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Joseph John Boot (born March 9, 1974) is an English Christian thinker, apologist and cultural philosopher^[1]. Boot is known for his writing and speaking on Christian worldview and apologetics, Christian philosophy of culture, Reformational theology and philosophy, Classical Christian education and his commentary on current affairs.^[2] He has written books on the Christian faith, biblical worldview and the intellectual, cultural and political implications of the claims of Christ (such as Think Christianly, The Mission of God^[3][4] and Ruler of Kings^[5][6]). He is a proponent of presuppositional apologetics,^[7] reformational philosophy,^[8] theonomy,^[9] biblical law^[10] and Kuyperian sphere sovereignty.^[11]

He is Founder and President of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. It has offices in Canada, the USA, and United Kingdom (where it is called The Ezra Centre for Christian Thought).^[12] In the US, he is adjunct instructor for culture and apologetics at Bryan College, Tennessee, Senior Fellow of the think-tank truthXchange and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Cultural Leadership.^[13] In the UK, he is senior lecturer at the Wilberforce Academy^[14] and adviser on Public Theology for Christian Concern.^[15][16] He served as founding pastor of Westminster Chapel, Toronto for fourteen years^[17] and the founding chancellor of Westminster Classical Christian Academy,^[18] Toronto.

Joseph Boot was born on 9 March, 1974 in Bexley, Kent, England and was brought up in Wiltshire where his father, Michael Boot, was a church-planter and pastor before going to Pakistan as a missionary.^[19] Boot attended Devizes School. He went on to study Theology at Birmingham Christian College (then Birmingham Bible Institute); he graduated in theology in 1994.^[20]

Boot obtained a Master of Arts degree in Mission Theology (in 2010) with a dissertation on Christian cultural theology exploring the thought of American-Armenian scholar, R. J. Rushdoony from the University of Manchester.^[2] In 2014 he earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Whitefield Theological Seminary, Florida with a dissertation on Christian Intellectual Thought and the Missio Dei.^[21]

Boot began his career in 1996 as an evangelist with Saltmine Trust in Dudley^[22]. He worked alongside Anglican evangelist J.John with whom he launched a Christian apologetics video series called With No Apology.^[23] In 2001, after three years as Director of Evangelism for Christchurch, Fulham, London, Boot worked for the Christian apologetics organization, Zacharias Trust (RZIM), Oxford, England and then from 2003-2008 in Toronto, Canada as the executive director and senior apologist.^[24] In 2008 he became the founding pastor of Westminster Chapel, Toronto. Boot and his wife Jennifer established Westminster Classical Christian Academy (2014) where he served as founding chancellor.^[25] In 2009 Boot founded the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity (EICC),^[26] a Christian worldview and apologetics think-tank and training ministry with centres in Canada, the United States and Great Britain.^[27][28]

Boot is the author of several books on theology, culture and apologetics. He is the founder of the journal Jubilee and writes on his blog, Joe Bloggs. He has contributed articles to online and print magazines and journals including The Gospel Coalition, Christian Concern, Compass, The Centre for Cultural Leadership, Christ Over All, Clear Truth Media, Alpha and Omega Ministries^[29] and the Fight Laugh Feast Network.^[30] In 2021 he was a guest on the Allie Beth Stuckey podcast addressing the Conversion Therapy Ban in Canada.^[31] He was a speaker at the Turning Point USA America Fest 2025^[32][33] by invitation of Erika Kirk.

In 2011 he was recognised by Toronto’s Centre for Mentorship and Theological Reflection (founded by Dennis Ngien at Tyndale University, Toronto) as Best Preacher-Apologist for his contribution to apologetic and expository preaching.^[34]

• In 2020 Boot hosted a summit on the Niagara peninsula for pastors concerning the freedoms of the church in relation to the state and drafted the controversial Niagara Declaration^[35] which received nearly 300 signatures of church leaders and elected officials in Canada^[36].
• In 2023, CBC news ran a critical front page story and documentary (Front Burner), which identified the Ezra Institute as ‘the think-tank of the Christian Right’^[37] in Canada.
• In 2024, Boot responded to a rising tide of anti-Semitism in Christian Reformed circles as co-author of “The Antioch Declaration”^[38] with Douglas Wilson, pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho.

Boot has spoken at public debates defending the Christian faith, including:

• On 22 January 2009, Boot debated Professor Christopher DiCarlo at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology on the topic “Does God Exist?”^[39]
• On 22 September 2009, Boot debated Professor Ronald De Sousa at the University of Ottawa on the question “Does God exist?”^[40]
• On 7 March 2013, Boot debated Dan Barker at the University of Windsor, Ontario, on the topic “Is There Life After Death”?^[41][42]
• On 7 February 2014, Boot discussed the uniqueness of the Christian faith at The Veritas Forum at the University of Waterloo, Ontario^[43]
• On 28 December 2017, Boot sat on a panel in a live discussion of the decline of Christianity and the church for The Zoomer TV.^[44]
• On 8 April 2020, Boot debated Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy at Redeemer University, Ontario, over the question “Is evolution compatible with the Bible?”^[45][46]
• On 5 April 2024, Boot debated Harry Amos in Aylesbury for the Aylesbury Vale Youth for Christ conference. The debate was titled “The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction?”^[47]

Personal Life

Joseph was lead guitarist in a touring evangelical gospel band with his brothers called The Boot Brothers Band^[48] until 1996. Joseph Boot married his wife Jennifer Frances Nunn in 1998 and has three adult children. Joseph and his wife returned to the UK in 2024 to Hertfordshire.^[18]

Boot has authored and contributed to multiple books since 2002. Select publications include:

• Boot, Joseph (2002). A Time to Search. Brighton: Kingsway. ISBN 978-1842910160
• Boot, Joseph; John, J. (2003). Searching for Truth: Discovering the Meaning and Purpose of Life. Wheaton: Crossway. ISBN 978-1581345117
• ——— (2005). Why I Still Believe. Warrington: Sovereign World. ISBN 978-1852404130
• ——— (2006). Why I Still Believe (Hint: It's the Only Way the World Makes Sense). Ada: Baker Books. ISBN 978-0801066054
• ——— (2007). How Then Shall We Answer? Reflections on the Art of Christian Persuasion. Chichester: New Wine Press. ISBN 978-1903725818
• ——— (2016). The Mission of God. London: Wilberforce. ISBN 978-0957572560
• ——— (2016). Gospel Culture: Living in God's Kingdom. Toronto: Ezra Press. ISBN 978-0994727916
• ——— (2018). Gospel Witness: Defending and Extending the Kingdom of God. London: Wilberforce. ISBN 978-0995683266
• ——— (2018). For Life: Defending the Unborn. Grimsby: EICC Publications. ISBN 978-0994727985
• ——— (2018). For Mission: The Need for Scriptural Cultural Theology. Grimsby: EICC Publications. ISBN 978-1989169025
• ——— (2020). For Government: Toward A Christian View of Authority. Toronto: Ezra Press. ISBN 978-1989169124
• ——— (2021). For Politics: The Christian, the Church and the State. Grimsby: EICC Publications. ISBN 978-1989169155
• ——— (2021). For the Kingdom of God. Grimsby: EICC Publications. ISBN 978-1989169148
• ——— (2021). Why I Still Believe: A Journey into Christian Apologetics. Toronto: Ezra Press. ISBN 978-1989169094
• ——— (2022). Ruler of Kings. London: Wilberforce. ISBN 978-1916121133
• ——— (2022). A Time to Search. Toronto: Ezra Press. ISBN 978-9781989162
• ——— (2023). For Reformational Thinking: Developing an Undivided Heart. Toronto: Ezra Press. ISBN 978-1989169223
• ——— (2025). Think Christianly: Developing an Undivided Mind. London: Wilberforce. ISBN 979-8-9916932-3-3

• Zacharias, Ravi, ed. (2012). Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith we Defend. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849946530
• Jones, Peter, ed. (2014). The Coming Pagan Utopia: Christian Witness in Tough Times. Escondido : Main Entry Editions. ISBN 978-0985295035
• Herbert, David, (2014). Becoming God: Transhumanism and the Quest for Cybernetic Immortality. Joshua Press. ISBN 978-1894400596
• Sandlin, Andrew P., ed. (2023). Failed Church: Restoring A Vision of Ecclesial Victory. Independently Published. ISBN 979-8830168755
• ——— (2023). Virtuous Liberty: A Christian Defense of Classical Liberalism and the Free Society Against Cultural Leftism and the New Right. Independently Published. ISBN 979-8867081775
• Strauss, D. F. M., ed. (2023). Discovering Dooyeweerd. Toronto: Paideia Press. ISBN 978-0888153227
• Sandlin, Andrew P., ed. (2024). The Sanctified State: Politics in the Christian Worldview. Independently Published. ISBN 979-8345978436
• Boot, Joseph; Fenske, Theodore; Wright, Nate (2024). Covenant Sexuality: Essays on Religion, Sexuality and Identity. Toronto: Ezra Press. ISBN 978-1989169315

• Joseph Boot, The Podcast for Cultural Reformation
• Cultural Apologetics: Facing the Canon with Joseph Boot (Part One), interview with Rev Canon J. John, 5 March 2023.
• The Mission of God: Facing the Canon with Joseph Boot (Part Two), interview with Rev Canon J. John, 12 March 2023.
• Official Website: Ezra Institute