God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.
– Francis Chan –
Ministry
Pulpit Trembling – John Knox
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
– John Knox –
Every Christian is to be effective – AB Simpson
God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.
– AB Simpson –
Equipping the saints – Chuck Colson
The church’s job is to equip the saints for works of service in the world.
– Chuck Colson –
The Missionary Church – FB Meyer
The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes.
– FB Meyer –
Canned Discipleship – Francis Chan
We reduce discipleship to a canned program, and so many in the church end up sidelined in a spectator mentality that delegates disciple making to pastors and professionals, ministers and missionaries.
– Francis Chan –
God’s Method – EM Bounds
Men are God’s method. The church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
– EM Bounds –
Ablaze for God – Wesley L. Duewel
It takes more than a busy church, a friendly church, or even an evangelical church to impact a community for Christ. It must be a church ablaze, led by leaders who are ablaze for God.
– Wesley L. Duewel –
Disciples Make Disciples – AW Tozer
Only a disciple can make a disciple.
– AW Tozer –