“When you are close to Christ, you are enclosed in liberty. You can never be intimidated by man if you are intimate… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“The members of the congregation looked as though they’d just dropped in for a rest on the way to the grave.” — Åsa Larsson Copy Share Image
There are entire congregations who worship praise and praise worship but who have not yet learned to praise and worship God in… — Judson Cornwall Copy Share Image
I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
“the man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain" (I.E., even while living) "in the congregation of the dead.” — Herman Melville 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
I see it happen in uniracial congregations all the time. But people - when they're in mixed company, we speak differently. — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Whoever buys into the vision God has for the congregation develops an affinity for all that is going on. — Phil Pringle 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
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
You probably can't get much closer to God than serving a congregation 24/7. At the same time, there's a different kind of… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money,… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I found myself in a maze where I'd taken the wrong turn. In my wish to do well for that congregation I… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also… — Eugene H. Peterson 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
“The umpire had comical news. The congregation had been theoretically spotted from the air by a theoretical enemy. They were all theoretically… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A couple you do not recognize - visitors, strangers - come to the door. How are you to view these people and… — Thomas G. Long Copy Share Image
“My people? Who are they? I went into the church where the congregation Worshiped my God. Were they my people? I felt… — Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Copy Share Image
Science may have come a long way, but as far as religion is concerned, we are first cousins to the !Kung tribesmen… — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
When I had something I thought God was talking to me about, the first thing I did, before I ever talked to… — John C. Maxwell 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
So one of the profound things we found when studying these congregations, the mixed ones, is just how much overlap and interracial… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
It's one of the things we find in these congregations is that they are much more likely to be sort of up-beat… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Then of course there are bigger things that matter, like who do I see up there in the congregation? Do I see… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Ideally, a good pastor wants to empower a congregation to the point where they don't need him. You want everyone to leave… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
My heart went out, seeking the God of my people. In thousands of homes those white candles burned tonight. I joined an… — Jessie Sampter Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more sublime this side of heaven than the singing of this noble Psalm by a vast congregation. It is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Between Monday and Saturday men make an audience. On Sunday, they make a congregation.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it's my favorite place to be. — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly… — Gary North Copy Share Image
I served as a missionary for my church. I served as a pastor in my congregation for about 10 years. I’ve sat… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“Live your life in such a way that when a video coverage is taken of you either in light or in the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The pastors and ministry leaders came away energized to have voter registration drives at their churches and motivated to encourage their congregations… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
What happens is sometimes these congregations will still have the white style of worship, even though they're mixed, because folks are willing… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
