Only those willing to suffer can conquer suffering.
Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God.
Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God.
Missionary activity is not so much the work of the church as simply the Church at work.
The church is not made up of spiritual giants; only broken men can lead others to the cross.
To participate in mission is to participate in the movement of God’s love toward people, since God is a fountain of sending love.
If the Church is ‘in Christ,’ she is involved in mission. Her whole existence then has a missionary character. Her conduct as well as her words will convince the unbelievers and put their ignorance and stupidity to silence.
16. Because of this, evangelism cannot be divorced from the preaching and practicing of justice. This is the flaw in the view according to which evangelism is given absolute priority over social involvement, or where evangelism is separated from justice, even if it is maintained that, together with social justice, it constitutes “mission.
Evidently, then, a not-so-subtle shift had occurred in the original love motive; compassion and solidarity had been replaced by pity and condescension.
If rich Christians today would only practice solidarity with poor Christians – let alone the billions of poor people who are not Christians – this in itself would be a powerful missionary testimony and a modern-day fulfillment of Jesus’ sermon in Nazareth.
Scripture without experience was empty, and experience without Scripture blind.