Probably after Vietnam and Watergate, there was an increasing distrust of institutions, so that Jesus was still in, but the institutional church… — Eddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those who do not believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Certainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I think at every moment in the last probably 100 years, when the institutional church had the opportunity to do the right… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Maybe today some people see opposition between, on the one hand, a seemingly barren, old, institutional church, cut off from the world,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“...the institutional church, which exists to serve the people of God, is never to be confused with the church as mystery -… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Finally, it is wrong to say that "nothing" is more basic to the identity of the church than suffering. Nothing is more… — Keith A. Mathison Copy Share Image
