Church Quote by John Ortberg

“Although small groups have been utilized as a church renewal scheme, they have rarely been legitimized as a full expression of the church. They…

— Lance Ford

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at…

— Jim Cymbala

I still consider myself a very spiritual person but the structure of the church isn't really for me.

— Wes Bentley

This new large-scale spiritual awakening is occurring primarily not within the confines of the established religions, but outside of those structures. Some of it,…

— Eckhart Tolle

People are looking for a way in which their spiritual life can be deepened. They are finding it in some of our Catholic parishes…

— Blase J. Cupich

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this,…

— Pope Francis

“If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be able to…

— Mark Galli

When the Church listens to the Holy Spirit, it becomes fruitful. New movements are born.

— E. Stanley Jones

There is a real hunger for spiritual things in today's culture; people are seeking something spiritual, something beyond themselves. That's the good news. The…

— John C. Maxwell

How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a…

— Dwight L. Moody

"Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because…

— John Ortberg

“Although churches seem the most natural space to perform spiritual awakening, the disconcerting reality is that many people in Western society see churches more…

— Diana Butler Bass