If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed until the will is lost by self-surrender in the will of God. Living, praying, giving and going will always be found together.

Arthur Tappan Pierson (1837–1911), Pastor

Topics: Witness & Mission, Discipleship, Service & Love of Neighbour

Occasions: For Reflection

Arthur Tappan Pierson

Arthur Tappan Pierson war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Pastor und Autor des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts, der unter anderem in Detroit, Philadelphia sowie am Metropolitan Tabernacle in London wirkte. Er galt als führender Vordenker der weltweiten protestantischen Missionsbewegung, prägte theologische Grundlagenschriften des frühen Fundamentalismus und verlor 1896 nach seinem Wechsel zur Glaubenstaufe seine presbyterianische Ordination. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine Auslegungen über ein vertrauensvolles Gebetsleben, gelebte Glaubensabhängigkeit und missionarische Hingabe.

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