The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
I think Christianity is the same as Buddhism and Hinduism - whenever a religion begins to say that these are the things… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
My goal is to destroy Christianity as a world religion and be a recatalyst for the movement of Jesus Christ ... Some… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
We need to advocate for social justice and reform so that all minorities are protected not only under the law but more… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. ...One of those dramatic… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
You need to remember who God is, forget the painful wounds and let Him renew you. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
I think Christianity is the same as Buddhism and Hinduism - whenever a religion begins to say that these are the things you have… — Erwin McManus Copy Share
The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable. — Erwin McManus Copy Share
Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never… — Erwin McManus Copy Share
My goal is to destroy Christianity as a world religion and be a recatalyst for the movement of Jesus Christ ... Some people are… — Erwin McManus Copy Share
So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow… — Erwin McManus Copy Share
