Church Quote by Rodney Stark

If the church is going to make a difference, it will need to go through the "big give-up" stage. Churches will need to quit…

— John C. Maxwell

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

“Individuals are now “spiritual consumers” who will go to a church only if (and as long as) its worship and public speaking are immediately…

— Timothy J. Keller

Fewer and fewer people are attracted to the church service and more and more people are attracted to the service of the church.

— Reggie McNeal

The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer.

— David Wilkerson

God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people he loves…

— Jim Cymbala

There are pockets of the church that will "give up," and reap a bountiful harvest. They are going to have huge success, like the…

— John C. Maxwell

“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

Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.

— Rick Warren

Preaching is the primary means of growth for the local church. There is a great deal of debate about this in our day, but…

— James Montgomery Boice

When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes…

— Erwin McManus

“We have seen, then, that it requires at least modest church planting in a city just to keep the body of Christ from steadily…

— Timothy Keller