What holds this community together is what holds any home…

“We are also brought into the church-community as a result of Christ’s death on the cross—a community of the forgiven, who should be quick…

— Stephen J. Nichols

I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why…

— Roger Ross Williams

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community

— Pope Francis

Essentially, a church is a community that keeps alive the dangerous memories of its classics.

— David Tracy

“The churches delivering experiences that exceed guests' expectations are those to which people return, again and again, until they're no longer guests but full-fledged…

— Mark L. Waltz

“God designed the church to be a community of lifelong learners under the earthly guidance of leaders who are teachers at heart. The Christian…

— David Mathis

I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs…

— Samuel Wilson

“That churchgoers do the lion's share of the charitable work in our communities is simply untrue. They get credit for it because they do…

— Dale McGowan

There are constraints on what counts as "Reformed." It's more than a name or a label. It's about belonging to a particular theological stream…

— Oliver D. Crisp

There's a massive community in church. You have a real home. You can move to different parts of the world and you'll always find…

— Michaela Coel

The goal was not only to teach people the Bible and minister to people personally and spiritually, but also to build a church to…

— Tony Evans

“So a working definition of missional church is a community of God's people that defines itself, and organizes its life around, its real purpose…

— Alan Hirsch

If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage…

— John Ortberg

Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the poor to…

— Pope Francis

I had five brothers and sisters. Four of them older, and some of them played instruments, and we would get together and have family…

— Al Jarreau