Their Congregations Quotes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual… — Criss Jami
- If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for pastors,… — Eugene H. Peterson
- The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church. — Rodney Stark