Time Quote by Mark Driscoll

“Just like the person of Jesus, the local church as the body of Christ must understand what it is created and called to do.”

— Will Mancini

The local church is the outcrop of the church universal.

— Peter Forsyth

“Local churches are often microcosms of the same sociology as any other part of life and bear little evidence of the new humanity Jesus…

— Mark Labberton

“We must understand that the local church isn’t a country club or a casual self-help group. It is God’s holy temple, a congregation of…

— Alexander Strauch

The local church is the hope of the world.

— Bill Hybels

“The world is now an urban place. The resources and concerns of the church need to acknowledge this.”

— J.R. Woodward

“God’s church is a missional church, a community that is sent and given away for God’s purposes.”

— Hugh Halter

“Community is essential, but the fundamental calling of the church is global.”

— Calvin Miller

“The church is supposed to help the people discover their calling and reveal the Kingdom of God to them”

— Sunday Adelaja

The church of the Lord is spread over all the globe, and is thus universal; and all those are in it who have lived…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

“church must bear witness to Jesus Christ as living lord, and it must do so in a world that has turned away from Christ…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“It is important to think about the Church not as "over there" but as a community of struggling, weak people of whom we are…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen