Christian Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice…

— Pope Francis

A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.

— Claudio Hummes

In the first place, the church can ask the state whether its actions are legitimate and in accordance with its character as state, i.e.,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Every Christian in America has some minimal responsibility to get involved in helping the poor brethren in the church in other countries.

— K.P. Yohannan

It is contrary to the principles of reason and justice that any should be compelled to contribute to the maintenance of a church with…

— George Mason

Whenever a church does anything for its own group, it has that right.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

May every Church and Christian community be a place of mercy amid so much indifference.

— Pope Francis

The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christian obligation cannot be made to accord with a law of expediency. The Christian's maxims are, Do right because you are bound to do…

— Francis Landey Patton

When you are part of a megachurch, you have no responsibility to anybody else.

— Eugene H. Peterson

Certainly, the church is not primarily a moral institution, but the bearer of a hope.

— Johann Baptist Metz

Lord, if I thought you were listening, I'd pray for this above all: that any church set up in your name should remain poor,…

— Philip Pullman