2,024 Quotes About Church

Most talk of a catholic spirit but it is only till they have been brought into the pale of their own church. This is downright sectarianism, not Catholicism. How can I act consistently, unless I receive and love all the children of God, whom I esteem to be such, of whatever denomination they may be?

The way we saw things, it didn’t matter that God had created the heavens and the earth—he did not want us excited about living here. A good fundamentalist worth his weight in guilt was quick to remind any skeptic that the world was going to hell in a handbasket.

Are we letting the world influence the church more than the church is affecting those in the world?

This is a paradox of Whitefield's legacy: evangelicalism draws people of different churches while dividing those within the same denomination.

If the good news is an invitation to a Jesus way of life and not information about somebody who accomplished something on my behalf, I’m sunk. This is law and no gospel.

The problem is not a lack of churches, but a lack of true ministers, and believers that really are followers of Christ.

The Church needs young people because they have vision for the future of the church.

Open-handed generosity and caring for the poor and marginalized as if we were caring for Jesus himself are extensions of our worship.

The Spirit is the reason we can build a church and have confidence that we will get it at least a little bit right.