Quotes About Church

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?

Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.

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.

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them.

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.

Remember: Christ is calling you; the Church needs you; the Pope believes in you and he expects great things of you.

Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.

A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.

The great achievement of liberal Protestantism was to make God boring.

I think 75% of the population of Great Britain are probably still de-churched. It's the younger end, the 25%, the merging generation, who have no church background at all.

This great American institution [Boy Scouts of America] has come under attack from homosexual activists-who may well set their sights on your church next.

It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor.

I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.

The early church didn't say, 'Look what the world is coming to!' They said, 'Look what has come into the world'!

The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.

The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

I have met so many young people who do not see the church as relevant and do not consider the Bible a real book of history that can be trusted.

Is this really the church of Christ, or are we just calling it the church because of our traditions and history?