Quotes About Outreach

I'm evangelical.

They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.

Sometimes the least friendly people are the ones in greatest need of a friend.

My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.

The church, for far too long, has been more interested in its seating capacity than in its sending capacity.

The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was viewed as a primitive reaction, now to be replaced by sophisticated diplomacy. Outreach would substitute for isolation.

I think that you have to get out there and get with the folks and push the flesh and be connected to viewers and listeners.

My goal is always to help other women with programs that help them live better lives, especially is areas where health care is missing. Both of my parents are from Ghana, where there is a need for health care in the smaller villages.

I think the effective thing is, I passed this bill to combat violent extremism in the United States as effective outreach to the Muslim community, so you can pull the religious leaders really on to our team, if you will, to protect us from radicalization from within those communities.

When we say Church of All Nations, it's a vision given to me, that the church will touch all the world.

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

We're constantly looking for ways to reach people in Maine to talk to them, reassure them and share resources and ideas.

It's important to reach out to people who are marginalized.

Making one new friend can make a difference.

if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.

THINGS JESUS NEVER SAID: You should come with me to church.

He was the first to see that Christ's ministers must do the work of fishermen. They must not wait for souls to come to them, but must go after souls, and "compel them to come in.

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.

If you want to see revival, plant your church in the gutter.

Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it's needed most?

The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church; and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.

The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.

I hate the fact that if I don't start the conversation there won't be one.