Top 100 My Church Quotes
#1. I've left the Church - for many reasons that I've written about publicly - but it's still a large part of my identity, and I still have my faith, if not my Church.
Julianna Baggott
#2. I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a soloist who stands out, but my church wasn't like that at all.
Valerie June
#3. I've always said the theatre is my church. It's where I feel God the most. It's where I know there's a God.
Ruthie Henshall
#4. I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church.
Charles King
#5. I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale.
Robert H. Schuller
#6. I go to church too, y'all. And I've heard it, too. And I want to say to all of our faith leaders out there that I understand that probably in my Baptist church in Maryland, it is not likely that there will be performed - in my church - gay marriages.
Donna Edwards
#7. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.
John F. Kennedy
#9. The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, "Upon this rock I will build my church" [Matthew 16:18]. He is the foundation of all Christian experience.
Billy Graham
#10. I want a church I can stay in for years. I don't want surprises, scandals, or secrets from my church leaders.
Ted Haggard
#11. The Lord is saying literally, "Thou art 'Petros' [the masculine form of the word], and upon this 'petra' [the feminine form of the word] I will build My church. Thou art a rock, Peter, and upon this rock, I will build My church.
J. Dwight Pentecost
#12. The world and it's people are my church".
~R. Alan Woods [1996]
R. Alan Woods
#13. I came to believe that God has reserved the office of elder for men, and I came to this conclusion not because of what my church taught or because of cultural trends but because of intense personal study of Scripture and the work of biblical scholars and linguists much wiser and more skilled than I.
Anonymous
#14. I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.
Francis Chan
#15. I got kicked out of my church and lost all of my friends, but I realized that I had to obey God and not man.
Joyce Meyer
#16. The future of the church is incandescently bright. That's not because of promises made at Independence Hall, but a promise made at Caesarea Philippi - "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). I believe
Russell D. Moore
#17. People in the United States, including me, are naturally inclined to support Israel. I'm an evangelical Christian who teaches the Bible every Sunday at my church. I teach half the Old Testament and half the New Testament. We Americans identify the Hebrews, the Israelites, with ourselves.
Jimmy Carter
#18. My first dunk ever was in middle school. We were playing, me and my church friends, and I dunked it, and I swear I could not sleep that night.
Jeremy Lin
#19. Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus.
Steven Van Zandt
#20. For many years, despite what I thought were really punitive decisions about women in the church, I stayed and stayed and stayed. I kept saying to myself, "The Catholic church is my church, and by God, I'm going to stay here, despite what the hierarchy does."
Anna Quindlen
#21. . Well, Teclan, wanna know something? Your government may have shut down my church. They may have closed the doors of our building and made us all go home. But no matter where true believers are, you can't shut down their soul.
Bernadette Allen
#22. I only sing in my church choir. Except the other night, I stole the show at karaoke night.
Taylor Swift
#23. These opportunities to go on Broadway are the most special thing, and although the idea of doing something for a year or more is daunting, I love it. It's my church and raises my spirit. It's good for my soul.
Roger Bart
#24. I'm a devout individual so I remain faithful to my church.
Jens Spahn
#25. People are so shocked when they find ... out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church, and I love God, and I love my church.
Donald Trump
#26. It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is the Church. And where the Church, no death is there, but life eternal.
Ambrose
#27. Well, for me, I grew up very Southern Baptist, and I definitely lived in my bubble. You know, I lived in my bubble that was in my church.
Jessica Simpson
#28. My church-inspired conclusion was that she was obviously a proud woman, so if she was anything like me, sympathy would not win her over. After my brother's dissapearance, there was nothing I detested more than people oozing with softly spoken words and hugs that went on way too long.
Jenny B. Jones
#29. I was astonished to learn in one of these best-selling books (on church life) that the size of my church parking lot had far more to do with how things fared in my congregation than my choice of texts in preaching. I was being lied to and I knew it.
Eugene H. Peterson
#30. My church accepts all denominations - fivers, tenners, twenties.
Dave Allen
#32. I am doing a lot of work for my church, taking an evangelism class, doing a lot of reading - mostly the Bible and things that coordinate with the Bible and go with the evangelism class.
Angus T. Jones
#33. My parents wanted me to be a Baptist minister. I was a youth minister in my church when I was still in college. And I was in a lot of theater in high school, and at Northwestern.
Dick Gephardt
#34. Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman.
Jessica Hahn
#35. I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
Randy Weber
#36. All is one in Darkseid. The mighty body is my church. When I command your surrender, I speak with three billion voices ...
Grant Morrison
#38. The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd ... "
Jim Cymbala
#39. I go to a Calvary Chapel church out here in Los Angeles. I had been here about two years at the time. I'm very close with my church, very close with the pastor and his wife, and I work with a girls' ministry here.
Tiffany Dupont
#40. If my church attempted to influence me in a way which was improper or which affected adversely my responsibilities as a public servant sworn to uphold the Constitution, then I would reply to them that this was an improper action on their part. It was one to which I could not subscribe.
John F. Kennedy
#41. When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.
Tullian Tchividjian
#42. I guess my first professional experience was when my church choir director told my mother that I had a gift with my voice and said that I should think about auditioning, at 11 years old, for the chorus of our regional opera company.
Sondra Radvanovsky
#43. My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.
Greg Boyle
#44. If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them both.
Jen Hatmaker
#45. My church [Catholisism] is hurting from arrogance and from its indifference to the suffering of children that were abused and the inclination of the leadership to protect the institution, rather than the children.
Mark Shields
#46. I played at my church every once in a while, but that's not a good gauge, because everybody loves you at your church.
Chris Tomlin
#47. One time, in New Orleans at a youth convention for my church, I read out of the phone book during a talent show. I made it all the way to 'J' before people started booing.
Travis J. Dahnke
#48. I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.
Anne Lamott
#49. My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I'd like to ride my bike all day long but I've got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way.
Bill Walton
#50. I made up my mind that not only would I become a millionaire, but that I would also raise up millionaires from members of my church
Sunday Adelaja
#51. Once an old woman at my church said the secret is that God loves us exactly the way we are and that he loves us too much to let us stay like this, and I'm just trying to trust that.
Anne Lamott
#52. I attend the greatest of all Churches. I put a capital N on Nature, and call it my Church.
Frank Lloyd Wright
#53. Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it's my favorite place to be.
Pauley Perrette
#54. The world is my church. My actions are my prayer. My behavior is my creed.
Steve Maraboli
#55. Bless all useful objects,
the spoons made of bone,
the mattress I cook my dreams upon,
the typewriter that is my church
with an altar of keys always waiting.
Anne Sexton
#56. Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.
Anna Howard Shaw
#57. My church has an historical emphasis on peace, but we can't enjoy peace without honoring the blood our soldiers shed for it.
James A. Forbes
#58. My church is the world! I want to bring the gospel to as broad and as interesting an audience as possible.
Michael Eric Dyson
#59. I have wandered freely in mystical traditions that are not religious and have been profoundly influenced by them. It is my church, however, that I keep returning, for she is my spiritual home.
Anthony De Mello S.J.
#60. Upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell* will not conquer it.
Anonymous
#61. Satanism is developing two circles, an elitist group which I always intended my church to be, and the faddists who are becoming Satanists because it's the thing to do.
Anton Szandor LaVey
#62. I was not a religious man, but if I were, the woods would be my church, the mountaintops my altar.
Tom Ryan
#63. COUSINS ARE MY RELIGION ..
THERE HOUSE IS MY CHURCH ..
ARE FIGHTS ARE THE CHOIR ..
I LOVE MY COUSINS ..
Claude Shannon
#64. AT LEAST THREE YEARS ago, my fathers God stopped being my God. His church stopped being my church. And yet, today, because I'm a coward, I let myself be initiated into that church. I let my father baptize me in all three names of that God who isn't mine any more. My God has another name.
Octavia E. Butler
#65. I grew up in newsrooms. I've been in newsrooms since I was 17 years old. Journalism has been like my church; it's been like my identity.
Jose Antonio Vargas
#66. Yes. But terrible heresies have proven to be grim truths many times before in the longer history of my Church, Sek Hardeen.
Dan Simmons
#67. It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.
Curtis Sliwa
#68. From the beginning, what I was connecting with in the gym was a universal energy source. I would just feel it flowing. Even when I was twenty years old, I called the gym my church. When I was there, it wasn't about being social; it was about doing my practice. I was in it. I was in the zone.
Shawn Phillips
#69. Wouldn't you like to contribute to an event that is part of Christ's own prediction, "I will build my church"?
Charles R. Swindoll
#70. Growing up, I was blessed to be part of a great church. This is where I met many friends who have encouraged me in my life to live strong for Christ. My church is a place where I can develop friendships with others that will encourage me in my walk with Christ.
Bethany Hamilton
#71. Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't sing cheap hymns. With us it was Handel and Palestrina.
John Fante
#73. Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means 'rock'), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it." Matthew 16:18
Priscilla Doremus
#74. I served as a missionary for my church. I served as a pastor in my congregation for about 10 years. I've sat across the table from people who were out of work and worked with them to try and find new work or to help them through tough times.
Mitt Romney
#75. My church wasn't confined to the inside of a building. I carried it around with me everywhere I went.
Joni Mayhan
#76. I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.
Samuel Wilson
#77. In Europe I have been accused of taking my scientific ideas from the Church. In America I have been called a heretic, because I will not let my church-going friends pat me on the head.
Louis Agassiz
#78. To put everyone in government housing and food stamps and bring them in from around the world I think is a mistake. To give of your own money, I've given to my church. My church has helped people that came from Bosnia. That's a good thing.
Rand Paul
#79. I will not say nothing. I will defend my church and my religion when it is insulted and spit on.
James Joyce
#80. Out here,
the open night is my church,
the trees are my congregation,
the stars are my angels and
the moon is the only god that I know.
A.P. Sweet
#81. And I say to you, you are Kepha, and on this kepha I will build my church.
William Hendriksen
#82. I was baptized as an infant. I was confirmed as an adolescent; I was active in my church's youth group and in my university student group. I was married before the church's altar; trained at the church's seminaries, ordained deacon and priest at age 24.
John Shelby Spong
#83. All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.
Timothy Keller
#84. I don't want to do anything to embarrass my family or my church because the town that I come from is so small. There are certain things that I just can't be part of because of my foundation.
Michelle Williams
#85. My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not?
Marvin Sapp
#86. I got put out of my church choir because my pastor said, 'We can't have baby sister singing the blues and coming in here and singing on Sunday morning.'
Merry Clayton
#87. The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern. I dubbed it, 'The church of freedom from concern,' or 'FFC.
Jim Carrey
#88. I confess to you guys, I confess to the church, I know I have backed away from certain things because of my arrogance. I thought I could attract more people to Jesus by hiding certain things about him.
Francis Chan
#89. As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.
Shane Claiborne
#90. Be she alewife,
fishmonger, washerwoman, or whore; the woman who fucks my whole cock shall I take to church's
door.
Lisa Valdez
#91. By the time I was about ten, I had started to lose faith with church ways. I was educated in some ways by my high school government and history teachers.
Ronee Blakley
#92. My heart is in the Church of England but not my mind.
Alister Hardy
#93. Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Charles De Gaulle
#94. My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over.
Sigourney Weaver
#95. I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.
Debby Ryan
#96. When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.
Enya
#97. Because, my dear, in the spiritual life opposites meet. It's not the cold passionless ones who become great ascetics, but the most hot-blooded, people with something worth renouncing. That's why the church won't allow eunuchs to become priests.
Antal Szerb
#98. I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
George Carlin
#99. I'm a true singer who grew up singing in church, so I love singing my heart out.
Naturi Naughton
#100. Instead of celebrating my birth, my parents and their whole church mourned. "If God is a God of love," they wondered, "why would He let something like this happen?" MY
Nick Vujicic
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