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title: "38 Think Church Quotes by 37 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Think Church quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best Think Church sayings and thoughts."
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> [I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-hough/i-may-not-be-as-active-in-it-as-some-people-are-but-i-think-that-the/)

[Julianne Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-hough/)

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> [I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/i-think-the-church-needs-i-think-this-is-the-world-we-are-living-in/)

[Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/)

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> [“Oliver was beginning to think too many church rules got in the way of Christianity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/oliver-was-beginning-to-think-too-many-church-rules-got-in-the-way-of/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

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> [I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-w-smith/i-think-if-the-church-did-what-they-were-supposed-to-do-we-wouldn-t/)

[Michael W. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-w-smith/)

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> [I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-think-that-a-church-should-be-setting-the-pace-for-social-justice/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [I don't think the Church has ever contributed anything to anybody, anyplace, at any time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-don-t-think-the-church-has-ever-contributed-anything-to-anybody/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

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> [If you don't pray in my school, I won't think in your church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/if-you-don-t-pray-in-my-school-i-won-t-think-in-your-church/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-cole-kleene/i-think-that-after-church-got-his-ph-d-he-studied-in-europe-maybe-in/)

[Stephen Cole Kleene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-cole-kleene/)

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> [Religion's voice has been taken away. It was taken away by Lyndon Johnson in the 1970s because of a dispute he had,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/religion-s-voice-has-been-taken-away-it-was-taken-away-by-lyndon/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-june/i-think-it-s-funny-how-people-get-confused-when-they-think-about/)

[Valerie June](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-june/)

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> [I do think that if the Church can see its way to greater tolerance, Church members will have greater exposure to gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/i-do-think-that-if-the-church-can-see-its-way-to-greater-tolerance/)

[Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-solomon/)

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> [I think that the church has to develop its own agenda, and not allow itself to be consumed by either party to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/i-think-that-the-church-has-to-develop-its-own-agenda-and-not-allow/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

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> [“I think there are many church members and churches in general that spend too much time policing the behavior of others than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-lord/i-think-there-are-many-church-members-and-churches-in-general-that/)

[Michelle Lord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-lord/)

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> [We millennials have been advertised to our entire lives, and we can tell when somebody is just trying to sell us something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-held-evans/we-millennials-have-been-advertised-to-our-entire-lives-and-we-can/)

[Rachel Held Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-held-evans/)

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> [Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hybels/ten-years-ago-15-years-ago-i-think-the-church-would-have-been-asleep/)

[Bill Hybels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hybels/)

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> [I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goff/i-think-of-the-church-as-this-bride-of-christ-who-is-incredibly/)

[Bob Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goff/)

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> [I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-horton/i-think-that-the-church-in-america-today-is-so-obsessed-with-being/)

[Michael Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-horton/)

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> [I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school until junior high. I don't believe in transmigration or anything like that. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-glass/i-was-raised-catholic-and-went-to-catholic-school-until-junior-high-i/)

[Alice Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-glass/)

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> [Sit peacefully in a church and think of church history: witchburning perhaps, or child abuse, genocide, the amassing of disgusting wealth, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaz-cooke/sit-peacefully-in-a-church-and-think-of-church-history-witchburning/)

[Kaz Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaz-cooke/)

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> [“I think the church has done a pretty good job at reaching the "down and outers" but not a good job at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-craft/i-think-the-church-has-done-a-pretty-good-job-at-reaching-the-down/)

[Keith Craft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-craft/)

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> [I think we've made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we've treated anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-chambers/i-think-we-ve-made-it-a-golden-idol-i-think-we-in-the-church-have/)

[Alan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-chambers/)

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> [“The church is not a social club, which votes certain people in and excludes others, based on the way they look, dress,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-allen-dunn/the-church-is-not-a-social-club-which-votes-certain-people-in-and/)

[Randall Allen Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-allen-dunn/)

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> [ “I think that it \[the Church\] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/i-think-that-it-the-church-stands-for-everything-most-hostile-to-the/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [They are hypocrites, they think the Church is a cage to keep God in, so he will stay locked up there and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/they-are-hypocrites-they-think-the-church-is-a-cage-to-keep-god-in-so/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“Those who find no humor in faith are probably those who find the church a refuge for their own black way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-schulz/those-who-find-no-humor-in-faith-are-probably-those-who-find-the/)

[Charles M. Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-schulz/)

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> [“Think of the church at large. What divisions! Think of the different bodies. Take the question of holiness, take the question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/think-of-the-church-at-large-what-divisions-think-of-the-different/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/really-i-feel-less-keen-about-the-army-every-day-i-think-the-church/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [I think that church people are the most judgmental people I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-think-that-church-people-are-the-most-judgmental-people-i-know/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I think in church you're raised like God is God and you are here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-king/i-think-in-church-you-re-raised-like-god-is-god-and-you-are-here/)

[Charles King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-king/)

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> [...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/i-don-t-think-my-church-s-teachings-were-incorrect-just-incomplete/)

[Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/)

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> [It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-better-to-think-of-church-in-the-ale-house-than-to-think-of-the/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“I think the church makes God too small. I think God is bigger than any of us can even imagine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-perron/i-think-the-church-makes-god-too-small-i-think-god-is-bigger-than-any/)

[Andrea Perron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-perron/)

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> [We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-must-cease-to-think-of-the-church-as-a-gathering-of-institutions/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I think the church needs to be much more countercultural than that and invite people into slowing down, into a "Be-still-and-know-that-I-am-God" mindset.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-think-the-church-needs-to-be-much-more-countercultural-than-that/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

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> [“It is important to think about the Church not as "over there" but as a community of struggling, weak people of whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/it-is-important-to-think-about-the-church-not-as-over-there-but-as-a/)

[Henri J.M. Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-j-m-nouwen/)

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> [“Often when we think of church planting,” says Philip, “we think of planting worship services, and we think that once we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-c-middendorf/often-when-we-think-of-church-planting-says-philip-we-think-of/)

[Jesse C Middendorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-c-middendorf/)

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> [I think of the church often. Not because religion was closing in on me, but because for a long time my ass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-c-fields/i-think-of-the-church-often-not-because-religion-was-closing-in-on-me/)

[W. C. Fields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-c-fields/)

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> [I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-sheen/i-think-the-church-is-a-conduit-to-god-the-church-is-not-god-and-i/)

[Martin Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-sheen/)

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                        "text": "Sit peacefully in a church and think of church history: witchburning perhaps, or child abuse, genocide, the amassing of disgusting wealth, the repression of women, inquisitions, castrating child choir singers, the denial of Santa Claus and the support of fascists in power.",
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                        "text": "They are hypocrites, they think the Church is a cage to keep God in, so he will stay locked up there and not go wandering about the earth during the week, poking his nose into their business, and looking in the depths and darkness and doubleness of their hearts, and their lack of true charity; and they believed they need only be bothered about him on Sundays when they have their best clothes on and their faces straight, and their hands washed and their gloves on, and their stories all prepared.",
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                        "text": "“Those who find no humor in faith are probably those who find the church a refuge for their own black way of looking at life, although I think many of us find the church a refuge for a lot of our personality faults. Those of us, for example, who never learned to dance feel that the church is an ideal place for us if we can find a church that doesn't believe in dancing. Then we can get away with never having learned how to dance. You can carry this in all sorts of directions and see that the church is a refuge for what is really a 'flaw' in your own makeup.”",
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                        "text": "“Think of the church at large. What divisions! Think of the different bodies. Take the question of holiness, take the question of the cleansing blood, take the question of the baptism of the Spirit—what differences are caused among dear believers by such questions! That there are differences of opinion does not trouble me. We do not have the same constitution and temperament and mind. But how often hate, bitterness, contempt, separation, unlovingness are caused by the holiest truths of God’s Word! Our doctrines, our creeds, have been more important than love.”",
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