J Thomas

“Evangelism is essential in the kingdom-focused church. It is a sign that the church leaders and members are spiritually sound. It is a sign the church is alive and healthy. It produces new converts, a new generation of believers to carry God's message forward.”
― Gene Mims, The Kingdom Focused Church: A Compelling Image of an Achievable Future for Your Church

“Too many of us are too comfortable in our “Jesus lifeboat.” Instead of the church preparing its members to reach out to other people who are still in the water and pulling them into the boat, we have settled in for the ride to heaven and are busy coming up with ways to make the trip more comfortable. We go to church each week and worship God because we are saved and safe, forgetting that the lifeboat is not yet full.”
― Tony Evans, God's Glorious Church: The Mystery and Mission of the Body of Christ

“God’s work is not complete in a person until the private, personal space has been invaded, and he or she is willing to be forged in the anvil of community.”
― Joel Comiskey, Making Disciples in the Twenty-First Century Church: How the Cell-Based Church Shapes Followers of Jesus

“He recognized with authentic realism that anyone who permits another to determine the quality of his inner life gives into the hands of the other the keys to his destiny.”
― Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited