Quotes About Outreach

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

Expand within your church. Expand within the people you have contact. Bring them up to speed in knowledge on what's going on.

Make a commitment to serve the needs of the 'least of these' and give voice to the voiceless.

We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.

the deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself'; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

Cuando el enfoque principal de la iglesia se convierte en hacerla atractiva para el inconverso, no toma mucho tiempo para que pierda su poder.

Jesus said in His most remarkable sermon ever: "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?" (Matthew 5:46-47) I make an appeal for us to reach beyond our own contentment, to move out of our own comfort and companion zones, to reach those who may not always be so easy to reach. If we do less, what distinguishes us from the biblical publican?

I dream of a church that is once again called great, even by our skeptics, because our works of mercy cannot be denied.

If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them

What's the point of having the personal cell phone number of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff if you don't call him every once in a while?

If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them both.

Our only hope is to follow the example of Jesus and get back out there, winning people over with ridiculous love

It's about building bridges with those who won't come to us on Sunday, not as a project but because Jesus loves them and told us to. It's a dangerous journey that requires honesty and vulnerability.

This is my high calling: to live on mission as an adopted daughter of Jesus. If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them both.

There are few things that get evangelical Christians more excited than new converts coming into the fold. It's like chum for sharks.

I told you that I was considering a mission trip. I am here to bring the love of God to these poor, backward billionaires. It's an ugly job, but someone's got to do it.

This is my letter to the world,     That never wrote to me, —

A lot of kids do not know my club exists yet. I did not do any big advertising, and that's what I might do in the next two or three weeks, put something in the paper.

Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

I want to knock on people's doors and preach. But I also meet a lot of people on planes and in restaurants, and you can preach with them or place some literature with them.

Evangelism is when the Gospel, which is good news, is preached or presented to all people.