I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.
I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'
The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.
Without money one cannot go anywhere, not even to church.
He who is near the Church is often far from God.
Let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar.
Every church has a marketing plan! The only difference is that some are better than others! When I think of marketing I think of building a relationship with those within reach of your ministry who know nothing about your church or are disconnected f...
A missionary church cannot rely on the professional ministry for the primary work of mission. The role of the laity is critical because it is the lay members of the church who have the greatest contact with those who are outside of the normal structu...
It is not possible to understand the NT concept of the church if we overlook the numerous metaphors used to portray it. The church is Christ's body, a temple, a family, a royal priesthood, twelve tribes, the chosen race, Abraham's children, the new c...
God has always been about the business of shattering expectations, and in our culture, the standards of leadership are extroverted. It perfectly follows the biblical trend that God would choose the unexpected and the culturally "unfit" - like introve...
I don't want Church to be like all those dead pets! she burst out, suddenly tearful and furious. I don't want Church to ever be dead! He's my cat! He's not God's cat! Let God have all the damn old cats He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!
At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
Membership is the church's corporate endorsement of a person's salvation.
The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.
I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.
And they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them for the first year. Then, after the first year, they will donate it to the church.
A lot of people who are religious, I think they get lost. They go to church just to go to church.
Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir.
For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s glory, believes that in each person is the Creator’s image and that everyone who tramples it offends God. As hol...
I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.
I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.
