I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in… — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
My desire as a Christian pastor is to see churches raised up as communities of grace ruled by Jesus and led by… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
The shooter's choice of Emanuel AME was most likely deliberate, given the church's storied history. It was the first African Methodist Episcopal… — Anthea Butler 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
What does "success" mean to you? Was Mother Teresa a "success"? Was your favorite teacher a "success"? Were your parents, grandparents, your… — Bob Teague Copy Share Image
We had pastors testifying in favor of gun control. And they were quoting the Bible, too, for it. And there were no… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
“Human beings seem to have a perpetual tendency to have somebody else talk to God for them. We are content to have… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 19, "Willi Ossa") "...when I did [become a pastor], I knew that it was a vocation, not a job. I… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The system of fathers of the world church, the clergy system of the state church, and the pastoral system of the independent… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 26, "Emmaus Walks") "[our Quaker retreat leader} warned us against shortcuts [to solve the "badlands"]. he encouraged us to submit… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
These most crafty enemies [the devils] have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is constructed in the DNA of the persecuted. One Egyptian pastor this spring delivered a sermon titled, "A Message to Those… — Johnnie Moore, Jr Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 20, "Bezalel") "We were getting it: worship was not so much what we did, but what we let God do… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I plead guilty to that when I was young pastor. In one of my churches I changed so much, one old wag… — Jerry Vines Copy Share Image
The pastor should always be pure in thought ... no impurity ought to pollute him who has undertaken the office of wiping… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“The devil can get you through your flesh. He knows the button to press on your flesh and have a way into… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Being a pastor for 20 years I realized that the labels, agnostic, atheist, believer, everybody's human and everybody wants to know what… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
You must not lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in God had to depend… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The temptation is for us to share our own opinions, our own thoughts and to speak from the whole realm of possibility.… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
There is no need to be longwinded as a pastor, but there is a difference between being longwinded and preaching for a… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm a pastor of a local church. I'm not a televangelist. I've never had a televised program. I'm a pastor. A pastor's… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me… — Joe Gibbs Copy Share Image
The morality of clean blood ought to be one of the first lessons taught us by our pastors and teachers. The physical… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is… — Henry Blackaby Copy Share Image
I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
At the time, I didn't know what forgiveness meant. I wouldn't really know what forgiveness meant for another year, until my pastor,… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent patterns they used to… — Grace Jones 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
Most pastors railing against gay marriage have never cried out on racism, any type of injustice or police brutality. They've never once… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
My son had a tumour on his neck. We went for surgery but it failed because the tumour was difficult to remove.… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
When pastors ask me if their people will buy this vision, I ask them two questions: "Have they bought into your leadership?"… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
That's a big fear, right, and when I talk with black pastors, the same thing: If we try to have this move… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
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