Administrative Quote by Charles Hodge

The Church of Christ is constituted in two orders, the clergy and the people, the one having the care of the Church that all…

— Thomas Becket

The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The church is a spiritual organism fighting spiritual battles: only…

— Jim Cymbala

“The Church does not depend on power, social prestige, rhetorical manipulation, or human-designed programs. All it has are the Word and Sacraments, which, though…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

The church is a gift from God, some assembly is required.

— Anonymous

In many churches today the congregation rules the leaders. This sort of government is foreign to the New Testament.

— John Macarthur

In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and…

— John Wycliffe

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held…

— Saint Augustine

The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own.

— Charles Hodge

Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings…

— Ali Sina

“It is of vast consequence how ministers discharge their office, and conduct themselves towards their people in the work of the ministry, and in…

— Jonathan Edwards

All Church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit; therefore those in whom the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church power. But…

— Charles Hodge

There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration…

— Arthur Middleton