Quotes about Mission

In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die!

The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.

May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the Good News in word and in active charity.

It is one of the great goals of my administration to invigorate the spirit of involvement and citizenship. We will encourage faith-based and community programs without changing their mission.

Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.

Our Lord's conception of discipleship is not that we work for God, but that God works through us.

Jesus Christ did not say, 'Go into the world and tell the world that it is quite right.'

God interrupt whatever we are doing so that we can join You in what You're doing.

Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.

A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.

Yet somehow it's still frequently seen as heroic to sacrifice yourself, your health, and even your ability to do your job just to prove your loyalty to THE MISSION. Fuck the mission. No mission (in business, anyway) is worthy of such dire personal straits.

The best cultures derive from actions people actually take, not the ones they write about in a mission statement.