But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches. — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches? — Lemuel K. Washburn Copy Share Image
I have sung at Christmas many times in Finland, especially in churches. — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community. — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work. — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
The meetings least attended in our churches today are the ones whose only attraction is God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
My interest in art must have started with my Catholic upbringing. Art was everywhere: churches with its paintings, sculptures, stained glass, textiles,… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
Who provides the love and a path to reconciliation? It's not Planned Parenthood; it's the Catholic Church, the other Christian churches, and… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
“Many of our churches have become content with creating well-behaved constituents instead of forgiven children of God.” — R.J. Grunewald Copy Share Image
I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York. — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Churches are wonderful and beautiful, and they are vehicles for religion, but no Church can have more than a very little of… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher… — Frank Harris Copy Share Image
I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches.… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
“It became obvious why Catholics had built such beautiful cathedrals and churches throughout the world. Not as gathering or meeting places for… — Allen R. Hunt Copy Share Image
We as preachers/teachers/pastors have to figure out things to do in order to garner the attention of individuals and also keep them… — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As burned as I've been by local churches and by people who call themselves in God's name, Jesus gave us the church.… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
We grew up devout Catholics, so my trips to San Juan always include going to the churches that we used to go… — Cristela Alonzo Copy Share Image
“The end product of the successful preacher's input is transformation.” — Christian Michael Copy Share Image
I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches. — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
In L.A., my house is surrounded by churches, and there are no cars, so it's really nice to just walk around before… — Jordi Molla Copy Share Image
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which… — Edvard Grieg Copy Share Image
I know that those who esteem these little organised associations to be the churches of God, see nothing but mere meetings of… — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
We find not in the Gospel, that Christ hath anywhere provided for the uniformity of churches, but only for their unity. — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program… — Richard Morris Copy Share Image
I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
And I think it was the outline of that church tower at Belaugh against the sky which gave me a passion for… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time in churches. If you go to a synagogue, someone is always asking if you're alone, if… — Peter Malkin Copy Share Image
