The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. — David Bosch Copy Share Image
Whenever a church does anything for its own group, it has that right. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there… — Hafez Copy Share Image
The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord. — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
The church lives on the fact that modern research about Jesus is not known amongst the public — Hans Konzelmann Copy Share Image
I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“The Church is not merely a hospital or a halfway house to check in and out for weekend visits.” — DeBorrah K. Ogans Copy Share Image
See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
With the Synod Assembly, therefore, I heartily recommend to the Church's pastors and to the People of God the practice of Eucharistic… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world -… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
“Believe me, once you have tasted worship—the kind of worship that captures your heart and rivets your full attention on the living… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
We don't actually have rich and poor together instead we have a family. What does it mean? If you have resources, you… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“Never mix business with religion, or you might end up losing your testimony when the business agreement is no longer something you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
It could fairly be said that the U.S. is increasingly out of step with the rest of the world. As our neighbors… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
One of the reasons churches in North America have trouble guiding people about money is that the church's economy is built on… — Doug Pagitt Copy Share Image
Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Missionary work isn't the only thing we need to do in this big, wide, wonderful Church. But almost everything else we need… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
The usual struggle squeezing my bloated Citroën, absurdly named “Picasso,” in or out of any old Italian town. I should be taking… — Joscelyn Godwin Copy Share Image
I have an evening dress, pink mull over silk (I'm perfectly beautiful in that), and a blue church dress, and a dinner… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
If the Africans and Arabs were ruling Spain from 711 to 1492, had they destroyed the Catholic church, they still would be… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
“Our fights should really be for the mission of the church and the mission of the family instead of trying to have… — Reggie Joiner Copy Share Image
