Quotes about Church

A growing church sees that the work of the ministry should be done by all

churches start looking for bodies to fill slots rather than spiritually alive saints to assume responsibility.

In the United States, there are 1,600 forced resignations of pastors every month. Many

The church Body cannot rise above its leadership. Additionally

Every organized church has personal, spiritual and leadership problems.

the Western church has often stressed its personal relationship with God at the expense of its corporate relationship to Him. This

The Church is more than an organization; it is a living organism in which every member has a part.

There still can be help and hope after a point of crisis, and we must never forget that. The church is supposed to be a redeeming community, in which every member is on one rung of the recovery ladder, reaching down to the person on the rung below and helping them rise above their circumstances and addictions. This cannot happen unless there is honesty-about ourselves and with each other.

Yet the Church does not exist for the infirmary; the infirmary exists for the Church. The

Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys' choir at the local Episcopal church. But I got the clear message that I was supposed to learn music there, and not pay too much attention to the rest of it, and I followed those instructions very carefully.

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the members of his mystical body, the church in every age.