Quotes about Outreach

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally.

The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church; and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.

It is absolutely important to make accessible the Gospel for all people and also understandable for Jewish people.

It is better to win souls than to conquer nations.

When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave the house and to go away to those who are not able to come to Him.

Crawl underneath the hood of any growing church that is actually growing from the unchurched, and you will find that the number one reason newcomers attend is that they were invited by a friend. Churches grow from the unchurched because their members and attendees talk about it to their unchurched friends. It comes up in their conversations like the mention of a good movie, a favorite restaurant or a treasured vacation spot. There is a culture of invitation.

It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.

You show me a church that does not have a constant flow of new Christians coming in, and I will show you a church that is stagnating. We in the church have a choice: evangelize or fossilize!

It's been said, "There is one thing that believers and nonbelievers have in common: they are both uptight about evangelism," and that is true. When it comes to sharing the gospel, it seems we plan for failure far more often than success.

Statistics indicate that 95 percent of all Christians have never led another person to Christ.

Jesus did not say that the whole world should go to church, but He did say that the church should go to the whole world.

Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.