Addresses Quote by Carolyn Custis James

Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.

— Ignatius of Antioch

You can see in our churches most of the males are pastors. Most of the deacons are males. But if the woman withdrew her…

— John Henrik Clarke

The Church, rightly conceived, is the whole covenant people called to serve in the world. The clergy are also part of the laity, and…

— Franklin Littell

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

— William Ralph Inge

You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the…

— Ignatius of Antioch

If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband, 10 and…

— Bible

The church has been under-fathered and over-mothered.

— Matt Redman

The older we get and the longer we labor in the Church the more there is that we can do. There is no need…

— George Q. Morris

Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of…

— Roland Allen

If the church marries herself to the spirit of the times, she will find herself a widow in the next generation.

— Charles Stanley

“To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the free-will offerings…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer