Missionary Quotes

Did you think that the missionary path was all glory? Than you have not read of God's greatest Messenger to earth, who sat and wept over Jerusalem, crying out, ʻI would... but ye would not.ʼ

I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.

Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands.

God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.

If we have not enough in our religion . . . to share it with all the world, it is doomed here at home.

Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all

Oh, that I could spend every moment of my life to God's glory!

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

I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life.

This generation can only reach this generation.

Missionary life is simply a chance to die.

God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.

Proclaim the Word more and argue about it less.

If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.

And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.

I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God.

Permit us to labor on in obscurity, and at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again.

You must go or send a substitute.

I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition.

A person is either a missionary or a mission field.

The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church.

If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary.

For five years we never went outside our doors without a volley of curses from our neighbours.

Cannot the love of Christ carry the missionary where the slave-trade carries the trader? I shall open up a path to the interior or perish.

There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.

All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.

Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions

We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.

All progression in spiritual things is dependent upon the attainment of humility.

If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other motive that has been so stimulating to myself.

Give according to your income lest God make your income according to your giving.

Will you go to His feet and place yourself entirely at His disposal?

Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary.

The history of missions is the history of answered prayer.

Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.

Part of the heartache of all missionary work is the bright promising convert who turns out to be a mere puffball, crumbling like a macaroon under the least pressure.

Some of us are senders and some are goers. Neither is more important than the other. Neither is possible without the other.

Oh for a thousand lives to be spent in the service of Christ.

Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer.

A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

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

It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.

To know God and to make Him known.

I want to be where there are out and out pagans.

All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving.

Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.

The biggest hindrance to the missionary task is self. Self that refuses to die. Self that refuses to sacrifice. Self that refuses to give. Self that refuses to go.

The pope is becoming a missionary, you will say. Yes, the pope is becoming a missionary, which means a witness, a shepherd, an apostle on the move.

A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone.

Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!