Quotes about Church
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
— JC Ryle
Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Blessed also be God Almighty, who ordains that His militant church shall have such life that, when a pope is dead, she is not on that account without a head or dead! Because not upon the pope but upon the head, Christ, does her life depend.
— Jan Hus
We, the Church, hold the keys. We are His body—His hands, feet, voice—and what He does, He will do through us. We are Plan A, and there is no Plan B.
— Dutch Sheets
The Wetheralls always went to church. They belonged to the vast group of human automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets.
— Edith Wharton
We cannot have communion with Christ till we are in union with Him; and we cannot have communion with the Church till we are in vital union with it.
— Charles Spurgeon
We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.
— Dorothy Day
We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.
— Pope Francis
Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
— Francis Chan
The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me.
— Pope Benedict XVI