Average Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest…

— Jane Austen

In the end, the church will either declare the truth of God's Word, or it will find a way to run away from it.

— Albert Mohler

We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards,…

— Pope Francis

The Church must send or the church will end.

— Mendell Taylor

The bland assumption that the Church's life will continue to be fruitful so long as we go on praying and cultivating our souls, irrespective…

— Harry Blamires

“Without the persistent rising up of individuals that seek the Lord and place themselves under His direct leadership, churches will inevitably...slip into human hierarchy,…

— Henry Hon

The church that will not give up will be outdated and passed by, quicker than they realize.

— John C. Maxwell

The church which ceases to be evangelistic will soon cease to be evangelical.

— Alexander Duff

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already…

— Felix Adler

“It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not, what they ought to be, so are the nation.”

— Jane Austen

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

— Saint John Chrysostom