Quote by Philip Jenkins

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

— Ambrose Bierce

“The church is missionary by nature because God through the Spirit calls, creates, and commissions the church to communicate to the world that the…

— Craig Van Gelder

“I firmly believe that until the churches of North America are led more deeply into the darkness of our epoch, they will continue to…

— Douglas John Hall

“Theology, after all, was made for the sake of the church, not the church for theology.”

— N.T. Wright

“When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is…

— Criss Jami

“Theology is needful because of the large number of alternatives and challenges abroad at the present”

— Millard J. Erickson

“The Church was not left in this world to perfume the dung-heap of fallen humanity, but to take out, one by one, those who…

— Anonymous

“separation of church from mission is theologically indefensible. More”

— Lesslie Newbigin

“Our church, which has been fighting in these years only for its self-preservation, as though that were an end in itself, is incapable of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Bad theology kills”

— Kevin Garcia

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology

— John Piper

“Theology is something that is learned, lived, sung, preached, and renewed through the dynamic interaction between God and his people.”

— Michael F. Bird