Quotes about Mission

Read what some Christian missionaries and preachers have said in the past about Christian Mission - its motivation and its methods.

“Never pity missionaries; envy them. They are where the real action is - where life and death, sin and grace, Heaven and Hell converge.”
Robert C. Shannon in Christian Standard, January 1983

“God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.”
J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), Missionary to China

“God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.”
J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), Missionary to China

“The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.”
J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), Missionary to China

“God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.”
J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), Missionary to China

“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.”
J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), Missionary to China

“Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.”
William Carey (1761-1834), Missionary to India

“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
Jim Elliot (1927-1956), missionary martyr who lost his life trying to reach the Auca Indians of Ecuador

“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.”
C.T. Studd (1860-1931), Missionary to China, India, Africa

“Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.”
Oswald J. Smith (1889-1986)

“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”
Albert. B. Simpson (1843-1919), founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance