Lord, make my life prosper, not that I attain high rank, but that my life be an open sign of what it means to know God.

— Jim Elliot (1927–1956), Missionar

Topics: Guidance & God's Will, Meaning & Identity

Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Missionar, der in den 1950er-Jahren im ecuadorianischen Amazonasgebiet unter indigenen Völkern wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch seinen gewaltsamen Tod beim Versuch der Kontaktaufnahme mit den isoliert lebenden Huaorani sowie durch seine Schriften über radikale Glaubenshingabe. Für heutige Bibelleser veranschaulicht sein Leben den Anspruch kompromissloser Nachfolge, wirft im Rückblick jedoch auch Fragen nach den Risiken und paternalistischen Mustern historischer Missionspraxis auf.

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