Quotes about Ministry

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.

Our supporters support us for one reason, people pray for us for one reason - because of the healing ministry.

I don't take any money from my ministry. I'm not on salary. My husband supports me.

Speaking as a minister it is my strong feeling that no man has a right to preach to a crowd that he has not prayed for.

The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.

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

I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.

We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel.

Our weaknesses are not as negative as we may believe. They make us rely upon God's grace and power for greater Christlikeness and ministry.

Fourthly, As to the difficulty of procuring the necessaries of life, this would not be so great as may appear at first sight; for though we could not procure European food, yet we might procure such as the natives of those countries which we visit, subsist upon themselves. And this would only be passing through what we have virtually engaged, in by entering on the ministerial office.

Secondly, If the command of Christ to teach all nations be confined to the apostles, then all such ordinary ministers who have endeavoured to carry the gospel to the heathens, have acted without a warrant, and run before they were sent.

About the year 1743, Mr. David Brainerd was sent a missionary to some more Indians, where he preached, and prayed, and after some time an extraordinary work of conversion was wrought, and wonderful success attended his ministry.