Quotes about Community
We used to hate and destroy one another and refused to associate with people of another race or country. Now, because of Christ, we live together with such people and pray for our enemies.
— Justin Martyr
The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.
— St. John Chrysostom
Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
— Vance Havner
We who formerly hated and murdered one another now live together and share the same table. We pray for our enemies and try to win those who hate us.
— Justin Martyr
No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
— Barack Obama
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
— Desmond Tutu
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
People don't need Christians to act like we always have it together. People need us to be real! What kind of healing would come if we all just got real before God and others?
— Beth Moore
Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The church is the gospel made visible.
— Mark Dever
Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.
— Henri Nouwen
God is not just saving individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather, He is creating a people among whom He can live and who in their life together will reproduce God's life and character.
— Gordon Fee
We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.
— Aldous Huxley