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title: "6 Church Concerned Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-admire-certain-priests-and-nuns-who-go-off-on-their-own-and-do-god/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

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> [“I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-prefer-a-church-which-is-bruised-hurting-and-dirty-because-it-has/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/what-if-the-church-should-be-less-concerned-with-creating-saints-than/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

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> [“The Church should be more concerned about the hearts of the lost rather than the comforts of the saved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-stocker/the-church-should-be-more-concerned-about-the-hearts-of-the-lost/)

[Todd Stocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-stocker/)

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> [More thinking is required, and we should all exercise our God-given right to think and be unafraid to express our opinions, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-b-brown/more-thinking-is-required-and-we-should-all-exercise-our-god-given/)

[Hugh B. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-b-brown/)

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> [The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/the-church-was-as-concerned-with-this-world-as-the-next-i-saw-that/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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