Christian Discipleship Quotations
4 SECTIONS 1) Words from Faithful Disciple-Makers 2) Words of Jesus 3) Words from First Century Disciples 4) Words from Isaiah the Prophet 1) Words from Faithful Disciple-Makers Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ." [Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship ( Nachfolge , München, 1937; The Cost of Discipleship , SCM Press, 1959), p. 17] Mike Breen If you make disciples, you will always get the church, but if you try to build the church you will rarely get disciples. [Mike Breen, “Why the Missional Movement Will Fail,” Verge , Sep. 14, 2021] High mission/low discipleship church cultures have issues with Biblical literacy, theological reflection and deficiencies in character and Creed that, in the end, sabotage the very mission they’re about. [Mike Breen, “Why the Missional Movement Will Fail,” Part 2, Verge , Sep. 21, 2011] David Cloud In many traditional Baptist churches today, disciples ar...