Higher-authority Quote by Stephen White

“I grew up knowing I wanted to be a member. I had already joined the church first, but since I was always submissive to…

— Ora-Jay Eash

If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all.

— Charles Spurgeon

“Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every…

— Shannon L. Alder

“It is so easy and effortless for Christians to just join a church and follow its leadership and practices without seeking the Lord for…

— Henry Hon

I never joined, but I used to go to church now and then. I liked it, because they always passed out plates of money…

— A. Whitney Brown

“new members of the Church?”

— The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“Church is a school for sinners, not a club of saints.”

— Lillian Daniel

“Reveal to the people and make them experience God first before you make them church members”

— Sunday Adelaja

I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.

— Jimmy Cliff

“Why do they call it the Catholic Church? Because if they called it the Pedophiles Club, nobody would join.”

— Mike Golden

“One of the reasons being involved in a church is critical to following God is because church is about others.”

— Chris Travis

“Church is not something you do or a place you go to, but what you are.”

— Will Mancini