Church Quote by Marie Corelli

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught…

— Martin Sheen

The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.

— John Stott

The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational,…

— Tony Evans

The church is the only institution supernaturally endowed by God. It is the one institution of which Jesus promised that the gates of hell…

— Charles Colson

The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith…

— Paul David Tripp

But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Church” today is mostly driven by man-made traditions and not by the biblical mandates to defend the Word of God and live by the…

— Ken Ham

An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center…

— John Stott

Is this really the church of Christ, or are we just calling it the church because of our traditions and history?

— K.P. Yohannan

Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.

— John Calvin

Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand…

— Leo Tolstoy