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title: "7 Use Church Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Use Church quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Use Church sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Don’t use people to build the church. Use the church to build people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecilia-chan/don-t-use-people-to-build-the-church-use-the-church-to-build-people/)

[Cecilia Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecilia-chan/)

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> [The best advice that I can give you is this. Church-traditions — especially when they do not run counter to the faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-this-church-traditions-2/)

[St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/st-jerome-3227_advice_the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-t_490472.jpg)

> [I do believe that the Church is God's primary instrument for ushering in the Kingdom (God's dream) on earth as it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-do-believe-that-the-church-is-god-s-primary-instrument-for-ushering/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/shane-claiborne-960_believe_i-do-believe-that-the-church-is-god-s-pr_1702516.jpg)

> [I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-savage/i-m-actually-the-fourth-generation-in-my-family-to-have-no-practical/)

[Adam Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-savage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/adam-savage-4716_children_i-m-actually-the-fourth-generation-in-my_1730618.jpg)

> [Where I can preach I do preach and where I can't I still preach with love but just not the normal words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-vujicic/where-i-can-preach-i-do-preach-and-where-i-can-t-i-still-preach-with/)

[Nick Vujicic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-vujicic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/nick-vujicic-1681_church_where-i-can-preach-i-do-preach-and-where_1824399.png)

> [We use a lot of creativity and new technology, cutting edge things to use in our church, but really what it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-shook/we-use-a-lot-of-creativity-and-new-technology-cutting-edge-things-to/)

[Kerry Shook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-shook/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/kerry-shook-55584_changing-life_we-use-a-lot-of-creativity-and-new-techn_2035455.png)

> [What the church should be telling the worker is that the first demand religion makes on him is that he should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/what-the-church-should-be-telling-the-worker-is-that-the-first-demand/)

[Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/)

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