Quotes about Mission

So a working definition of missional church is a community of God's people that defines itself, and organizes its life around, its real purpose of being an agent of God's mission to the world. In other words, the church's true and authentic organizing principle is mission.

Christianity is concerned with the unfolding of the Kingdom of God in this world, not the longevity of organizations.

What we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars. I've talked to a lot of the generals, a lot of our advanced people. And believe me, if we gave them the mission, which is what the commander-in-chief does, they would be able to carry it out.

Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

I basically forgot that God called me to make disciples, not just converts.

I believe that over 90 percent of LU students try hard to comply with the behavioral code and are supportive of the school's mission.

the Church should be the place where a word reverberates right into the world.

The area of the Church stands in the world, as outwardly the Church stands in the village or in a city, beside the school, the cinema and the railway station. The Church's language cannot aim at being an end in itself. It must be made clear that the Church exists for the sake of the world, that the light is shining in the darkness.

The goal of Bethlehem College and Seminary cannot be expressed with man as the end point. Christ is the endpoint.

The emphasis to-day is being put on the fact that we have to save men; we have not. We have to exalt the Saviour Who saves men, and then make disciples in His Name.

It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus. We are not to be living specimens of men in fine preservation, but living sacrifices, whose lot is to be consumed

It is a tragedy when the church saves money instead of saving souls. We MUST spend to save.