By John Rogers
TIME MAGAZINE SAYS JOHN STOTT IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
The April 18, 2005 edition of Time Magazine is running a feature listing the world’s 100 most influential people. And there, alongside Condoleezza Rice, Martha Stewart, Nelson Mandela and Ellen MacArthur, we find John Stott. John actually shares a page with Bill Gates - which is an interesting juxtaposition!
John Stott appears in the sub-list of “Heros & Icons”, and the article on him is penned by Billy Graham, who writes “… John Stott has held true to what he sees as a wider calling - the equipping of leaders in countries where resources and experience are limited. His provision of theological books for these regions is financed in large measure with the roalties from his considerable - and popular - writings…. I can’t think of anyone who has been more effective in introducing so many people to a biblical world view. He represents a touchstone of authentic biblical scholarship that, in my opinion, has scarely been paralleled since the days of the 16th century European Reformers.”