Famous Quotes & Sayings

When we went through it, we had nowhere to turn, no one to talk to who had a similar experience. Small, rural churches usually have no money and little or no insurance to rebuild. So we helped form an organization that gives guidance to pastors whose churches have burned.

A lot of churches out there don't think through the use of the Internet as a strategic tool. They simply think, 'We need an Internet site -- put something up.' So that, I think, really lends itself to an incomplete use of what the Internet does have to offer.

Mark Turner

There really is a sense of unity. We're getting to do what the churches should be doing, and that's helping the people in the community.

Bob Brown

It's a fun thing and it's a good way to get a flavor for how the other churches are.

Phil Jackson

My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the term 'true Christian.' He would turn the other cheek. He was truly a man of peace.

Jon Huntsman

At home -- and in churches or synagogues -- I would hope they could hear different ideas about creation,

These churches can do a ton of things that smaller churches can't.

Jim Wallis

No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

We have really expanded within the past month. We have around 15 regulars now. We learn new songs, and sing at various churches on Saturdays and Sundays. We have already learned about twelve songs; we will probably learn four or five more before the end of the school year.

Even churches are wanting to do backgrounds now.

Disaster management has made alternative arrangements with churches around the area.

Through the help of local churches service organizations, businesses, and generous individuals, the students and classmates hope to raise $30,000 by March 1.

We will also need lunches on Saturdays. I need to be in touch with churches in Worthington to see if they can help.

Paul Johnson

We got permission from the two churches because this their land. Then we went to the historical society and the city council to get permission.

Michel Faber

For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums.

Many of these individuals and families may well decide to become our neighbors, ... We need to welcome them into our community, our churches and our schools.

David Wallace

People have the misconception that churches have deep pockets. What they don't realize is that we are a nonprofit and we rely on the items to conduct our services. It's not just robbing an institution; it's robbing people.

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Glen Cook

We're coordinating with local churches to deliver this stuff and get it out to people who need it.

Robert Jeffress

I do believe, sooner rather than later, churches will face the loss of their tax-exempt status if they do not engage in same-sex ceremonies.

I think it is true that this is the earliest in an election year that we've seen so much use of churches and religion for partisan purposes in states like Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Pennsylvania.

I also encourage our borough's businesses, churches and synagogues to replicate their wonderful efforts after the tsunami to now do what they can to support victims of what has been described as one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history.

I think that if there is a large number of people here that it will get the churches talking. I think it is going to be an opportunity for straight people to see with gays and lesbians think about the church.

Our five churches have paired together to help support (Louisiana Memorial), sending money,

Elaine Chao

We are going to try to find you. We have teams of people canvassing neighborhoods and visiting churches and relief centers.

Billy Graham

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.

Rick Warren

Churches know more about poverty than any government will ever know, because we're dealing with the poor every day.

Rodney Stark

Most churches are run by preachers who went to seminaries, who decided to be preachers when they were 18, 19, 20 years old. These preachers never met a payroll. They don't know how the world works.

Our message is about Revival in our Churches and the Restoration of Godly principles in our daily lives.

Churches are the only thing that we do. I'm not sure we know all the answers, but we have heard all the questions.

Churches are the new radio. You have a kind of music here that engages tens of millions of people every Sunday.

I know a lot of churches are taking up an extra collection, but I wanted this to be from substance, not from the extra,