Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who belongs to the company of Jesus.

— D. Elton Trueblood (1900–1994), Theologe

Topics: Witness & Mission, Discipleship, Church & Congregation

D. Elton Trueblood

David Elton Trueblood war ein US-amerikanischer Theologe, Religionsphilosoph und Autor des 20. Jahrhunderts, der unter anderem an der Stanford University und dem Earlham College wirkte. Geprägt von der Tradition der Quäker, initiierte er die ökumenische Laienbewegung „Yokefellows“, warnte vor einer gesellschaftlichen Entwurzelung christlicher Werte und stieß durch seine Abkehr vom strikten Pazifismus auf innerkirchliche Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er Impulse für intellektuelle Redlichkeit im Glauben, geistliche Disziplin und das Priestertum aller Gläubigen.

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