Agendas Quote by Jim Wallis

“But rarely do you hear a church described, first and foremost, by the character, power, and content of its preaching. This is because few…

— Eric J. Alexander

Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself…

— Tony Evans

churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand…

— Georgia Harkness

“But in every church there are people who, for reasons which seem sufficient to them, do not approve of their pastor and seek to…

— Robertson Davies

“Why do some in society think that the church should not speak out on political issues? Why do some in the church think that…

— R.C. Sproul

“Without the persistent rising up of individuals that seek the Lord and place themselves under His direct leadership, churches will inevitably...slip into human hierarchy,…

— Henry Hon

“Don't worry about politics or people. You just please the Lord. He has little trouble with His servants' being too strong. Most of His…

— Boyd K. Packer

“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President -- should…

— John F. Kennedy

The business of church is ultimately people. You're trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all…

— Henry Cloud

Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it…

— Mark Twain

“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave…

— George Washington

“Only a church free of any outside domination can be the conscience of society and, as Washington pastor Myron Augsburger has written, “hold government…

— Charles W. Colson