John Stott

===Anglican evangelicalism===
Stott's [[churchmanship]] fell within the [[Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom|conservative evangelical wing of the Church of England]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andrews |first1=Stephen |title=John Stott and Anglican Evangelicalism |url=https://www.wycliffecollege.ca/blog/john-stott-and-anglican-evangelicalism |website=Wycliffe College |access-date=7 June 2021 |date=24 April 2021 |quote=John Stott's own convictions clearly fell within the compass of conservative evangelicalism, [...] which he claimed was "bible Christianity," and in the mainstream of historic, orthodox, and Reformed belief. He sought to redeem both the perceptions and place of conservative evangelicals in the Church.}}</ref> He played a key role as a leader of evangelicalism within the Church of England, and was regarded as instrumental in persuading evangelicals to play an active role in the Church of England rather than leaving for exclusively evangelical denominations. There were two major events where he played a key role in this regard.

He was chairing the National Assembly of Evangelicals in 1966, a convention organised by the [[Evangelical Alliance]], when [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]] made an unexpected call for evangelicals to unite as evangelicals and no longer stay within their "mixed" denominations.{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=76}} This view was motivated by a belief that true Christian fellowship requires evangelical views on central topics such as the atonement and the inspiration of Scripture. Lloyd-Jones was a key figure to many in the [[free church]]es, and evangelical Anglicans regarded Stott similarly. The two leaders publicly disagreed, as Stott, though not scheduled as a speaker that evening,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Steer |first1=Roger |title=Church on Fire: Story of Anglican Evangelicals |date=21 May 1998 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton Ltd |isbn=978-0340641934 }}</ref> used his role as chairman to refute Lloyd-Jones, saying that his opinion went against history and the Bible.{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=76}} The following year saw the first [[National Evangelical Anglican Congress]], which was held at [[Keele University]].{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=76}} At this conference, largely due to Stott's influence, evangelical Anglicans committed themselves to full participation in the Church of England, rejecting the separationist approach proposed by Lloyd-Jones.<ref>
{{cite news
|last = Cook
|first = Paul E.&nbsp;G.
|date = February 2007
|url = http://www.evangelical-times.org/archive/item/2166/Historical/Evangelicalism-in-the-UK/
|title = Evangelicalism in the UK
|work = Evangelical Times
|access-date = 14 January 2018
}}</ref>

These two conferences effectively fixed the direction of a large part of the British evangelical community. Although there is an ongoing debate as to the exact nature of Lloyd-Jones's views, they undoubtedly caused the two groupings to adopt diametrically opposed positions. These positions, and the resulting split, continue largely unchanged to this day.<ref>{{cite news
 |last         = Gibson
 |first        = Alan
 |date         = October 1996
 |url          = http://www.e-n.org.uk/217-Thirty-years-of-hurt.htm
 |title        = Thirty Years of Hurt?
 |work         = Evangelicals Now
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080926082215/http://www.e-n.org.uk/217-Thirty-years-of-hurt.htm
 |archive-date = 26 September 2008
 |access-date  = 14 January 2018
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}}</ref>