Pope John Paul II Quotes

We, as Christians, have a legacy to leave, and it's all about a love of Christ to permeate the music and reach the hearts of all of the people out there, that don't know him and do know him.

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

How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every corner of the earth!

Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.

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

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.

Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.

The task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church. It is a task and mission which the vast and profound changes of present-day society make all the more urgent. Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize.

As Christians, we are to be newsboys and not editors of the gospel.

The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste.

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.

There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable of responding to the challenges of our times and prepared to spread the Gospel far and wide.

Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.

One of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism.

To be an ambassador for Christ means to invite everyone to a personal encounter with Jesus

Proclaiming the gospel to all mankind is a fundamental part of the mission of the Church.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

The missionary question is not, 'Where are there unbelievers?' and then send a missionary there. There are unbelievers everywhere! The missionary question is, 'Where are there people's who don't have any Christians in them or don't have a church strong enough to do the neighbor evangelism that we can do if we just want to do it?' That's the missionary question.

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

The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see in the Gospel, those who allow themselves to be fascinated by Christ cannot fail to witness to the joy of following in his footsteps... We understand ever more that it is precisely in virtue of Baptism that we possess a co-natural missionary vocation.

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom!

It is the greatest pleasure of living to win souls to Christ.

Souls in heathen darkness lying, where no light has broken through, souls that Jesus bought by dying, whom his soul in travail knew.... Haste, o haste and spread the tidings, let no shore be left untrod, no lost brother's bitter chidings haunt us from the further sod; tell the heathen all the precious truths of God.