Quotes About Membership

Church membership at the start of the Revolution was 17 percent, a figure so low that some scholars suggest that schoolroom pictures of early American Puritans going to church ought to be joined by paintings of drunken revelers.

being a part of a club helps you to be an active person, involved in community life and with a sense of responsibility for the collective. This is important for developing a society of trust.

For years we have heard the phrase "every member a missionary." That is not a choice. It is a fact of our membership. Our choice is to speak to others about the gospel or not.

To share in this sacred meal was so deeply felt to be the essential expression of membership of the society that fragments of the broken bread were taken round to any who were absent through illness or imprisonment.

Enrollment is not about getting somebody to do something that you want them to do. It's about offering them the chance to do something they might want to do (in this case, becoming part of your effort).

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.

Tribalism isn't a bad thing. If you're a Facebook user, or Twitter user or Foursquare user or LinkedIn user, those are all tribes... and they may even have sub-tribes. It's not pejorative, it's declarative.

I would say I'm very surprised it went down the way it did. I thought it was a possibility, but when I left for vacation, I definitely didn't think I would come back as not a member of the Titans. But we had a difference of the opinion somewhere along the way.

We've got to move from membership to discipleship to being full-time Christians, not part-time saints. That means operating comprehensively on the value system of Heaven as we move about in history.

Innovation grows out of membership and a sure sense of responsibility people feel for their work and the organizations that employ them.

Austria can only be strong if we are not just members of the European Union but also actively help to strengthen the European Union.

To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference.

I think the Conservative Party is a fantastic organisation, it's been a wonderful home for me.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.

The designated 10-millionth subscriber was a large-animal veterinarian.

I belong to the secret six. It's so secret I don't even know the other five.

After fifteen years I have decided to resign my membership of the Dennis The Menace Fanclub. It brought me no benefits worth mentioning.

the great theater of belonging.

I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.

It does appear that involvement in organizations with a diverse membership and in groups that engage in acts of charity or community service boosts social trust.

A missional church is one where the whole membership is involved in some aspect of mission, so that mission is not a function of the church but its essential nature.

If you examine the list of Fellows of the Econometrics Society in 1954 you will find the names of 20 of the first 27 prizewinners. I was a duly certified member of the Econometric Mafia...Without that accreditation, I suspect I would not have won the prize.

You'll know you're really one of us when you get your name

Unesco can rightly be claimed as one of Britain's greatest contributions to that global architecture of peace, and for Penny Mordaunt to be willing to destroy that legacy by withdrawing Britain's membership is nothing but historical and cultural vandalism.