Quotes by Thabiti Anyabwile

Thabiti Anyabwile (b. 1970) — Pastor und Buchautor · Reformierter Baptist / Evangelikalismus · USA

Thabiti Anyabwile (* 1970) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Pastor, Gemeindegründer und Buchautor, der unter anderem in Washington, D.C. wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch Publikationen zu gesunder Gemeindepraxis, biblischer Leiterschaft sowie afroamerikanischer Theologiegeschichte, wobei sein Eintreten gegen systemischen Rassismus in konservativen Kreisen Kontroversen auslöste. Für Bibelleser bietet er praxisbezogene Impulse zur reformierten Ekklesiologie und zur Verbindung von biblischer Lehre mit gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Church & Congregation, Witness & Mission, Meaning & Identity, Grace & Redemption, Discipleship, Humility & Pride

Quotes by Thabiti Anyabwile

The “altar call” teaches the congregation to evaluate the “success” or “effectiveness” of the ministry on outward, visible actions and results.

Thabiti Anyabwile

The church is that assembly of people who belong to the Lord, who are gathered together for Him. The gospel of Jesus Christ calls individuals out of the world of sin and death and into eternal light and life; it takes people who were no people and turns them into a special people for God (1 Peter 2:9-10). That’s what the church is. It’s the assembly of people living under the rule of Jesus and committed to each other in the faith.

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We desperately need the church for love, for maturity and preparedness, for spiritual care. It is arrogant, rebellious, self-reliant, God-indicting pride to conclude that the church is an optional extra to the Christian life. We need everything God designs for us. Everything. To reject what God designs for His glory and our good is spiritual suicide. To reject the church is to take your own spiritual life.

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Sources: crosswalk.com, thegospelcoalition.org, crossway.org, sermonaudio.com

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