Congregation Quotes

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When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president, we solemnly profess… — Tertullian
The pastors and ministry leaders came away energized to have voter registration drives at their churches and motivated to encourage their congregations to "vote their… — Paul Smith
The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its… — John Jay Chapman
Fonny and I just sat there... while the voices of the congregation rose and rose around us, without mercy... Teddy had the tambourine, and gave… — James A. Baldwin
In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people,… — Edward Abbey
I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your… — Charles Lamb
A congregation that is not deeply and earnestly involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel does not understand the nature of salvation. — Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something." — Saint Francis de Sales
People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we… — Rosalynn Carter
It might work in the short term, but it's not going to keep the people who hop from congregation to congregation. Church is about one's… — J. Gordon Melton
Because religious training means credulity training, churches should not be surprised to find that so many of their congregations accept astrology as readily as theology,… — Barbara G. Walker
I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers'… — Hugh B. Brown
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the… — James Weldon Johnson
It ought to be considered a great misfortune, not only for individuals, but also for Houses and Congregations, to have everything in conformity with their… — St. Vincent
I say that a Christian congregation can survive and often appear to prosper in the community by the exercise of human talent and without any… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Jesus our Lord is Prophet, Priest, and King. The concept is not new, yet many preachers never preach it, and many congregations never hear it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to… — J I Packer
Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the… — John Flavel
Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them. — George Whitefield

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