Church Quote by Thom S. Rainer Download Open image “Churches should evaluate everything they do to determine how it can be done better.” — Thom S. Rainer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Church Determine Done Evaluate Should
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 Copy Share Image
Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
Forget the state concerns -- we think this is bad for churches. Most churches are small and not ready to handle 500 pages of… — Michael Tanner Copy Share Image
The best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations. — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
We will never find joy in church membership when we are constantly seeking things our way. But paradoxically, we will find the greatest joy… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Simple church leaders are designers. They design opportunities for spiritual growth. Complex church leaders are programmers. They run ministry programs.” — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Fearful leaders love to stay in the morass of insignificant details. Because the details are usually unimportant, it is difficult to make a mistake… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists. — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Prayerful Commitment 1 God, open my eyes that I might see my church as You see it. Let me see where change needs to… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
Some churches would rather die than to get out of the comfort of the past. — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“you are there to meet the needs of others. You are there to serve others. You are there to give. You are there to… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Myth # 2: The unchurched are turned off by denominational names in the church name.” — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Even if the church began to grow on its own, the members of the dying church would only accept the growth if the new… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
While the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is the most historic, there also was a series of church burnings in the 1990s. Recognition of the… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . . — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Worship is not about personality, temperament, personal limitations, church background, or comfort. It is about God. — John Wimber Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image