Bureaucracy Quote by Philip Berrigan

The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience.

— John Stott

The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture.

— Watchman Nee

The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are…

— Watchman Nee

Well you say that it's gospel, But I know that it's only church.

— Tom Waits

A great deal of what is being published by writers in the religious tradition is a scandal and is actually turning people away from…

— C. S. Lewis

“The typical clergy/laity system practiced among most churches is detrimental to believers. In this system only a professional class of people teaches and preaches,…

— Henry Hon

“The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion - it is something else altogether. Religion makes law and moral obedience a means of salvation, while…

— Timothy Keller

“God created the church, we have said, so that it might increasingly reflect the character of God as it's been revealed in his Word.…

— Mark Dever

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their…

— Edd Doerr

Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing the church

— Scot McKnight

The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.

— John Hurt

My objection to the church isn't that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too - think of…

— Sinclair Lewis