“Churches with high expectations not only reach the unchurched but retain them as well.” — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Of course, if you ask, nobody was there when they torched the churches.” — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
Churches whose members fight with one another have lost their vision for the lost. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
American churches work very hard at reaching out to people to bring them in. — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
“Guhitamo ubuzima bw’icyaha no kubutindamo bituma isezerano Imana ifitanye nawe ryibagirana.” — Dr Paul Gitwaza Copy Share Image
Most churches are run by preachers who went to seminaries, who decided to be preachers when they were 18, 19, 20 years… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Lovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses. — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“Some churches will be a Michael Phelps. Some will be a Nastia Liukin. Some might be an Albert Einstein, a Steve Jobs,… — Jeremy Myers Copy Share Image
Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I've always wondered how much can you do for your fellow man if your hands are constantly stuck together in Prayers for… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“If the chanting in temple would help inner peace, if the preaching in a mosque would address humanity and the choirs in… — Preeth Nambiar Copy Share Image
Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
We don't have a lot of churches in America; we have a lot of really nice brick buildings on finely manicured lawns!… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
The human person, whose definition serves as the touchstone according to which good must be distinguished from evil, is considered as sacred,… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
If I just think of the churches in my little town here because I've been to every one of them, there are… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
St. Paul was making it impossible to be Jewish and Christian at the same time. What is very striking about those early… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
Is there a God? If not, what are all these churches for? And who is Jesus' dad? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Word that will change a man must first show the man who he really is.” — Christian Michael Copy Share Image
The problem with most American churches is that they teach too much and don't do enough. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation. — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
And I think it was the outline of that church tower at Belaugh against the sky which gave me a passion for… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Churches that make an impact are more focused on putting boots on the streets than butts in the seats — Miles McPherson Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time in churches. If you go to a synagogue, someone is always asking if you're alone, if… — Peter Malkin Copy Share Image
Evangelical churches are weaker than we realize because we don't teach the confessions and doctrine. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Some churches make intercessory prayer part of their weekly schedule. If that's not the case at your church, find another person in… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing. — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
Although most Christian churches advocate some sort of mission to non-Christians, no Jewish group advocates a mission to non-Jews. Proselytization seems to… — David Novak Copy Share Image
