Quotes about Ministry

I was a full-time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ.

My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something. On the contrary it was an inner urge calling me to serve humanity.

Above all, I see the preaching ministry as a dual process. On the one hand I must attempt to change the soul of individuals so that their societies may be changed. On the other I must attempt to change the societies so that the individual soul will have a change. Therefore, I must be concerned about unemployment, slums, and economic insecurity. I am a profound advocate of the social gospel.

The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.

God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others.

To love to preach is one thing; to love to whom you preach is quite another.

The hope he had of seeing the blessed fruit of his labors and sufferings in the ministry, in their happiness and glory, in that great day of accounts. 4. That, in his ministry among the Corinthians, he had approved himself to his Judge, who would approve and reward his faithfulness in that day. These

The apostle in instructing and counselling Timothy concerning the work of the ministry, informs him that the great end of that word which a minister is to preach, is love or charity, 1 Tim. 3, 4, 5.

It is of vast consequence how ministers discharge their office, and conduct themselves towards their people in the work of the ministry, and in affairs appertaining to it. 'Tis also a matter of vast importance, how a people receive and entertain a faithful minister of Christ, and what improvement they make of his ministry.

If ministry success is our god, we are likely to take the shortest path to greater and greater "victories," but preparing and developing people is never on the shortest path.

Angel Mena Garcia with the Assemblies of God in Panama described his ministry this way: "Our obligation as pastors is to teach and train members, so in any context of life they can also share in the evangelism. I don't consider myself a desk pastor; I am a pastor of the street.

Angels encourage men and women of faith, and they are our "fellow servants" (Revelation 22:9).