As a token of appreciation for Stott's work, the Langham Foundation East Asia presented the leading evangelical with a piece of Chinese calligraphy, which reads the Bible verses from Philippians 2: 9-11.
Stott had just concluded a 10-day visit to churches in mainland China prior to his arrival in Hong Kong, according to the presider of the celebration evening Dr. Choi Yuen-wan, honorary chairman of Breakthrough Hong Kong.
Stott said that the greatest problem of the church in China is that it is growing in number but not in depth, a challenge faced by the church in most of the developing countries as well.
In light of this, Stott urged the three major ministries of the Langham Foundation East Asia- Langham Scholarship, Langham Literature and Langham Preaching to help raise leaders for the development of churches in the East Asia region.
Stott recently celebrated the 60th Anniversary of his ordination on 21 December.
The leading UK evangelical remains a committed churchman in the Church of England since he was ordained into the ministry in 1945.
He continues to serve the All Souls Church at Langham Place in Central London. Stott has also been a Chaplain to the Queen Elizabeth II since 1959.
Following his illustrious career serving God, Stott has just been rewarded a CBE in the Queen's New Year Honors List 2006 "for services to Christian scholarship and the Christian world."
Stott said at the Thanksgiving Evening on Friday that he would he gave all the thanks and glory to God for making him who he is today by his grace.
[Editor's Note: Emily Wong contributed reporting from Hong Kong for this article.]
