It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in… — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Palestinian believers have a unique experience with US foreign policy and our close ties with Israel. This alliance has many layers, but… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to… — George Edmund Street Copy Share Image
A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation. — William Blake Copy Share Image
The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life. — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
“We have taught this generation how to "market" the Gospel but we have neglected to encourage them to "preach" the Gospel.” — John Paul warren Copy Share Image
Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots. — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. — John Piper Copy Share Image
It's not how high we jump off our feet in church, it's what we do with them when we hit the ground! — Tom Ridge Copy Share Image
Religion has never befriended the cause of humaneness. Its monstrous doctrine of eternal punishment and the torture of the damned underlies much… — Henry Stephens Salt Copy Share Image
We believe that this time of transition will make for a more dynamic Revolution Church, and will help us focus and expand… — Jay Bakker Copy Share Image
Anyone who feels that they're in some way plugged into a meaningful, cosmic system is given a greater psychological balance as a… — Robin Skynner Copy Share Image
As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
In all my eleven years of itinerant ministry I cannot recall any growing church which does not encourage small groups — Eddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I don't pray. When I was young, I vowed I never would be caught begging God. If I want something I get… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
How can we call ourselves a church and not believe in healing and in miracles? I cannot read four pages anywhere in… — T.L. Osborn Copy Share Image
I do quite like sightseeing. I like churches, museums, galleries and all that stuff. I love the smell of a church in… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
I was brought up singing gospel, and I really enjoy getting the church up on their feet, their hips swaying, their hands… — Jennifer Hudson Copy Share Image
Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
For her part, the Church always works for the integral development of every person. In this sense, she reiterates that the common… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I never joined, but I used to go to church now and then. I liked it, because they always passed out plates… — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We as a church need to decide whether we'll seek the Anointing of God or the God of the Anointing — Paul Cain Copy Share Image
I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
When you’re young, your world is pretty limited. My parents, my family, my church dominated my world. And because Birmingham was so… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
God does not judge the condition or quality of His church by how good the meetings are on Sunday morning, but by… — Rick Joyner Copy Share Image
I had not been in the jazz environment, having been brought up in the church. But once I got to New York,… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
“Today, a lot of people, businesses, countries and even churches have their dreams sleeping in the belly of the shark where they… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord has established His Church once again among men. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
This concern for the poor is in the Gospel, it is within the tradition of the Church, it is not an invention… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was going to go to church, but I decided to get doughnuts instead. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“I am convinced it is, then our churches are filled with believers who are hurting, to one degree or another, whether visible… — Glenn Pemberton Copy Share Image
