Backgrounds Quote by Nicky Gumbel

The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing…

— N. T. Wright

The Church in England is the Church of England.

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses.

— Alasdair Gray

I think the Catholic and Protestant churches have become very stagnant.

— Sally Quinn

The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter…

— Terry Eagleton

Let us form the same kind of society a Church for the extension of the British Empire.

— Cecil Rhodes

It's essential that we learn how to defend the Bible and the Christian faith for our sake and our children's. If we don't, the…

— Ken Ham

The church still meets people at the transition points. Marriages break down. Children commit suicide and leave helpless parents. Death and suffering are everywhere.

— Ravi Zacharias

The fact that institutional churches have gone into decline doesn't mean that we're going to enter some purely secular age. Secular people need to…

— Ross Douthat

Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual…

— Alan Hirsch

In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral…

— Auberon Waugh

It is no surprise that when today's affluent young professionals return to church, they want to do it only on their own terms -…

— Kathleen Neumeyer