Pastors Quotes · Page 2

“Put this in your 'pastoral' pipe and smoke it!!!" ~R. Alan Woods [2012]”

— R. Alan Woods

“If the saints fails to declare the truth, the Holy Spirit shall teach true words of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Who can we claim to know God, and deny him by our actions.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer.

— David Wilkerson

“Every congregation is a congregation of sinners. As if that weren’t bad enough, they all have sinners for pastors.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

What do they call Church pastors in Germany? German Shepherds.

— Anonymous

“I must admit, that I have learned more from my negative experiences than I have ever learned from my positive one.”

— John Paul Warren

“Your circumstances do NOT define you. Expect a GRAND finale.”

— John Paul Warren

“The church tastes true delight, and the world only samples a counterfeit. Pastors cannot help but pull off the mask of worldly…

— Owen Strachan

We look to our pastors and priests and rabbis and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring principles upon which…

— Mitt Romney

I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material…

— Max Lucado

When pastors don't have rich spiritual lives with Christ, they become victimized by other models of success - models conveyed to them…

— Dallas Willard

I'm not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are…

— Henry Cloud

Instead of applauding sex addict pastors, we need to tell them to either preach the Gospel with their lives or get out…

— Eric Ludy

“Pastors and Bible teachers go about their work in communal settings, where they listen to as well as deliver sermons, hear as…

— Peter J. Leithart

Pastors have historically understood their primary battle to be not the battle to build a big church, but the battle against the…

— John Ortberg

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

I just don't think pastors should turn their pulpits into public policy platforms. It cheapens the gospel. Our congregation doesn't need another…

— Mark Batterson

“I have talked with many pastors whose real struggle isn't first with the hardship of ministry, the lack of appreciation and involvement…

— Paul David Tripp

We have so many priests who have gone half way … it’s sad that they did not manage to go the whole…

— Pope Francis

“But the fact is that the gospel demands everything of all of us. If someone thinks the gospel has slotted into their…

— Sam Allberry

Parents don't care about their children; they're emotional, egotistical, selfish, and screw up their kids! Pastors knowingly mislead their flock by telling…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

“As I speak for many in the budding new missional church world I have to share that I no longer judge the…

— Hugh Halter & Matt Smay

“I miss the honor of serving as a parish pastor. There is nothing quite like it. The most challenging aspect of the…

— Matthew C. Harrison

America's pastors should not be silenced, but afforded every opportunity to spread their message.

— Mike Johnson

“Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON.”

— John Paul Warren

“The world needs pastors who are clothed with salvation(2 Chr 6:41).”

— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA

“The real architect of a life is the hard and almost impossible circumstances one faces.”

— John Paul Warren

Vision is something pastors and churches cannot afford to live without.

— John C. Maxwell

The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds.

— Dillon Burroughs

“Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed.”

— John Paul Warren

Pastors spend a good bit of time helping people with their sin. Who helps them with their sin?

— Johnny Hunt

Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

— John C. Maxwell

Today, more pastors than ever need profound encouragement and rejuvenation.

— Will Graham

Let's be pastors who cast vision that are worth people giving their life for.

— Matthew Carter

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.

— Max Lucado

A true dreamer is one who knows how to navigate in the dark.

— John Paul Warren

Pastors are sent to utter the deep things of God for the conviction of sin, and for edification and comfort.

— T. B. Joshua

“People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.”

— Shannon L. Alder

Pastors need to find their place in the community of believers by spending time with God.

— John C. Maxwell