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Mark Dever Quotes about Church

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Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The church is the gospel made visible.

Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The church is the gospel made visible.

Christian, Together, Church

Mark Dever (2012). “The Church: The Gospel Made Visible”, p.11, B&H Publishing Group

Friend, the church finds its life as it listens to the Word of God. It finds its purpose as it lives out and displays the Word of God. The church’s job is to listen and then to echo.

Jobs, Echoes, Church

A healthy church is not a church that's perfect and without sin. It has not figured everything out. Rather, it's a church that continually strives to take God's side in the battle against the ungodly desires and deceits of the world, our flesh, and the devil. It's a church that continually seeks to conform itself to God's Word.

Perfect, Healthy, Church

The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.

Church, Arise

Mark Dever (2012). “The Church: The Gospel Made Visible”, p.10, B&H Publishing Group

The church is the gospel made visible.

Church, Made, Visible

Membership is the church's corporate endorsement of a person's salvation.

Church, Membership, Salvation

Worldliness in the church is a lot more pervasive than a lack of passion for evangelism. Nevertheless, one of the results of worldliness is a waning enthusiasm for evangelism.

Passion, Church, Enthusiasm

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As a pastor, I have the opportunity every week to share the gospel publicly in a way that most of the members sitting in our church do not. However, that doesn't absolve them of the responsibility for reaching others with the gospel.

Responsibility, Opportunity, Church

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Unfortunately, many of our churches calibrate their life to these nominal Christians. The predictable result is that you get fake, hypocritical churches that confuse the message of the gospel and make it hard for others who are trying to do genuine evangelism.

Christian, Fake, Church

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If you are not a member of the church you regularly attend, you may well be going to hell.

Church, May, Hell

I don't have any way to control the Spirit or create revival. I pray that the Holy Spirit would move upon the church, but at the same time, I want to busy evangelizing. I am not one of those people who moan and pray for revival all the time, but do nothing.

Moving, People, Church

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We can't know at any given time how God will bless our faithful witness. So the apparent numerical growth of the church is never a good guide to how faithful we have been in evangelism.

Faithful, Growth, Church

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