ministry focus Quotes

When a leader in the Church inspires council members with vision, he helps them focus on their real mission so that they are ministering to people rather than merely administering programs.

Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn't go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks.

Most of us are married to a model of ministry and we flirt with the Great Commission.

Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.

You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most. It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.

If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught.

The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.

Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best.

If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!

Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.

I think that the Holy Spirit works through the pastors of the church. It helps me avoid the trap of writing to the reading market. It helps me stay a pastor first, because they have no agenda; they are not thinking: "This would this be a good book someday." They're thinking: "How this will help Bob and Suzy who are going through a tough marriage? What series can encourage them?" And so I really bow to their preference.