The church can teach us something about silence, but it cannot make us silent. Personal devotion must always be added to it.

— Lynne Hybels (b. 1952), Autorin, Sprecherin und Aktivistin, Mitgründerin der Willow Creek Community Church

Topics: Church & Congregation, Prayer & Silence

Lynne Hybels

Die US-amerikanische Autorin, Rednerin und Aktivistin Lynne Hybels begründete ab 1975 die überkonfessionelle Megachurch Willow Creek Community Church bei Chicago mit. Bekannt wurde sie vor allem durch ihr weltweites humanitäres Engagement sowie ihren Einsatz für soziale Gerechtigkeit und Frieden im Nahen Osten, der in Teilen des US-Evangelikalismus auf Kritik stieß. Bibellesern begegnet sie als Mahnerin zu einer gelebten Nachfolge, die persönlichen Glauben untrennbar mit praktischer Nächstenliebe und Versöhnungsarbeit verbindet.

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