Congregation Quote by Sinclair B. Ferguson

“congregation, exhorting, encouraging,”

— Catherine Richmond

If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught.

— Rick Warren

A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

— Martin Luther

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

— Anonymous

Ideally, a good pastor wants to empower a congregation to the point where they don't need him. You want everyone to leave feeling better.

— Pete Holmes

“Just preaching "you are blessed" to a congregation is like giving them a big fertile land. They need the seeds to plant on it;…

— Israelmore Ayivor

A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as…

— Anonymous

The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

— John Owen

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.

— Anonymous

Whoever buys into the vision God has for the congregation develops an affinity for all that is going on.

— Phil Pringle

“I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. The eye's…

— Edgar Guest

The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience.

— John Stott