Spiritual Outreach Quotes

Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity.

Our Holy Father... is very clear that, of course, the teachings of the Church must be preserved and passed on. However, we need to do this in a way that the Holy Father says is creative. We need to do it in a way that we look for new strategies that address the hearts of people.

We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration.

The best means of preaching the gospel is by personal contact.

On day one, the Church wasn't for church people because there weren't any church people.

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

When someone comes along later and tries to preach the Gospel to them because they're living in the world, they won't listen.

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.

We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.

It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.

We have a duty. We have to occupy the whole world. The great commission is to make disciples of all nations … together with all their peoples.

I can see little consistency in a type of Christian activity which preaches the gospel on the street corners and at the ends of earth, but neglects the children of the covenant by abandoning them to a cold and unbelieving secularism.

Let me tell you something: being broke ain't going to make nobody come to the Gospel.

Jesus Christ did not say, 'Go into the world and tell the world that it is quite right.'

In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive.

The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others. The creed whose legitimacy is most easily challenged is likely to develop the strongest proselytizing impulse.

The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle.

There is only one way into the Kingdom of Heaven, but there are many ways into the human heart: and the Church of Christ, ln its mission of promulgating truth and turning souls of righteousness, has legitimate use for every avenue of the heart.

Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world!....Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God's infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological world!

Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God needs to get a message out to the human race, without which they will perish...foreve r. What's the plan? First, He starts with the most unlikely group ever: a couple of prostitutes, a few fishermen with no better than a second-grade education, a tax collector. Then, he passes the ball to us. Unbelievable.

We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win arguments but to win souls... Such an apologetic will need to breathe a spirit of humanity, that humility and compassion which understand the anxieties and questions of people.

Opportunities for sharing the gospel are everywhere.

I never imagined anybody would ever come out to hear me preach. I'm just a country dairy farmer from North Carolina.