Category: Quotes

“The 3.5 billion unreached people on earth would form a single file line that would stretch around the equator 25 times! Can you picture 25 lines of Christless people, trampling endlessly toward hell? Let that vision stay with you day and night.” ~ Larry Stockstill ~

“Life is pitiful, death so familiar, suffering and pain so common, yet I would not be anywhere else. Do not wish me out of this or in any way seek to get me out, for I will not be got out while this trial is on. These are my people, God has given them to… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees” ~ James O. Fraser ~  

“God saves us for more than to escape Hell, He has saved us to share Christ worldwide.” ~ Anonymous ~

“The church that loses its sense of mission is in peril of its life. The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning. Let a fire cease to burn and it becomes ashes. Let the church cease to be missionary and evangelistic and it ceases to be a church – and the coldness… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“Some there are who speak disparagingly of the blessed and holy work of evangelization. We tremble for them. We feel persuaded they are not in the current of the Master’s mind; and hence, we utterly reject their thoughts. It is to be feared that their hearts are cold in reference to an object that engages… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“Whether we spend our lives for the purpose of reaching all men with the Gospel is not optional. Christ has commanded every Christian to do just this. Now there are many different ways of accomplishing this one purpose – but regardless of the particular work God has for each of us to do, the one… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“God is a God of missions. He wills missions. He commands missions. He demands missions. He made missions possible through His Son. He made missions actual in sending the Holy Spirit. Biblical Christianity and missions are organically interrelated.” ~ George W. Peters ~  

“The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the days when Robert Morrison landed in China to the martyrdom of John and Betty Stam, prayer has been the source of power and the secret of spiritual triumph.” ~  Samuel Zwemer ~ Samuel… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” ~ Psalm 2:8 ~

“How do Christians discharge this trust committed to them? They let three-fourths of the world sleep the sleep of death, ignorant of the simple truth that a Savior died for them. Content if they can be useful in the little circle of their acquaintances, they quietly sit and see whole nations perish for the lack… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God.” ~ Bob Pierce ~ bob pierce was the founder of worldvision and samaritan’s purse.

“It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as a matter of fact, He has not done this; but rather has committed the preaching to man, telling them to go and disciple all nations. The responsibility lies squarely on our shoulders.” ~… Continue reading Quote of the Day

Oh, that I could spend every moment of my life to God’s glory! ~ David Brainerd ~ David Brainerd was a missionary to the native americans.

“As long as there are millions destitute of the Word of God and knowledge of Jesus Christ, it will be impossible for me to devote my time and energy to those who have both.” ~ J. L. Ewen ~  

“Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer.” ~ A.T. Pierson ~

“From 1974 to 2000, 90% of new missionaries were sent out to work among already reached peoples.” ~ World Christian Database, Research Version, June 2004 ~  

“I am becoming increasingly convinced that the emerging global call to prayer will be the key to gathering in history’s final and greatest harvest. To bring back the King, we must pray back the King.” ~ Dick Eastman ~ Dick Eastman is the president of every home for christ.

“All my forefathers have passed away into darkness without knowing anything of what was to befall them; how is it that your forefathers knowing all these things, did not send word to my forefathers sooner?” ~ African chief to missionary David Livingstone ~

“The Bible in its totality ascribes only one intention to God: to save mankind. Every task of the church makes sense and has a purpose only as it leads to the mission.” ~ Georg F. Vicedom ~ Georg F. Vicedom was a missionary in New Guinea.  

“Missions is the reason we live. The minute the Church gets on her knees, the minute the Church sells out to advancing the Gospel into these dark areas, Satan is done.” ~ John Willis Zumwalt ~ John Willis zumwalt was the founder of heart of god ministries.    

“People full of the Holy Spirit are committed to God’s work. They want to be where laborers are needed most, and there is no more pressing need than bringing the Gospel to hell-bound men and women.” ~ Robert E. Coleman ~

Oh for a fresh, clear, arresting vision of the whole world to break upon the Church of Christ, constraining all Christians to lift up their eyes and look out unselfishly beyond their own narrow boundaries and local interests, and share their Savior’s burden of heart for the souls of all mankind! ~ Robert Hall Glover… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“An estimated 100 million Christians worldwide suffer interrogation, arrest and even death for their faith in Christ, with millions more facing discrimination and alienation.” ~ Open Doors USA ~

“It is not enough to have a Christian presence in every place, but also to have followers of Jesus in every people.” ~ Patrick Johnstone ~  

“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.” ~ Mother Teresa ~ mother teresa was a missionary who helped the poor in calcutta, india.

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.” ~ Roland Allen ~ roland allen was a missionary in north china.

“I will lay my bones by the Ganges that India might know there is one who cares” ~ Alexander  Duff ~ alexander duff was a missionary to india.  

“You can do something other than working with God in His purpose, but it will always be something lesser, and you couldn’t come up with something better.” ~ Steve Hawthorne ~ Steve hawthorne is a missionary to the  highlands quechua indian    

“We have a base man-pleasing disposition, which will make us let men perish lest we lose their love, and let them go quietly to hell, lest we should make them angry with us for seeking their salvation: and we are ready to venture on the displeasure of God, and risk the everlasting misery of our… Continue reading Quote of the Day

“All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.” ~ Psalm 22:27-28 ~

“Not one person in the world needs Jesus Christ less than you do.” ~ Anonymous ~

“Who in heaven will thank God for you playing a part in their salvation?” ~ Dave Davidson ~    

“All God wants is all you’ve got! He can handle it better than you can. We sing “All to Jesus”… let’s live it.” ~ B. Clayton Shumphert ~

“Praying for the lost is deep-knee fishing” ~ WDB ~

“Today five out of six non-Christians in our world have no hope unless missionaries come to them and plant the church among them.” ~ David Bryant ~  

“Out of 648 million evangelical Christians, about 70% have never been told about the world’s 1.6 billion unevangelized individuals.” ~  Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~

“I believe the reason many Christians are so dull and lifeless in their faith is because they are not in the battle, not using their weapons, not advancing against the enemy.” ~ George Verwer ~

“May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of his suffering!” ~ One of two Moravian missionaries as their ship left harbor, leaving home and family to reach an island where Christ was unknown ~

“Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.” ~ 1 Chronicles 16:23-24 ~

“Most Christians would like to send their recruits to Bible college for five years. I would like to send them to hell for five minutes. That would do more than anything else to prepare them for a lifetime of compassionate ministry.” ~ William Booth ~ william booth was the founder of salvation army.  

“It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.” ~ Charles Spurgeon ~

“I believe that in each generation God has “called” enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth… Everywhere I go, I constantly meet with men and women who say to me, “When I was young, I wanted to be a missionary, but I got married instead.” Or, “My parents… Continue reading Quote of the Day