Begging Quote by Agnes Repplier

So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do…

— Thom S. Rainer

The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.

— Erwin McManus

Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who demand that…

— Dean L. Larsen

“Our missionary activity, our church activity, and everything we do ought to flow from the theologian and the exegete—the man who opens up his…

— Paul Washer

We must always bear in mind that the primary purpose of our work is not to get people to join a church, to give…

— R. A. Torrey

It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.

— Brian D. McLaren

Our tendency is to be converted to church and not to Christ.

— Max Lucado

We must always bear in mind that the primary purpose of our work, is not to get persons to join the church or to…

— R. A. Torrey

Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.

— Francis Chan

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from…

— John Nelson Darby

The Church desperately needs people of joy and zeal. Show me a church that is consistently obedient to this single command, and I will…

— Josh Hunt

The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.

— William P. Leahy