When the church becomes an end in itself, it ends. When Sunday school, as great as it is, becomes an end in itself, it ends. When small groups ministry becomes an end in itself, it ends. When the worship service becomes an end in itself, it ends. What we need is for discipleship to become the goal, and then the process never ends. The process is fluid. It is moving. It is active. It is a living thing. It must continue to go on. Every disciple must make disciples.
— Robby Gallaty (b. 1976), Pastor, Buchautor und Gründer von Replicate Ministries
Topics: Church & Congregation, Discipleship, Witness & Mission
Occasions: For Reflection
Robby Gallaty
Robby Gallaty (* 1976) ist ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor und Buchautor, der seit 2015 die Long Hollow Baptist Church in Tennessee leitet. Er wurde als Gründer von Replicate Ministries, durch Modelle zur Jüngerschaftsschulung sowie durch sein publiziertes Zeugnis über die Überwindung einer schweren Drogenabhängigkeit bekannt. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften und Lesepläne methodische Werkzeuge für eine strukturierte Schrifterfassung und die Vertiefung persönlicher Nachfolge.
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The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
The Church is not a cultural club, but the family of Jesus.
Pope Francis
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
John Charles Ryle
In essential unity; in nonessentials liberty; in all this charity.
Rupertus Meldenius
Henry Ward Beecher
Philip Yancey
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In a congregation, every person must be able to be as their heart truly is.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf