The U.S. memorial service of John Stott, one of the key Christian leaders who shaped evangelicalism in the 20th century, took place at College Church in Wheaton, Ill., on Friday.
Stott died on July 27 at the age of 90 in Surrey, England. The English preacher was a prolific writer, authoring over 50 books, including the bestseller Basic Christianity (1958), which has sold over a million copies and translated into 25 languages. He was the chief architect of The Lausanne Covenant (1974), the evangelical manifesto on evangelism and theology. And in 2005, Time magazine named him as one of the “100 most influential people” in the world.
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