There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
I think it's easier, I really do, because of not having that similar history, so that's why I think two-thirds of these… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Do you think that I am an old man? I could prove to this congregation that I am young; for I could… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
His throne is the pulpit. He stands in Christ's stead. His message is the Word of God. Around him are immortal souls.… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
So the tradition from Europe is that you're supposed to emphasize the mind over the body, so you sing from a very… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation,… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
To me, there was an interesting movie to be made about two people who had been on that whirlwind romance and what… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In… — Christian Smith Copy Share Image
In a large congregation, while there is a wide diversification of interest, it is also true that there are only a few… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
Nevertheless we have this curious spectacle: daily the trained parrot in the pulpit gravely delivers himself of these ironies, which he has… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Democracy destroys the unity of the Rumanian nation, dividing it among political parties, making Rumanians hate one another, and thus exposing a… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Copy Share Image
To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The consequences of these institutions (The towns or districts, the congregations, the schools,and the militia.) have been, that the inhabitants, having acquired… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to… — Eleanor Perenyi Copy Share Image
It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The Eucharist has been preempted and redefined in dualistic thinking that leaves the status quo of the world untouched, so congregations can… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
“The boarded-up homes, the decaying storefronts, the aging church rolls, kids from unknown families who swaggered down the streets - loud congregations… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“A church leadership that cannot provide members with business ideas should stop demanding tithe from them. Plant greatness in the members and… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I think it's of huge importance to us as worship leaders...to ask ourselves these two questions: What were the words we put… — Keith Getty Copy Share Image
If we go into white congregations, non-whites will sometimes say it felt like worship never started. It was sort of dead and… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a lot of terminology, like "washes whiter than snow," and these things which when they're said in a uniracial congregation, they… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
My dad was a non-denominational preacher, actually a Congregationalist which is really where all congregations come to congregate. That's why it's called… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by… — Eddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
In certain ways, I think the work in the Evangelical community has been the most interesting and the most promising. Partly because… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
The English are loth to express their feelings, but in my stall in the choir I could feel the pent-up, passionate emotion,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Wherever God erects a house of prayer the Devil always builds a chapel there; And 't will be found, upon examination, the… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
I coach church planters to look at the ethnic diversity of schools and neighborhoods they are near. This will be an indicator… — Derwin L. Gray Copy Share Image
I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I would love to see churches start using their Web sites to present video profiles of people within their congregations so that… — Frank Minis Johnson Copy Share Image
![“[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently place, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.” quote by H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/699/h-g-wells-1122_altars_a-novel-by-henry-james-is-like-a-church_158550.jpg)
