Inspirational Quotes on Church

“Tell me what the world is saying today, and I'll tell you what the church will be saying in seven years.”

“The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.”

“We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.”

“A church debt is the devil's salary.”

“The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.”

“A church doesn't necessarily need space to grow; it just needs the power of God.”

“A little thing will keep them from the house of God who have no desire to go to it.”

“No church, including the one I pastor, should be measured by its attendance.”

“The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.”

“God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people he loves under anointing power of the Holy Spirit to produce results that only he can bring about.”

“The first century money changers were in the temple, but they didn't have the spirit of the temple... They were out of sync with the whole purpose of the Lord's house. "The atmosphere of my Father's house," Jesus seemed to say, "is to be prayer. The aroma around my Father must be that of people opening their hearts in worship and supplication. This is not a place to make a buck. This is a house for calling on the Lord.”

“The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."”

“The Bible does say, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." Preaching, music, the reading of the Word--these things are fine--but they must never override prayer as the defining mark of God's dwelling.”

“You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.”

“Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.”

“I can say as to myself, that I have been assailed on all sides, and have scarcely been able to enjoy repose for a single moment, but have always had to sustain some conflict either from enemies without or within the church.”

“Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God.”

“A church can be unified in one of two ways. You can freeze together, as the Church of the Frozen Chosen; or you can melt together with the fire of the Holy Spirit.”

“The church today is riddled with fad doctrines and new sounds that distract from the clear message of the Great commission in the New Testament. Any message that attracts you which does not bring glory to Christ is the message of a seducing spirit and the man giving it is in deception.”

“Do you ever wonder what it would be like to visit a New Testament church service? I imagine it would be a far cry from our stately sanctuaries with their crystal chandeliers and misty-mauve carpets.”