Quotes about Church
A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.
— Mark Twain
Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.
— John Adams
We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.
— John Stott
Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk.
— Billy Sunday
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
— Pope John Paul II
We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?
— Ed Stetzer
Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.
— Thomas Jefferson
We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.
— Jimmy Carter
Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.
— Erwin McManus
The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty.
— Thomas Paine
Yet this is trash that the Church imposes upon the world as the Word of God; this is the collection of lies and contradictions called the Holy Bible! This is the rubbish called Revealed Religion!
— Thomas Paine
Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive
— Ronald Reagan