Missions Box

“More than 2 billion people are still unreached with the Gospel. The unreached or “hidden peoples” have only one missionary working for every 78,000 people, and there are still 1,240 distinct cultural groups in the world without a single church among them to preach the Gospel.” ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~  

“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.” ~ C.T. Studd ~ C.t studd was a cricket player and missionary to china, india and africa.

“You can’t take it [money] with you but you can send it on ahead” ~ Oswald J. Smith ~ Oswald j. smith was a pastor and missions advocate.  

“While women weep, as they do now, I’ll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now, I’ll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains…

“It is one of the great tragedies of church history – the divorce between the church and her mission. Today few churches even know that the divorce occurred, making it even more painful. The separation has persisted so long that it seems normal.” ~ Tom Julien ~

“Lack of world vision in any Christian produces a ‘pea-sized Christianity.’” ~ David Bryant ~

“If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small.” ~ Pat Morley ~  

“A congregation that is not deeply and earnestly involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel does not understand the nature of salvation.” ~Ted Engstrom ~ ted engstrom was the former head of youth for christ international and world vision international  

“I love to live on the brink of eternity.” ~ David Brainerd ~ David was a missionary to the native americans.  

“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the gospel to the heathen world.” ~ A.B. Simpson ~ A.B. Simpson was the founder of christian missionary alliance.

“If it be the duty of all men to believe the Gospel… then it be the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.” ~ William Carey ~ william carey was a missionary to india who translated the bible into several indian languages.

“The worldwide proclamation of the Gospel awaits accomplishment by a generation which shall have the obedience, courage, and determination to attempt the task.” ~ John R. Mott ~ john mott was a leader of the ymca.

“God has huge plans for the world today! He is not content to merely establish a handful of struggling churches among each tongue, tribe and nation. Even now He is preparing and empowering His Church to carry the seeds of revival to the uttermost ends of the earth.” ~ David Smithers ~

“All of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and His Son among all the peoples of the earth.” ~ John Piper ~  

“Nothing pleases Christ more than for us to share with Him His burden for the world and its people. Nothing so weds us to the heart of Christ as our tears shed as we intercede for lost ones with Him. Then truly we become people after God’s own heart. Then we begin to know what…

“Is it possible to get close to the Master’s heart without getting close to the Master’s mission?” ~ Larry Moyer ~  

“Look at the nations and be amazed! Watch and be astounded at what I will do! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.” ~ Habakkuk 1:5 ~

“We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.” ~ Wesley Deuwel ~ wesley deuwel is the former president of oms international.

“I cannot tell you what joy it gave me to bring the first soul to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have tasted almost all the pleasures that this world can give. I do not suppose there is one that I have not experienced, but I can tell you that those pleasures were as nothing compared…

“96% of Christian broadcasting (radio/TV) benefits Christian nations (World C), while 0.1% benefits unevangelized nations (World A).” ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~

“The bedrock of missions is not the value of man, it is the spread of God’s glory. the biblical commitment to evangelism and missions is rooted in God’s passionate concern to make His name known.” ~ Steve Fernandez ~

“Of the more than 135,000 North American missionaries now actively commissioned, fewer than 10,000 are working among totally unreached peoples.” ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~

“We are never closer to God than when we share His heart for the unevangelized.” ~ Patrick Johnstone ~ patrick johnstone was a missionary in africa, asia and the pacifics.  

“Surely there can be no greater joy than that of saving souls.” ~ Lottie Moon ~ lottie moon was a baptist missionary to china.  

“The average North American Christian gives only 50 cents a week to global missions.” ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~  

“Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth.” ~ John Wesley ~ John Wesley was the founder of the…

“818 unevangelized ethnolinguistic peoples have never been targeted by by any Christian agencies ever.” ~ Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~

“A missionary working on the borders of Tibet wrote these impressive words: ‘The eyes of Christians should turn as instinctively toward the lands closed to the Gospel in this missionary age as do the eyes of a conquering army toward the few remaining outposts of the enemy which withstand the victors and hinder complete victory,…

“Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak.” ~ John Piper ~

“Why should anyone hear the Gospel twice before everyone has heard it once?” ~ Oswald Smith ~    

“Of the 55 least evangelized countries, 97% of their population lives in the 10/40 Window.” ~ AD 2000 and Beyond

“What God will do is always more than what He has given us to do. He has given us a clear and simple thing to finish: to see that Christ is worshipped and followed in every people. This is the essential missionary task. This task we must do with utmost focus and passion until it…

“The concern for world evangelization is not something tacked on to a man’s personal Christianity, which he may take or leave as he chooses; it is rooted indefeasibly in the character of the God who has come to us in Christ Jesus. Thus it can never be the province of a few enthusiasts, a sideline…

Missions is more than a matter of obeying a command, it is the result of an encounter with Christ. To meet Christ, means to become caught up in a mission to the world. ~ David Bosh ~ David bosh was a missiologist and theologian.

“Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.” ~ C.T. Studd ~ C.t studd was an english cricket player and a missionary to china, india and africa.

“Missions is not a recruitment project for God’s labor force. It is a liberation project from the heavy burdens and hard yokes of other gods.” ~ John Piper ~

“I spent twenty years of my life trying to recruit people out of local churches and into missions structures so that they could be involved in fulfilling God’s global mission. Now I have another idea. Let’s take God’s global mission and put it right in the middle of the local church!” ~ George Miley ~

“Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’” ~ 1 Corinthians 16:31 ~