Inspirational Quotes on Church

“Whenever God erects a house of prayer, the devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.”

“Christianity means a lot more than church membership.”

“Enthusiasm is as good a thing in the Church as fire is in a cook stove.”

“Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”

“Churches don't need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.”

“There wouldn't be so many non-church goers if there were not so many non-going churches.”

“Too many churches are little more than four walls and a roof.”

“Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk.”

“Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.”

“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.”

“All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the Lord. ”

“As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church as a whole. ”

“The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own. ”

“The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other. ”

“The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way. ”

“A church in the land without the Spirit is rather a curse than a blessing. If you have not the Spirit of God, Christian worker, remember that you stand in somebody else's way; you are a fruitless tree standing where a fruitful tree might grow.”

“A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself.”

“Alas! Much has been done of late to promote the production of dwarfish Christians. Poor, sickly believers turn the church into an hospital, rather than an army. Oh, to have a church built up with the deep godliness of people who know the Lord in their very hearts, and will seek to follow the Lamb wherever he goes!”

“I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them.”

“I well remember how I joined the church after my conversion. I forced myself into it by telling the pastor, who was lax and slow, after I had called four or five times and could not see him, that I had done my duty, and if he did not see me and interview me for church membership, I would call a church meeting myself and tell them I believed in Christ and ask them if they would have me.”