Christian maturity Quote by Henry Hon

“Jesus taught that spiritual maturity is never an end in itself. Maturity is for ministry! We grow up in order to give out. It…

— Rick Warren

“Every believer is called to teach and each needs to exercise toward this function. Otherwise, they will remain a babe and never mature. Sharing…

— Henry Hon

“There is today no lack of Bible teachers to set forth correctly the principles of the doctrines of Christ, but too many of these…

— A.W. Tozer

“Most believers learn passively from clergy. However, no matter how good and uplifting this person's teaching, as long as the members are not actively…

— Henry Hon

“As young people contribute to the faith community, their competence as members of that community grows; it is in doing the work of ministry…

— Kenda Creasy Dean

“that simply teaching doctrine or preaching on a matter does not equate to actual ministry. Further engagement is required.”

— Mark A. Yarhouse

“Because we are more adult than actually mature, we tend to take our sins and baptize them, dressing them up as spiritual maturity.”

— R.C. Sproul Jr

“Spiritual Maturity is not how much of the bible you think you know, or how well you can recite prayers, but rather, it is…

— Andrew Chong

Becoming mature Christians will require the sovereign work of God. Only God can save and sanctify. Still, God uses men and means. Certainly we…

— Wayne Mack

“We will be arguing that structures don’t grow ministry any more than trellises grow vines, and that most churches need to make a conscious…

— Colin Marshall

“The main task of pastoral ministry, according to Paul’s address to the Ephesian elders, is not the quantitative growth of the church, but the…

— Eckhard J. Schnabel

“Christians can grow in the grace of Christ, with knowledge of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita