Character Quote by David Bosch

If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary.

— G. Campbell Morgan

The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The true Church has never sounded out public expectations before launching her mission. Her leaders heard from God, they knew their Lord's will and…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and to promote…

— Pope Benedict XVI

It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is…

— Christopher Dawson

The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.

— Pope John Paul II

The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by "attraction": just as Christ "draws all to himself" by the power of his…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is…

— Alan Hirsch

When the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. It is then that the world is made to listen to…

— Anonymous

Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God.

— David Bosch