Congregation Quotes

A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around.

— Anonymous

They should replace the lines of demarcation with lines of congregation

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

— John Donne

The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.

— Elsa Maxwell

Prayer less pulpits will produce prayer less and powerless congregations.

— Wesley L Duewel

“Do not teach your congregation to pray. Someday they might succeed.”

— Jay Lake

“Men go crazy in congregation. They only get better one by one.”

— Sting

I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just…

— Amy Grant

“The church is not merely a roster of individuals who pray privately; it is a congregation that ought to pray together.”

— Megan Hill

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

— Anonymous

There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

“It is one of those nondenominational churches so busy not condemning anyone that it has little power to attract a steady congregation.”

— Patricia Briggs

“Without meaning to, you usually end up with a board made up of the richer members of the congregation.”

— Harry Kemelman

In many churches today the congregation rules the leaders. This sort of government is foreign to the New Testament.

— John Macarthur

“Whenever He answers prayers, God usually prioritizes those by people who, instead of their mouths, have prayed with their hands and/or feet.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't…

— Jim Wallis

Preacher's kids are often the ones that are least informed by the work that their parents are doing because it has something…

— Khalil Gibran Muhammad

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

I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,…

— Jimmy Carter

I should not like to preach to a congregation who all believed as I believe. I would as lief preach to a…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I couldn't give you a count of the number of single women I have in our congregation that are serving in very…

— Ligon Duncan

When the rest of the congregation rose at the entrance of the choir he kept his seat. He argued that rising to…

— Isa Bowman

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is my primary way of knowing Him and what it means to follow…

— Adam Hamilton

There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say…

— Shane Claiborne

One of the things we find when we talk to people that attend these congregations, they all have social cost to it.…

— Michael Emerson

“Ndani ya chumba, akiwa bado amechanganyikiwa, akiwa hajui Debbie alikokwenda, Murphy alisikia walinzi wakipiga kelele nje. Kamanda huwa anakuwa shetani nyakati kama…

— Enock Maregesi

It ought to be considered a great misfortune, not only for individuals, but also for Houses and Congregations, to have everything in…

— St. Vincent

This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging…

— William Shakespeare

An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one…

— Alice-Leone Moats

...the Bible itself is less read than preached, less interpreted than brandished. Increasingly, pastors may drape a limply bound Book over the…

— Harold Bloom

The minister should preach as if he felt that although the congregation own the church, and have bought the pews, they have…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“About the same time I came in contact with another Christian family. At their suggestion I attended the Wesleyan church every Sunday.…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

— George Whitefield

I consider myself more spiritual than religious.

— Leonard Nimoy

This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.

— William Shakespeare

A joyful congregation is an attractive congregation.

— T. B. Joshua

“congregation, exhorting, encouraging,”

— Catherine Richmond

The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.

— Karl Philipp Moritz

Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.

— Desiderius Erasmus