So many today are worshiping in the mountains, big churches, stone and frame buildings. But Jesus teaches that salvation is not in these stone structures-not in the mountains-not in the hills, but in God.

William J. Seymour (1870–1922), Pentekostaler Prediger

Related Bible passage: JHN.4.21

Topics: Church & Congregation, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grace & Redemption

Occasions: For Reflection

William J. Seymour

William J. Seymour (1870–1922) war ein afroamerikanischer Prediger und die zentrale Leitungsfigur des Erweckungsaufbruchs in der Azusa Street in Los Angeles, der zum Ausgangspunkt der weltweiten Pfingstbewegung wurde. Er steht für das Wirken des Heiligen Geistes, die Praxis der Geistesgaben und die zur damaligen Zeit radikale Überwindung von Rassentrennung und Geschlechterhierarchien im gemeinsamen Gottesdienst. Für Bibellesende heute veranschaulicht er das neutestamentliche Ideal einer durch den Geist geeinten Gemeinschaft, die gesellschaftliche Barrieren durchbricht.

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