Bottom Quote by Steve Coogan

The church works best not as a power center, rather as a countercultural community - in the world but not of it - that…

— Philip Yancey

It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.]…

— Anthony of Sourozh

My objection to the church isn't that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too - think of…

— Sinclair Lewis

“How the church communicates its message, how it tells and lives “the old, old story,” and why and how that story matters today is…

— Mark Labberton

The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and celebrity. We watch the leading churches and…

— Charles Colson

“It is true that the church must be in many places and with many people, but it is the poor who will reveal to…

— Gary Smith

“Ultimately, each church will be evaluated by only one thing—its disciples. Your church is only as good as her disciples. It does not matter…

— J.R. Woodward

The church is like manure. Pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood. Spread it out, and it enriches the world.

— Luis Palau

The business of the church is to tell and embody a story

— Lesslie Newbigin

For years, the church has emphasized evangelism, teaching, fellowship, missions, and service to society to the neglect of the very source of its power--worship.

— Robert E. Webber

It is an absurd fiction that the churches are useful. They are nothing more than propaganda centers for superstitious faiths and doctrines. Church members…

— E. Haldeman-Julius

I am very, very uneasy with churches that have basically said, "Well, since that's what people want and that's what sells, then were going…

— Parker J. Palmer