Quotes About Outreach

I'd like to expand the base of the Republican Party. I would like the Republican Party to be more inclusive, not less inclusive.

There was no social media really when 'Inconvenient Truth' came out. I wish we had Twitter and the power of that to help get the word out.

She didn't make that kind of impact by making sure the bills were paid, the house was clean, and the flowerbeds were beautiful. She did it by stepping out of her own comfort zone to address the needs of others, directly and intimately.

We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.

It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.

Our lives are totally wrapped up in ministering to the people.

Leading sinners to salvation en masse - or one by one - it is all the same. I eat it. I sleep it. I dream it. I speak it. I write it. I pray it. I weep it. I laugh it.

You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that... there is a limit to what that accomplishes.

I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.

We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day.

On our show, I've only reached out and touched about 55 guys. I think there's still about 40 million.

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.

One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.

We'll have these people hang out with us while we're doing our touring, and talk to them and let them speak their piece to the world.

I always wanted to reach pan-India audience, and 'Avane' is my first step towards it.

I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not really created for non-Christians, so non-Christians almost never hear any of this music.

We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.

I've stood in a place to always be a bridge between different people and bring together people for the common cause of Christ.

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle.

The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.

Christmas is a time when God showed His love for us, and we're ready to show God's love in the communities where we live and serve. That's the purpose of the church.

I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned.