Missions Box

“The Gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.” ~ Carl F.H. Henry ~ Carl F.H Henry was a preacher who was a professor of theology at Eastern Baptist university.

“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa… It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.” ~  Dr. David Livingstone ~ Dr. David livingstone was a medical missionary who explored the interior of africa. he worked to bring the gospel to the natives….

“You can give without loving. But you cannot love without giving.” ~ Amy Carmichael ~ Amy Carmichael was a missionary to india who opened up an orphanage for children on the streets or abused.  

“Why doesn’t your God speak my language?” ~ Guatemalan Indian to Cameron Townsend, founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators ~  

“Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions.” ~Leonard Ravenhill~ Leonard Ravenhill was an English Revival pastor. Many of his converts devoted themselves to evangelism and mission work.  

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 ~  

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” ~ Acts 20:24

“Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but how much of God’s money will I keep for myself.” ~ John Wesley

“Preach abroad. It is the cooping yourselves up in rooms that has dampened the work of God, which never was and never will be carried out to any purpose without going into the highways and hedges and compelling men and women to come in.” ~ Johnathan Edwards ~ Johnathan Edwards was a revival preacher during…

“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” ~ Hudson Taylor  

“Even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest.” ~ William Carey ~ William Carrey is known as the Father…

“People who don’t believe in missions have not read the New Testament. Right from the beginning Jesus said the field is the world. The early church took Him at His word and went East, West, North and South.” ~ J. Howard Edington ~

“We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.” ~ John R. Stott

“Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.” ~ A. B. Simpson  

“Despite Christ’s command to evangelize, 66% of all humans from AD 30 to the present day have never even heard of His name.” ~ Intl. Bulletin of Missionary Research Jan 2008

“We do not adequately confess Christ as the God of all men if we seek to be his witnesses only among our neighbors. We must seek at the same time to confess him to the ends of the earth.” ~ Lesslie Newbigin ~ lesslie newbigin was a missionary in india.  

“For me, passion means whatever a person is willing to suffer for… ‘Apostolic passion,’ therefore, is a deliberate, intentional choice to live for the worship of Jesus in the nations. It has to do with being committed to the point of death to spreading His glory. It’s the quality of those who are on fire…

More than 70% of all Christians now live in countries where they are experiencing persecution. ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~

“There is no better way to measure the self-centeredness in the Church than the lip service that we give to the heart of God concerning those who are living in total darkness.” ~ Dr. James L. West ~  

“Research indicates the Bahamas receives 1 short-term missionary yearly for every 15 residents.” ~ Washington Post, “Churches Retool Mission Trips”

“Of the 16,536 people groups by country, 6,829 are still considered unreached.” ~ Joshua Project ~

“Where there is no mission, there is no Church, and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith. …Mission, Gospel preaching, is the spreading out of the fire which Christ has thrown upon the earth. He who does not propagate this fire shows that he is not burning. He who burns propagates…

Charles Spurgeon ~ “Someone asked, will the heathen who have never heard the gospel be saved? It is more a question with me whether we – who have the gospel and fail to give it to those who have not – can be saved.”    

“What are we here for, to have a good time with Christians or to save sinners?” ~ Malla Moe

“Sympathy is no substitute for action.” ~ Dr. David Livingstone ~ Dr. David Livingstone was a medical missionary who explored the interior of Africa and devoted his life to reaching the people with the Gospel.

“God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name,…

“If ten men are carrying a log – nine of them on the little end and one at the heavy end – and you want to help, which end will you lift on?” ~ William Borden, as he reflected on the numbers of Christian workers in the U.S. as compared to those among unreached people…

“What would happen to this world if more evangelical Christians were to realize that God blessed them with money in order to make them a blessing, not to pamper them?” ~ Ralph Winter ~ ralph winter was the founder of the u.s. world center.

“World missions is God’s therapy for the sin of selfishness within the local church.” ~ Clifford Clark ~  

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” ~ Matthew 24:14 ~

“At the current rate, over 160,000 believers will be martyred this year.” ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends  

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.” ~ Psalm 67:1-2 ~  

“God does promise to meet our physical needs. And He does, indeed, bless His children materially. But he blesses us for a purpose – not so we can squander those resources on ourselves but so we can be good stewards, using our resources wisely to win the lost to God’s saving grace.” ~ K.P. Yohannan,…

“Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief. It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den… Until you know that life is war, you…

“The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless ‘all the families of the earth,’ he has promised to do so ‘through Abraham’s seed’ (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham’s seed by faith, and the earth’s families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That…

“I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful influence on this life of mine than your prayers.” ~ Jim Elliot ~ jim elliot and five others were martyred while trying to reach the waodani.    

“And Jonah stalked to his shaded seat and waited for God to come around to his way of thinking. And God is still waiting for a host of Jonahs in their comfortable houses to come around to his way of loving.” ~ Thomas Carlisle ~

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” ~ 2 Peter 2:9 ~