Church service Quote by John Hagee

The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.

— Anonymous

I would like the church to be a place where the questions of people are honored rather than a place where we have all…

— John Shelby Spong

I would love to see the Church on the right side of history.

— Shane Claiborne

I am very, very uneasy with churches that have basically said, "Well, since that's what people want and that's what sells, then were going…

— Parker J. Palmer

We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards,…

— Pope Francis

It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school boards, "What's…

— Van Jones

It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.

— Whoopi Goldberg

Would your city weep if your church did not exist?

— Darrin Patrick

This common prayer project has taken years of energy, but we see it not as a way to leave our individual churches, but as…

— Shane Claiborne

I would like a more missionary church,Not so much a tranquil church, but a beautiful church that goes forward.

— Pope Francis

The church is like manure. Pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood. Spread it out, and it enriches the world.

— Luis Palau

The church meets to imagine what our lives can be like if the gospel were true.

— Walter Brueggemann