Things happen for a reason Quote by Mak_786

“While many congregations are less than vibrant, my experience has shown that where the Word is taught, the Spirit of the Lord is present.”

— Tim LaHaye

“The path of obedient, faithful ministry begins when we drop our roles as busy religious salespeople working for God and instead recapture our calling…

— J R Briggs

“Ministers, who now often meet their people to preach to ’em the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, to convince ’em that there is a…

— Jonathan Edwards

“Theology does not thrive in the world of action and reaction, change: it grows on calm, like the scum on a stagnant pool. And…

— John Gardner

“For the Congregation this new movement involves the danger of learning to think that the Services are done for them; and that their bodily…

— Lewis Carroll

If professional religious leaders can [no longer] instruct..., our artists and creative writers can perhaps step into this priestly role and bring fresh insight…

— Karen Armstrong

The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence.

— Anonymous

Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.

— Henri Nouwen

“The minister’s leadership of the congregation in its mission to the world will be first and foremost in the area of his or her…

— Lesslie Newbigin

It is ironic to watch the churches, including large sections of my own religion, surrendering to the spirit of modernity at the very moment…

— Irving Kristol

“THE GREAT NEED of our world, our nation, and our churches is people who know how to prevail in prayer. Moments of pious wishes…

— Anonymous

We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now…

— Cesar Chavez