Church Quote by Gene Robinson

“Church historians often ask, ‘Is the church a movement or an institution?' . . . I think it is both. . . . I…

— Bruce L. Shelley

What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the…

— Gary Hamel

Organized religious institutions are in for a huge transformation, for the simple reason that people have become genuinely religious in spite of them.

— Marianne Williamson

A lot of churches have not moved with the times.

— Joel Osteen

The church that will not give up will be outdated and passed by, quicker than they realize.

— John C. Maxwell

If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've held fast…

— Gary Hamel

Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.

— Michel De Certeau

If the churches don't move, much of the community won't move. We've got a situation in which a black church is still a major…

— Cornel West

I think the Catholic and Protestant churches have become very stagnant.

— Sally Quinn

The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the…

— Andy Stanley

Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church…

— Hugh Mackay

The fact that institutional churches have gone into decline doesn't mean that we're going to enter some purely secular age. Secular people need to…

— Ross Douthat