139 Christian Missionary Quotes

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Famous Christian Missionary Quotes

Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter. — Charles Spurgeon

I am a missionary, heart and soul. God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. I am a poor, poor imitation of Him, or wish to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die! — David Livingstone

The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner. — William Cameron Townsend

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

God had only one Son, and He was a missionary. — David Livingstone

The mission of the church is missions. — Oswald J. Smith

Seek each day to do or say something to further Christianity among the heathen. — Jonathan Goforth

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. — Thomas Chalmers

Airplanes were invented for missionaries to complete the Great Commission. - Loren Cunningham

Airplanes were invented for missionaries to complete the Great Commission. — Loren Cunningham

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

Today five out of six non-Christians in our world have no hope unless missionaries come to them and plant the church among them. — David Bryant

Missionary life is simply a chance to die. — Amy Carmichael

The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world — William Bradford

The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.' — Adoniram Judson

The Great Commission is the Great Adventure of Christianity. — Ron Luce

Short Christian Missionary Quotes

  • It is the great business of every Christian to save souls. — Charles Grandison Finney
  • Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ. — Francis Xavier
  • One Way: Jesus! One Job: Evangelism! — T.L. Osborn
  • An apostolic missionary must have both heart and tongue ablaze with charity. — Anthony Mary Claret
  • The minute you walk outside of your church on Sunday you're in mission territory. — Robert Barron
  • The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet. — David Livingstone
  • It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor. — Martin Luther
  • The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
  • Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. — David Bosch

Christian Missionary Image Quotes

God has spoken to me many times that my job is to love and his job is to heal. - Heidi Baker quote

God has spoken to me many times that my job is to love and his job is to heal. — Heidi Baker

All the resources of the Godhead are at our disposal! - Jonathan Goforth quote

All the resources of the Godhead are at our disposal! — Jonathan Goforth

If we are not full of Him we have nothing to offer to anyone else. - Heidi Baker quote

If we are not full of Him we have nothing to offer to anyone else. — Heidi Baker

God's part is to put forth power; our part is to put forth faith. - Andrew Bonar quote

God's part is to put forth power; our part is to put forth faith. — Andrew Bonar

Christian missionary quote To be a christian means to forgive the inexcusable because god has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
To be a christian means to forgive the inexcusable because god has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

Christian Quotes

Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge. — Charles Schumer

A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ. — Jonathan Edwards

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle

Christian missionary quote An impatient Christian is out of step with God.
An impatient Christian is out of step with God.

If God is for us, who can be against us? — Paul the Apostle

Christians should live in the world, but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water; but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. So Christians may live in the world; but if the world gets into them, they sink. — Dwight L. Moody

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps. — Saint Augustine

Christian missionary quote I am a Muslim and and a Hindu, and a Christian and a Jew, and so are, all of you.
I am a Muslim and and a Hindu, and a Christian and a Jew, and so are, all of you.

Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition. — Immortal Technique

Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I don't give a damn what queers do, and don't give a damn what Christians do. Just get the hell out of my way because I want to live my life and I don't want the government sucking 60% of my wages off my ass. — Alex Jones

If our children have the background of a godly, happy home and this unshakable faith that the Bible is indeed the Word of God, they will have a foundation that the forces of hell cannot shake. — Ruth Graham

Christian Mission Quotes

If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? — David Livingstone

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. — John Piper

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. — Hudson Taylor

Christian missionary quote Before becoming a Muslim, a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian. Lets become a human first.
Before becoming a Muslim, a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian. Lets become a human first.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor

I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions. — John Wesley

Here am I, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage lost of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort on earth; send me even to death itself, if it be but in your service, and to promote your kingdom — David Brainerd

Christian missionary quote If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Ch
If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't

If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go — A. A. Allen

Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give. — David Livingstone

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

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. - William Carey

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. — William Carey

Great Missionary Quotes

God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness. — Hudson Taylor

You have one business on earth – to save souls. - John Wesley

You have one business on earth – to save souls. — John Wesley

Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the Kingdom. — Mary Slessor

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

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone. — Hudson Taylor

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

We talk of the second coming, half the world has never heard of the first. — Oswald J. Smith

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

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

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. - Hudson Taylor

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. — Hudson Taylor

Missionary Life Quotes

People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. — David Livingstone

Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly. — Joseph Murphy

I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ — David Brainerd

The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time. — Carl F. H. Henry

A missional theology...appl ies to the whole of life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God, and every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture. — Alan Hirsch

An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me? — Annie Dillard

The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian. — Amy Carmichael

I feel now, that Arabia could easily be evangelized within the next thirty years if it were not for the wicked selfishness of Christians. — Samuel Marinus Zwemer

Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living for self or in His will; Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what s done for Christ will last. — Charles Studd

Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us. — John Eudes

Missionary Work Quotes

I am immortal till my work is accomplished — David Livingstone

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others. — Neal A. Maxwell

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. — Benjamin Rush

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations — Oswald Chambers

I don't know how your theology works, but if Jesus has a choice between stained glass windows and feeding starving kids in Haiti, I have a feeling he'd choose the starving kids in Haiti. — Tony Campolo

I am not tired of my work, neither am I tired of the world; yet, when Christ calls me home, I shall go with gladness. — Adoniram Judson

Sometimes I feel... that my cross is heavy beyond endurance... My heart seems worn out and bruised beyond repair, and in my deep loneliness I often wish to be gone, but God knows best, and I want to do every ounce of work He wants me to do. — Charles Studd

I realized that my life was to be one of simple, childlike faith, and that my part was to trust, not to do. I was to trust in Him and He would work in me to do His good pleasure. From that time my life was different. — Charles Studd

How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a corner while they do the work themselves. — Charles Studd

I thought it reasonable that I should seek the work where the work was the most abundant and the workers fewest. — James Gilmour

Missionary Service Quotes

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. — J. Oswald Sanders

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. — Roland Allen

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

In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die! — David Livingstone

If you are sure that He is calling and you can be sure that He will also remove the barriers that would preclude your service, in His perfect timing. Rest in that. — David Sills

Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. — L. Tom Perry

Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character. — ElRay L. Christiansen

Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity. — Thomas S. Monson

Missionary service is a priesthood duty. — Thomas S. Monson

Twenty-five years old this day. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul,' for all His goodness. Man is immortal till his work is done. Use me in Thy service alone, blessed Saviour. — Alexander Murdoch Mackay

Christian Evangelism Quotes

Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears. — R. A. Torrey

Prayer is not trying to twist God’s arm to make Him do something. Prayer is receiving by faith what He has already done! — Andrew Wommack

There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past. — Erwin W. Lutzer

At the end of the day, the biggest obstacle to evangelism is Christians who don’t share the gospel. — Albert Mohler

The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings for what God will someday bring to pass. — Philip Yancey

Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken. — Leonard Ravenhill

Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light. - V. Raymond Edman

Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light. — V. Raymond Edman

Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my life and let it be” when you haven't given Him one ounce? — Leonard Ravenhill

The depth of our repentance will determine the depth of our revival. — Frank Bartleman

Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world. — C. J. Mahaney

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More Christian Missionary Quotes

Most Christians would like to send their recruits to Bible college for five years. I would like to send them to hell for five minutes. That would do more than anything else to prepare them for a lifetime of compassionate ministry. — William Booth

And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives... and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted. — Nate Saint

The Holy Spirit is a healing spirit. When the Holy Spirit is present, anything is possible. — Reinhard Bonnke

I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him. — Frances Xavier Cabrini

It's not complicated. Just love the one in front of you. — Heidi Baker

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. — Charles Studd

Most Christians do not have fellowship with God; they have fellowship with each other about God. — Paris Reidhead

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

The Indian is making an amazing discovery, namely that Christianity and Jesus are not the same - that they may have Jesus without the system that has been built up around Him in the West. — E. Stanley Jones

No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once. — Oswald J. Smith

I love to live on the brink of eternity. — David Brainerd

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. — John Piper

Sympathy is no substitute for action. — David Livingstone

If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small. — Pat Morley

Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the will of the Lord. — John Gibson Paton

Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell. — Charles Studd

We who have Christ's eternal life need to throw away our own lives. — George Verwer

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