Church Encouragement Quotes

#1. No local church can afford to go without the encouragement and nourishment that will come to it by sending away its best people.

David Penman

#2. It is only within the context of the church that ongoing spiritual care, encouragement, and accountability can occur. It is only as we use the powerful word of the gospel in each other's lives that we can change.

Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

#3. Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

Randy Alcorn

#4. Any church that is overly emphasizing the role of miracles is encouraging his members to be indolent.

Sunday Adelaja

#5. Having small group once a week gives me a lot of encouragement and accountability. Even though I go to church, I don't really know many people there, but my real community is my small group.

Jeremy Lin

#6. Suffering is seldom an item on our list of requests to the Lord. But when it crosses our path and we are able by his grace to keep on walking, our lives become messages of hope to the world and to the church.

Sheila Walsh

#7. May our eyes focus rightly on Christ ... before the need to please others, before church, and before the busyness of Christian life. Those things will surely have their place, but they will be most valuable if put in their proper position.

Traci LaRussa

#8. Sometimes we encourage someone without even being aware of it. Even the example we set by attending church may encourage someone who is searching for God.

Billy Graham

#9. Most people leaving church still see the need for some kind of community. We shouldn't think most of them as interested in lone-ranger Christianity. Often, these ex-churchgoers meet together for prayer, accountability, and encouragement.

Kevin DeYoung

#10. Any church that over emphasises miracles is encouraging laziness.

Sunday Adelaja

#11. To listen to others quiets and disciplines the mind to listen to God.

Richard J. Foster