Inspirational Missionary Quotes

Answering a student's question, 'Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?' thus, 'It is more a question with me whether we, who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not, can be saved.

Charles Spurgeon

Giving, Ministry, Missionary

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The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

Henry Martyn

Christian, Jesus, Religion

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The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.

A. B. Simpson

Christian, Missionary, World

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We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

John Stott

Christian, Vision, Missionary

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If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the covers.

Nina Gunter

Christian, Prayer, Religion

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The concern for world evangelization is not something tacked on to a man's personal Christianity, which he may take or leave as he chooses. It is rooted in the character of the God who has come to us in Christ Jesus. Thus, it can never be the province of a few enthusiasts, a sideline or a specialty of those who happen to have a bent that way. It is the distinctive mark of being a Christian.

James Stuart Stewart

Christian, Jesus, Character

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We talk of the second coming, half the world has never heard of the first.

Oswald J. Smith

Christian Inspirational, Missionary, Ministry

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God has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations.

John Piper

Names, Missionary, Ministry

John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.62, Baker Academic

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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Love, Funny, Women

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Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart.

Robert Pierce

Heart, Broken, Christian Inspirational

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If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed until the will is lost by self-surrender in the will of God. Living, praying, giving and going will always be found together.

Arthur Tappan Pierson

Self, Giving, Christian Inspirational

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To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than to stay here and know that I disobeyed.

Amanda Smith

Christian, Missionary, Missions

Amanda Smith (2014). “The Colored Evangelist - The Story Of The Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith”, p.270, Jazzybee Verlag

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I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond!

Isobel Miller Kuhn

Believe, Men, Christian Inspirational

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The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.

Carl F. H. Henry

God, Christian, Religious

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Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

William Carey

Christian, Spiritual, Religion

"The Missionary Herald". The Baptist Magazine, Volume 35, January 1843.

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Jehovah Witnesses don't believe in hell and neither do most Christians

Leonard Ravenhill

Christian, Believe, Judgement

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Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?

William Carey

Missionary, Lord, Missions

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Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions

Leonard Ravenhill

Christian, Dog, Missionary

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All roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ.

Keith Green

Christian Inspirational, Judgement, Missionary

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

David Brainerd

Christian Inspirational, Missionary, Moments

David BRAINERD (1826). “Life and Journal of the Rev. David Brainerd ... By Jonathan Edwards”, p.27

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Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.

Oswald J. Smith

Christian, Biblical, Religion

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This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth!

Keith Green

Christian, Soul, This Generation

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The longing of my heart is to make known my glorious Redeemer to those who have never heard.

William Chalmers Burns

Heart, Missionary, Longing

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Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Elisabeth Elliot

Inspiring, Christian, Inspiration

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It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization of the world, as it is for those who stand in the most prominent positions.

John Mott

Christian, Prayer, Heart

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