The Langham Partnership is a group of ministries that have arisen from the
vision and worldwide ministry of John Stott over half a century. In his travels
Stott witnessed firsthand the phenomenal growth of the Church in the southern
and eastern continents - the Majority World. Disturbed, however, by the fact
that so often this is evangelistic growth without discipling and maturity -
Stott took several initiatives based on three convictions, which he calls "the
Langham Logic":
God wants His Church to grow up in maturity.
The Church grows through God's word.
The Word of God comes to people primarily through preaching.
But the standards of preaching and clear exposition of the
Bible are sadly very poor in so many parts of the world. So, if we want to
foster the maturity and mission of the Church, the logical question to ask
is: 'What can we do to raise the standards of biblical preaching?'
Langham Partnership's vision is to see churches worldwide being equipped for mission and growing to maturity through the ministry of Christian leaders and pastors who sincerely believe, diligently study, faithfully expound and relevantly apply the Word of God.
The Langham Partnership International is a network of national bodies with the same objectives in the U.K., the United States (under the name John Stott Ministries), Canada, Australia and East Asia. With John Stott now in his 80s, these bodies appointed the Rev. Dr. Chris Wright as international ministries director in September 2001 to work alongside Stott and take on the responsibilities of strategic leadership in the various ministries, especially the preaching seminars. Together and individually, John Stott and Chris Wright undertake ministry around the world.
