Quotes about Ministry
Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has promised to build his church.
— Rick Warren
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.
— Leonard Ravenhill
God can, has and will use anybody who is open to serving Him to convey the gospel. He will bless the efforts of His servants whether they are gifted as evangelizers or not.
— George Barna
You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
— Pope John Paul II
Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.
— John Wesley
For church planters, the motivation is not about the romantic or heroic venture ... it is because you realize you can't not plant one.
— Dan Kimball
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
— John Ortberg
We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.
— Charles Spurgeon
Consider as sin any minute of life spent on something other than saving souls for eternity from this world doomed to destruction.
— Richard Wurmbrand
Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.
— Henri Nouwen
I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.
— Billy Graham
When we say, 'We're here for you,' we mean it to this point - everything we do, everything we preach, every broadcast we come on, everywhere we minister, everything we say and do is prayed, engineered, designed to minister to the people.
— Kenneth Copeland