Around Quote by Richard Gere

I've got a pretty iconoclastic attitude about all institutions myself. And I just think the church was corrupted right after Christ was killed.

— Harry Dean Stanton

The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes…

— Oswald Chambers

Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings…

— Ali Sina

What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the…

— Gary Hamel

What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward…

— Dallas Willard

The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake.

— Philip Pullman

The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life and in…

— Os Guinness

“...the institutional church, which exists to serve the people of God, is never to be confused with the church as mystery - the Christ-centered,…

— Brennan Manning

I think that one of the things that Christianity really needs, and the church really needs, is credibility. People need to be able to…

— Joyce Meyer

If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.

— Leonard Ravenhill

I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mirrors…

— Michael Horton

The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer