Becoming Quote by Michael Emerson

The short-term impact is that people are encouraged to give the Church another look. It's up to the liveliest parts of the Church -…

— George Weigel

I certainly think so, and I argue so, and I give talks on that. Are there risks by putting people together? Absolutely. Is there…

— Michael Emerson

There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame,…

— Joel Osteen

one trouble with all the churches is that they have too many incurable saints in them, men and women who pray too much and…

— Corra May Harris

I think the church needs to be much more countercultural than that and invite people into slowing down, into a "Be-still-and-know-that-I-am-God" mindset.

— Parker J. Palmer

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

— Rick Warren

What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black churches or…

— Michael Emerson

“A new church in the community usually leads existing churches to face this issue of kingdom-mindedness. New churches typically draw most of their new…

— Timothy Keller

I completely understand why people would find the Church intolerable. I'm not the least bit surprised when people seek to leave it, though I…

— Richard Coles

You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack…

— Edward James Olmos

Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.

— Francis Chan

Church gives people a sense of community, a sense of how to behave... social support when times get tough. In a world where white…

— J. D. Vance