Quotes about Proclamation

You are My witnesses," declares the Lord, "that I am God. Yes, and from ancient days I am he." Isaiah 43:12—13 (NIV)

We're not a Church of preservation but rather a Church of proclamation. To achieve this end, we must be open to significant, if not revolutionary, changes in how the Archdiocese with its parishes and ministries is organized, how it's resourced, how it's staffed.

Sometimes the simplicity of just declaring who God is and the greatness of who He is... sometimes you just have to say it.

An evangelist is like a newscaster on television or a journalist writing for a newspaper . . . except that the evangelist's mission is to tell the Good News that never changes.

Evangelism has always been the heartbeat for our ministry; it is what God has called us to do.

Christianity is a Gospel of crisis. It proclaims unmistakably that this world's days are numbered.

God has given us a message that is not only for past times and this time, but for all time.

Men and women do make decisions wherever the Gospel is proclaimed; whether publicly or privately, some say yes, some say no, and some procrastinate. No one ever hears the Gospel proclaimed without making some kind of decision!

One faithful witness is worth a thousand mute professors of religion... Our faith grows by expression... we must share it—we must witness.

We must warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time. We must also proclaim that there is forgiveness and peace in knowing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

Of one thing we can be sure: angels never draw attention to themselves but ascribe glory to God and press His message upon the hearers as a delivering and sustaining word of the highest order.

Only God knows when the alarm will sound, ending the work and ministry of evangelism as we have known it.