Quotes about Community

So a working definition of missional church is a community of God's people that defines itself, and organizes its life around, its real purpose of being an agent of God's mission to the world. In other words, the church's true and authentic organizing principle is mission.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

I was the second-youngest child in a family that took up the better part of an entire pew at our Baptist church.

I'll get involved in philanthropy.

I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.

After my primary school education, I started gathering little children by visiting parents to ask if they wanted somebody to care for their kids by teaching them the Bible. I have never attended any seminary school or Bible college in my life.

The evangelical movement has become just a bit victimized by a success-oriented culture, wanting the church - like the corporation - to be successful.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.

If I walked into the kitchen without washing my hands as a kid, I'd hear a loud 'A-hem!' from my mother or grandmother. Now I count on other people to do the same.

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Remember that family isn't just blood kin but anyone who fits into your heart.