Quotes about Outreach

Men are in peril. Multitudes are perishing. But how few of the professed followers of Christ are burdened for these souls.

When thou makest a dinner or a supper," Christ says, "call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

I am realizing that there are opportunities everyday to encourage, evangelize, or exhort someone.

We want to reach out to the young people. We want the hearts of the young people to turn to God.

Jesus never says to the poor: 'come find the church', but he says to those of us in the church: 'go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.

I went up to a man and said 'Jesus loves you' but I realised that it didn't mean anything unless I did it.

More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world.

I feel that if my only audience is the Christian audience, then I've failed in my mission.

I don't want to make a mistake that would hurt the cause of Christ late in my life, so I'm going to do everything I can to bring many people to Christ. If he can use me in that regard through 'Family Talk,' that will be my greatest legacy.

Far too often, unbelievers know Christians only for what we stand against, not what we stand for.

This is what every follower of Jesus should be engaged in on a regular basis: sharing our faith, leading others to Christ, discipling them, and helping them to get grounded in the church—and then going out and doing it all again.

A poll by researcher George Barna revealed that about 25 percent of the adults in the United States would go to church if a friend would just invite them.