A leader should be able to communicate in a nonargumentative, nondefensive and nonthreatening way – demonstrating gentleness, patience and teachability without compromising the message of the Word of God.

— Gene Getz (b. 1932), Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor

Topics: Guidance & God's Will, The Bible & the Word of God

Gene Getz

Gene Getz (* 1932) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor, der am Moody Bible Institute sowie am Dallas Theological Seminary lehrte und die Fellowship-Bible-Church-Bewegung initiierte. Bekannt wurde er durch Veröffentlichungen wie „Sharpening the Focus of the Church“ und „The Measure of a Man“, die sich mit biblischer Gemeindepraxis, Ältestenschaft und christlicher Charakterbildung befassen. Für Bibelleser heute erschließen seine Arbeiten und Studienbibeln biblische Texte vor allem durch die Formulierung lebensnaher Prinzipien für Glaubensalltag und Gemeindearbeit.

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