Pope Francis Quotes

When will we realize that one of the greatest mission fields in the West is the pews of our churches every Sunday morning?

What is happening within Christianity is that it doesn't know it needs to promote itself.

The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.

The church which ceases to be evangelistic will soon cease to be evangelical.

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.

And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.

The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with members that will bring more into the Church.

Christians often want to hide behind the walls of the church, where we are comfortable, but sometimes we have to come out of the box.

Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.

Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.

I've tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.

My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.

I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.

The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk.

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.

I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things.

From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it.

I teach a Bible study for homeless guys in downtown Atlanta every week. Been doing it for years. That's the guys I'd rather go talk to. I'd rather take my act outside the church.

There are so many opportunities where people are thirsting: young people who are preparing for Confirmation, young adults who are searching, people of every age. There's a great thirst, I think, of people to come to understand and to belong to the Church of Christ.

American churches work very hard at reaching out to people to bring them in.

The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.

It is not that the Church hasn't been trained in evangelism; it is not a lack of instruction or information. The fact is, if you don't love people through the eyes of Christ, the world will never be changed.

I would like a more missionary church,Not so much a tranquil church, but a beautiful church that goes forward.