Outreach Ministry Quotes

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

If we wait for the needy to walk through our church doors, we may wait a long time. God doesn't wait for people to come to Him. He goes to them.

If you are a believer, you don't have to go out and be a street evangelist.

I'm supposed to share the Lord with people. All of us are disciples on some level. You don't have to be behind the podium to tell a story, connect with people and share the Gospel.

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

Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.

We who are Christians, members of God’s family, are called to go out to the needy and to serve them.

We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.

Kids come up to us all the time and say, 'Hey, I'm not a Christian, but what you guys are doing is cool.' Or they say, 'Man, there's something different going on when you guys play.' I believe that's the Spirit of God touching who God intends to touch, whether it's just one person or 50,000 people.

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

It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.

A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.

If the kingdom of God had departments, we’d want to work in research and development. We felt like Jesus didn’t hang out at the synagogue, he hung out at wells. Coffeehouses are postmodern wells. Let’s not wait for people to come to us, let’s go to them.

I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.