Quotes about Church

Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.

I played at my church every once in a while, but that's not a good gauge, because everybody loves you at your church.

The call of the gospel is for the church to implement the victory of God in the world through suffering love.

Nothing neutralizes the redemptive potential of a church faster than trying to be all things to all people. It is impossible for any one church to do it all.

Can I come right out and say it? It's time for church leaders to really lead.

Are we caring for our volunteers properly? Are we providing the right training? Is there a better way we could recruit? What are the faithful volunteers in our church actually experiencing? Are they growing spiritually? Do they feel like an integral part of a team?

Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.

Most leaders assume that everybody who comes to church knows God's mind on financial matters. But the truth is that many people are absolutely clueless regarding the basic principles of Christian financial management. Leaders and teachers need to educate their congregations before they can expect them to honor God with their money and eventually get excited about resourcing the church.

A church which bottlenecks its specialists to do its witnessing is living in violation of both [Jesus Christ] and the consistent pattern of the early Christians. Evangelism was the task of the whole church, not just the 'name characters' "

The longer a person attends church, the fewer evangelistic discussions they engage in with family members and friends. Fewer presentations of the life-changing plan of salvation are given, and fewer invitations to events that attractively present the message of Christ are offered, mostly because Christ-followers have fewer friends outside the faith to whom to offer them.

So many Christians today see a system in which they cannot measure up and so they feel unworthy. The church seems to have failed them.

I felt other Christian charities and ministries of compassion were wrong in showing the love of Christ. No, many were doing a wonderful job. But I felt the local church should be the center for outreach, and we needed to bring the balance back.