Quotes About Outreach

Did you get that? Vibrant and living churches look after the interests of others. They are concerned for their communities. They open the door for others.

Canada has always been there to help people who need it.

Constituent service is about meeting our neighbors where they are.

I want to reach a new generation. That's why I am Twittering now. I have a BlackBerry, an iPhone and a Mac.

As I started getting better and I had to go places and meet new people, there were times where you just couldn't keep to yourself. You had to speak to people.

My Republican Party has no choice but to reach out to millennials.

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

Winning a soul for Jesus. Now there was a unique incentive for a date.

The litmus test used to discern if a house church is healthy is simple: The believers in a healthy house church focus on loving Jesus, loving each other, reaching those who don't know Jesus and respecting the rest of the Body of Christ.

The first question I ask is, "Who are you trying to reach?" By that I mean, "Specifically who do you imagine being in your small groups? Who is likely to opt out? Who are you willing to leave out?

High-powered front-door programs can have the unintended consequence of sending a message that some weekends and programs are for bringing guests—and the rest aren't.

In no particular order (since vital signs are all equally vital), the five areas we monitor are: •Word • Worship • Witness • Warmth • Works

First, it strongly emphasizes evangelism. Every group is required to have an empty chair that is supposed to be filled with a new Christian before the year is out. Second, it's based on the idea that the most effective way to bring new Christians into the larger church is to first reach them through a small group.

Everything we do is aimed at helping the Christians we already have grow stronger in Christ. But everything is done in such a way that their non-Christian friends will understand all that we're saying and doing. Bottom line: We've tried to create a perfect storm for come-and-see evangelism while velcroing newcomers for long-term spiritual growth.

Yet the reality is that in the American church, very few people come to Christ through a small group. It's much more likely that their first exposure to the gospel will come through a conversation with a friend, followed by a visit to a church's special program or a worship service.

It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.

The focus of Paul's commission is "to call all the Gentiles" to Christ.

You show me a church that does not have a constant flow of new Christians coming in, and I will show you a church that is stagnating. We in the church have a choice: evangelize or fossilize! The

It's been said, "There is one thing that believers and nonbelievers have in common: they are both uptight about evangelism," and that is true. When it comes to sharing the gospel, it seems we plan for failure far more often than success.

statistics indicate that 95 percent of all Christians have never led another person to Christ. For

Jesus did not say that the whole world should go to church, but He did say that the church should go to the whole world. Esther

Eugene Peterson puts this truth cleverly: "Jesus, it must be remembered, restricted nine-tenths of His ministry to twelve Jews, because it was the only way to reach all Americans."2

I guarantee you that the people who watch 'Conan O'Brien' or who watch 'Entertainment Tonight' and probably a lot of these other programs have never heard of Operation Blessing. Maybe they have heard of UNICEF, and I'm sure they have heard of the Red Cross, but they haven't heard of this organization.

Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.