Christ Quote by Pope Benedict XVI
“The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ.”
“The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ.”
![“[Evangelization] is not something optional, but the very vocation of the People of God, a duty that corresponds to it by the command of the Lord Jesus Christ himself” quote by Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d84/pope-benedict-xvi-414_christ_evangelization-is-not-something-optional_1696417.jpg)
![“If you live by the same values and priorities [Jesus] had, you will find evangelism happening naturally. It becomes a life-style and not a project.” quote by Rebecca Pippert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d3/rebecca-pippert-35534_evangelism_if-you-live-by-the-same-values-and-prior_450526.jpg)
![“One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men and women [...] to cooperate generously in the 'missio ad gentes.' As Vatican Council II stressed, the work of evangelization is a fundamental duty…” quote by Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f7c/pope-benedict-xvi-414_ads_one-of-the-promising-indications-of-a-re_71852.jpg)
![“T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a…” quote by Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a4/mark-dever-3175_blood_t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-bu_3297.jpg)
