Top 15 Colin Marshall Quotes

Search as we may, we don’t find in the Bible any example or concept of an inner call to ministry.

Precisamos cuidar de pessoas e ajudá-las a florescer e crescer no ministério, e não esgotá-las no interesse de manter nossos programas em continuidade.” (pp.

We are not attempting to create clones or a cult of personality, but following our Master’s example in persevering in the face of trials and persecution.

It’s a commission that makes disciple-making the normal agenda and priority of every church and every Christian disciple.

Thus the goal of Christian ministry is quite simple, and in a sense measurable: are we making and nurturing genuine disciples of Christ? The church always tends towards institutionalism and secularization. The focus shifts to preserving traditional programs and structures, and the goal of discipleship is lost. The mandate of disciple-making provides the touchstone for whether our church is engaging in Christ’s mission. Are we making genuine disciples of Jesus Christ? Our goal is not to make church members or members of our institution, but genuine disciples of Jesus.

The heart of training is not to impart a skill, but to impart sound doctrine.

The relational nature of training means that the best training will often occur by osmosis rather than formal instruction.

Esta [a luta dos crentes em Filipos, sem medo, experimentando o mesmo sofrimento e engajamento de Paulo] é a razão por que unidade é tão importante na congregação e por que reclamar, murmurar e discordar é totalmente inapropriado.” (pp. 73)

Não há duas classes de cristãos – os cooperadores e os espectadores. Uma igreja... expressa isto por não ter ‘membresia’ na congregação, e sim ‘parceria’.” (pp. 75)

Isso é obra da videira [pregar e orar]. Tudo mais é treliça.” (pp. 47)

Treinar evangelistas exige tempo.” (pp. 26)

because our goal is not to grow churches, but to make disciples.

But it’s interesting how little the New Testament talks about church growth, and how often it talks about ‘gospel growth’ or the increase of the ‘word’. The focus is on the progress of the Spirit-backed word of God as it makes its way in the world, according to God’s plan. Returning to our vine metaphor, the vine is the Spirit-empowered word, spreading and growing throughout the world, drawing people out of the kingdom of darkness into the light-filled kingdom of God’s beloved Son, and then bearing fruit in their lives as they grow in the knowledge and love of God. The vine is Jesus, and as we are grafted into him, we bear fruit (John 15:1-11).

We have to conclude that a Christian with no passion for the lost is in serious need of self-examination and repentance.

O foco [do treinamento]... é o ensino e o exemplo, que levam a um caráter específico e não a uma competência ou habilidade específica.” (pp. 79)