Church Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

There are financial bankruptcies in many parts of the church. No question about that. But we see the possibility of reimagining and revitalizing the…

— Shane Claiborne

“Most leaders assume that everybody who comes to church knows God’s mind on financial matters. But the truth is that many people are absolutely…

— Bill Hybels

A church debt is the devil's salary.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst…

— J. Irwin Miller

“points to the church at Antioch as a kind of ideal local church, in part because every social group is represented. That church was…

— William Edgar

I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos,…

— Frank McCourt

“Like many, I feel the disconnect between the barefoot carpenter who preached on hillsides and the papal aristocracy; between the man who ate, slept,…

— William Friedkin

“megachurch televangelists with their mansions and Lear jets, preaching a ‘Jesus wants you to be rich’ gospel of self-interest”

— Richard Dawkins

“The standard practice of preachers linking God’s work so closely to church programs and priorities had a devastating effect on Christians who gave up…

— Michael Spencer

“increasing, the Hellenistic Jewsa among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 2So…

— International Version

“They often chose the retention model: catch all you can. Often they were not leading by instinct but by tradition. They kept the peace…

— T.D. Jakes

“It is true that the church must be in many places and with many people, but it is the poor who will reveal to…

— Gary Smith