To teach is to inform! To preach is to move!

— Richard Owen Roberts (b. 1931), Erweckungshistoriker, Pastor und Autor

Topics: Witness & Mission, Church & Congregation

Richard Owen Roberts

Richard Owen Roberts (* 1931) ist ein US-amerikanischer kongregationalistischer Pastor, Historiker und Autor, der unter anderem als Leiter von International Awakening Ministries wirkte. Er ist bekannt für seine Studien zur Erweckungsgeschichte sowie für Veröffentlichungen, die biblische Buße, Heiligung und das souveräne Wirken Gottes betonen. Bibellesern dienen seine Arbeiten als theologische Orientierung zur Unterscheidung zwischen echten geistlichen Aufbrüchen und rein menschlich organisierter Evangelisation.

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