What happens at the average church or synagogue or mosque is that I don't know many priests or ministers or rabbis who… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I say that a Christian congregation can survive and often appear to prosper in the community by the exercise of human talent… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Prosperity Gospel”. At his United Church Science of Living Institute in New York he would tell his congregation “close your eyes and… — Reverend Ike Copy Share Image
By the time I went to the pulpit, the vision was never on the same level as when God first gave it… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Jesus our Lord is Prophet, Priest, and King. The concept is not new, yet many preachers never preach it, and many congregations… — Aiden Wilson Tozer 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
“Ndani ya chumba, akiwa bado amechanganyikiwa, akiwa hajui Debbie alikokwenda, Murphy alisikia walinzi wakipiga kelele nje. Kamanda huwa anakuwa shetani nyakati kama… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“[...] like any human practices, those of religions are not exempt from ethical questioning. Rituals and rites in groups change behavior, sometimes… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
I've chronicled the experience of the mother of a transgender child who got attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee, and… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
You know, the one thing that expository preaching does that is apart from the congregation is it sanctifies the pastor. — John MacArthur 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
I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have dead men preaching to them. How can dead men beget… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Money follows mission, not the reverse. This is a shorthand way of saying that the stronger the congregation's relational characteristics, the easier… — Kennon Callahan Copy Share Image
So we didn't get the denominations and the separate congregations really till about into Civil War time. What's happened then, of course,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Seventh-Gay Adventists isn't just a helpful movie, important for the way it can help congregations of any denomination deal graciously and truthfully… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
The trouble with being a secular humanist is that we don't have a congregation. We don't meet so it's a very flimsy… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One of the things we find when we talk to people that attend these congregations, they all have social cost to it.… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share.… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I go to a church here in New Jersey that is just a very exciting place, and I just love to be… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Because religious training means credulity training, churches should not be surprised to find that so many of their congregations accept astrology as… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
