Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Graham

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Elaine Chao

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Mike Huckabee

The churches have filled in the gaps, especially when you consider that these folks have been dehumanized by this experience, ... It's not just a cot, food and a shower they need, it's a human touch, a hug, warmth, some level of respect.

Scott Henderson

The churches and people of rural North Louisiana have stepped in and done a better job than the government could have ever done,

The (black) churches that have come forward have done a wonderful job of filling the cultural vacuum that existed.

Aaron Smith

We started to market through the existing network out there: learning centers, churches and community centers.

We understand that not all churches can pull off canceling or relocating a service, ... We still consider some of those churches very supportive.

Robert H. Schuller

The concept of the megachurch - some have attributed that to me. Whatever people want to buy, they can get it in the shopping center. It's one-stop shopping. Churches should be that way.

Tom DeLay

There are about a thousand churches right here in Houston, and a lot of them are helping people with housing, but FEMA says they can't reimburse faith-based organizations,

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

As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country.

Gary Hamel

If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines.

Simon Jenkins

We collect them partly out of mischief, ... but also to encourage churches to stop making an ass of themselves.

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

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.

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

Jon Huntsman

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