Description
John Stott would never have called it 'mentoring', but, throughout his life, he instinctively drew alongside younger men and women from across the world, gently pastoring them within the context of a warm, genuine and healthy "Paul-Timothy" friendship. Why aren't these intergenerational friendships more common in the Church today?
In Transforming Friendship, John Wyatt acknowledges that recent serious scandals and suspicion prevalent in our culture have made people more cautious about these kinds of relationships. The church, therefore, needs to lead the way in seeing friendship transformed into something safe, life-giving and Christlike. Wyatt shares the transformative experience of being Stott's close friend. Using examples from the Bible, Christian history and the church today, he makes the case for a model of "Gospel-crafted" friendship, with a particular emphasis on the need for more Paul-Timothy type relationships like the one he enjoyed with Stott.Author: John Wyatt
Publisher: IVP
Published: 11/17/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.32w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9781789741230
ISBN10: 1789741238
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Leadership & Mentoring
About the Author
Professor John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics at University College London. He is an author and speaker who worships at All Souls Langham Place, London, where John Stott was Rector and Rector Emeritus for many years. He contributed a chapter to John Stott: A Portrait by His Friends and features in the chapter on Dependence in The Radical Disciple by John Stott.
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