Church Quote by Allan Boesak

Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design…

— Billy Graham

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their…

— Edd Doerr

Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.

— Michel De Certeau

Government has crowded out the role of many social institutions, including the Church, that have been a great force for good in public life.

— Wendy Long

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

What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the…

— Gary Hamel

We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not…

— Michele Bachmann

I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The church is not primarily a political organisation. We're a religious organisation. There's a much greater opportunity.

— George Pell

The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with a party that has gone so far in adopting…

— Anonymous

“Why do some in society think that the church should not speak out on political issues? Why do some in the church think that…

— R.C. Sproul

Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself…

— Tony Evans