373 Quotes About Ministry

Every true work is not done to the poor. Every true work is done to Me.

We think in terms of apostolic journeys. God dares to put His greatest ambassadors in chains.

The essence of a mature human being in religious terms is the ability to see, to be aware of others' suffering and to be touched by it.

The Church may have a building, but that is not its place. The building may be the church's location, but its space is in the shared humanity of its persons.

Success in ministry is important, but when I assume it is all-important, I have made it an idol . . .It is possible to make such an idol of success that you prize it more than God.

All ministry must be God-centered, but it must also be man-purposed.

The Resurrection is most clearly needed and most clearly revealed in those communities that are constantly seeking to correct and transform the world through the wisdom and power of the Word of God made flesh in their lives and actions in history.

Religion is a more or less organized way of remembering that every ministry points to a higher reality.

Banish professionalism from our midst, Oh God, an din its place put passionate prayer, poverty of spirit, hunger for God, rigorous study of holy things, white-hot devotion to Jesus Christ, utter indifference to all material gain, and unremitting labor to rescue the perishing, perfect the saints, and glorify our sovreign Lord. Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ.