Quotes about Community
The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
- John Stott
Anytime God wanted to reach people he always used people to do it. So, anytime the Holy Spirit wants to reach other people, it is always through people.
- Andy Andrews
God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger.
- Anne Frank
Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
- Bob Goff
When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private.
- Timothy Keller
If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbour, for in him God comes to you himself; such a man sees in his neighbour the material and spiritual need he is called to meet.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community.
- Dorothy Day
The mark of the true church is an expanding witness to the presence of God.
- Gregory Beale
When we sincerely turn to God, we will find that His church always moves forward, not backward.
- Jim Cymbala
I am part and parcel of the whole and cannot find God apart from the rest of humanity.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.
- Marcus Aurelius
True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are.
- Philip Yancey