April, Stott, an inveterate list-maker, has had plenty of time to develop his convictions.
-David Virtue, VirtueOnline - As Eye See It, May 2, 2008

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, February 2009

"While Stott offers a special word to young ministers, his message is applicable to both clergy and laity of all ages." -- Ken Camp, Baptist Standard, October 31, 2011

"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, February 2009

"Inspiring and nourishing reading." -- Ajith Fernando, national director, Youth For Christ in Sri Lanka

"Exceptional clarity, profound concern and strong counsel." -- Dick Lucas, rector emeritus, St Helen's Bishopsgate, London

"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

"Vintage Stott: faithful, rigorous biblical exposition; crystal clarity; challenging contemporary applications with plenty of punch; great wisdom." -- Vaughan Roberts, author of God's Big Picture

"Gold on every page." -- Richard Bewes, rector emeritus, All Souls Church

As the subtitle claims, these are the "convictions of a "lifelong pastor." Turning 87 in April, Stott, an inveterate list-maker, has had plenty of time to develop his convictions." -- David Virtue, VirtueOnline - "As Eye See It," May 2, 2008

"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 Magazine, May 3-10, 2008

"I'd like to be able to say that this is a book for pastors, but it's just as much for the flock as it is for their shepard. Stott takes his decades of experience in pastoral ministry and missions and whittles it down into basically an annotated outline of what the Church as a whole should look like. . . .a Survival guide of sorts, teachign what is vital to the life of the church." -- Nick Norelli, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, February 26, 2008

"This short, well-organized book is perhaps most useful for those clergy and laity who are directly involved in ministry." -- Publishers Weekly, September 24, 2007

"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, pastor, Mars Hill Church, and president, Acts 29 Church Planting Network

"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." -- Dr. Timothy Keller, senior pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

"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, senior professor, Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, Fuller Seminary

"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, president, Proclamation Trust