The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.
John Shelby Spong
I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
R. C. Sproul
People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs... →
Andy Stanley
What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.
Rodney Stark
Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.
Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.