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This common prayer project has taken years of energy, but we see it not as a way to leave our individual churches, but as…

— Shane Claiborne

There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share. In neighborhoods…

— Shane Claiborne

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and…

— John Nelson Darby

I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off…

— Pope Francis

The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.

— Rodney Stark

Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord.

— Anonymous

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

In the urban community, the church doesn't just take people to Heaven; it feeds, clothes, and houses them. It teaches them how to read…

— Tony Evans

“These mega-churches are springing up all over the country—especially in the suburbs of large cities. And they all follow the same formula: A charismatic,…

— Robert Burton Robinson

Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams.

— John Ortberg

Churches can easily bring together, in a short period of time, a substantial number of people, and politicians have to assume that these folks…

— Anthony B Pinn

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to visit a New Testament church service? I imagine it would be a far cry…

— John Hagee