Quotes About Outreach

Any method of evangelism will work—if God is in it.

Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.

Missionary activity is not so much the work of the church as simply the Church at work.

Many people have come to Christ as a result of my participation in presenting the Gospel to them. It's all the work of the Holy Spirit.

We should never stop at having won a soul for Christ. By this, we have done only half the work. Every soul won for Christ must be made to be a soul-winner.

The truth is that most mission work is carried out where the church already exists Only small percentages are working where the church is non-existent.

I think it's more important to show your work to the public.

Spreading an idea is hard work.

My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know.

It's great to have the opportunity to reach out to people that don't know much about snowboarding so they can see it and get stoked on it.

We need to demystify - get out and speak to strangers on the street.

Remarkably, 85% of all people who will ever come to Christ do so before they reach their nineteenth birthday.

And contrary to popular kindergarten doctrine, talk to as many strangers as possible.

I do what I always do: find a personal e-mail if possible, often through their little-known personal blogs, send a two- to three-paragraph e-mail which explains that I am familiar with their work, and ask one simple-to-answer but thought-provoking question in that e-mail related to their work or life philosophies. The goal is to start a dialogue so they take the time to answer future e-mails—not to ask for help. That can only come after at least three or four genuine e-mail exchanges.

If I have to convey some message to different parts of the state, then the state capital offers me the best platform.

What I like to do is have an opportunity to talk with people in neighborhoods and answer their questions one-on-one. I think it's one of the places I have greatest strength.

Online is another way for all of us to reach people.

Help them, but don't make friends with them.

The simple program of Christ for winning the whole world is to make each person he touches magnetic enough with love to draw others. FRANK LAUBACH, MAN OF PRAYER

Discipleship is for the sake of the world, not for the sake of the church. It is carried out in those situations where people spend their life.

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We wanted to touch them with our action.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

I pray, I dream that we become a people who are known not because we have a huge steeple or beautiful stained glass or interesting buildings but because we are so hospitable, so celebratory, that we are constantly inviting others in and sharing Jesus.