Congregations Quotes
30 quotes by 25 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.
— George Whitefield
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Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The church is the…
— Mark Dever
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Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve lost the idea…
— Parker J. Palmer
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There are entire congregations who worship praise and praise worship but who have not yet learned to praise and worship God in Jesus Christ.
— Judson Cornwall
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I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that…
— John Nelson Darby
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Seventh-Gay Adventists isn't just a helpful movie, important for the way it can help congregations of any denomination deal graciously and truthfully with the issue…
— Brian D. McLaren
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For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead…
— Gilbert Tennent
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The Christian's life in all its aspects-intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness-is supernatural; only the Spirit can initiate…
— J I Packer
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The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has ‘set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.’ After all the years…
— Robert Farrar Capon
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The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have dead men preaching to them. How can dead men beget living children?
— George Whitefield
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I know that God our Father is in this work in great congregations . . . and in the smallest branch and the smallest congregation.
— Loren C. Dunn
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I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.
— Vance Havner
Who Wrote These Congregations Quotes
25 authors contributed a total of 30 Congregations Quotes as follows: