Quotes about Church

The church is compared to tents because it has no solid structure in the world.

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.

The question that preoccupied the Fathers was not to know if God existed or not - the existence of God was a "given" for nearly all men of this period, Christians or pagans. The question which tormented entire generations was rather: *how* he existed. And such a question had direct consequences as much for the Church as for man, since both were considered as 'images of God'.

Thy breath in the congregation, thy word in the church, breathes communion and consolation here, and consummation hereafter;

The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.

A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.

I think 75% of the population of Great Britain are probably still de-churched. It's the younger end, the 25%, the merging generation, who have no church background at all.