Church is a place where you get to practice what it means…

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…

— Mark Dever

“The place to practice author's voice is everywhere.”

— Victory Crayne

Lessons are not to take the place of practice, but to make practice worthwhile.

— Harvey Penick

Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment…

— Bill Porter

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

— Dogen

“Church is a place to give rest to your soul, a place of gathering where anyone should be able to come and involved themselves…

— Andrew Marin

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

— Charles de Gaulle

“Church is not something you do or a place you go to, but what you are.”

— Will Mancini

The church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.

— Rachel Held Evans

The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners.

— Timothy Keller

The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees.

— Mike Yaconelli

The church is a place where broken people can fall in love with a beautiful God.

— Shane Claiborne

“the Church should be the place where a word reverberates right into the world.”

— Karl Barth

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

— H. L. Mencken

Church should be a place where love is evident, God delivers, lives are changed, hearts are healed, and families restored.

— David Walker