Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

It is a startling and solemnizing fact that even as late as the twentieth century, the Great Command of Jesus Christ to carry the Gospel to all mankind is still so largely unfulfilled.

I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples who make disciples, disciple cycles.

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

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

Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed.

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.

The time has come when the whole world must be concerned about me. From now on, American Christianity must follow me.

China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease-loving men and women... The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China, souls first and foremost in everything and at every time - even life itself must be secondary.

Our No. 1 goal on this Earth is to make disciples. That's the only job we want to do.

We are trying to motivate Christians everywhere with the love of Christ for the lost and to help them sense the urgency we must have to reach unbelievers everywhere, before it is too late for them.

We all have the opportunity to share the gospel and we should - that's what we were called to do.

We are the hope to this world because this nation was dedicated with little white crosses that were marked along the beaches down by Virginia Beach and Plymouth that were marked and said we dedicate this land to take the Gospel to the nations and once the Gospel is taken to the nations we usher in the return of the Lord.

The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be Christ’s witnesses all over this planet. It’s as if Christ said, “Think you’re missing the book smarts, the street smarts, the looks, the talent, or the speaking ability to accomplish this mission? Don’t be concerned with those things, because you have my mountain-moving, life-transforming, death-defying power on your side.”

Share the Gospel. According to the Bible, it is every believer's privilege and responsibility to share the Gospel. If we understand what lies ahead for those who do not know Christ, there will be a sense of urgency in our witness.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

There is only one Church, and the responsibility for missionary work is universal. 'Every member a missionary.'

Reply implicitly upon the old, old gospel. You need no other nets when you fish for men; those your Master has given you are strong enough to hold the little ones. Spread these nets and no others, and you need not fear the fulfillment of His word, 'I will make you fishers of men.'

Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize

The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don't go- He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...."

Jesus did not send us into the world to make believers but to make disciples.

Evangelization is leading people to Jesus, not ourselves.

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology

If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.

Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.

The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.