Missions Box

“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 ~  

“Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best. I put before you what I have found to be the best – one who is worthy of all our devotion – Jesus Christ. He is the Savior for the young and the old. Lord, here I am.” ~ Eric…

“It is one thing for a minister to be an advocate and supporter of missions: it is another and very different thing for him to understand that missions are the chief end of the church, and therefore the chief end for which his congregation exists.” ~ Andrew Murray ~  

“If there existed only one man or woman who did not love the Savior, and if that person lived among the wilds of Siberia, and if it were necessary that all the millions of believers on the face of the earth should journey there, and every one of them plead with him to come to…

“A Princeton University study found that in 2005 more than 1.6 million people took short-term missions trips costing a total of more than $2.5 billion, while $250 million was sent to support foreign missionaries in World A (unevangelized, undiscipled).” ~ Washington Post, “Churches Retool Mission Trips” and Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends ~

“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…

“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…

“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…

“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…

“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…

“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…

“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.” ~…

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…

“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…

“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.