Quotes About Church Elders

#1. She jus' goes 'round spittin' vinegar all the time. Makes me wonder what the good Lord'll say 'bout it, her supposin' to be one a' the church elders." "That's

Leisha Kelly

#2. Keeping it real" isn't just a matter of facing up to harsh facts. It also includes opening up to the plethora of possibilities that offer us ways of impacting the world in spite of adversity.

T.K. Coleman

#3. The power of lack can trigger so many actions and things! We do because we lack something! We act because we need something!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#4. The main task of pastoral ministry, according to Paul's address to the Ephesian elders, is not the quantitative growth of the church, but the maturity of the believers.

Eckhard J. Schnabel

#5. I think everyone should sell other people's stuff and their own stuff. I think everyone, almost everyone should mix those two business models.

Jeffrey Walker

#6. It is the enemy whom we do not suspect who is the most dangerous.

Fernando De Rojas

#7. A white-tailed hawk still flew overhead, and it swooped low to brush its star-silvered wing against her cheek in farewell before it turned back with a sharp cry.

Sarah J. Maas

#8. Because it's easier to turn off worries in the dark.
Nick met his eyes in the darkness. "Yours or Mine?"
"Both.

Brigid Kemmerer

#9. If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments ... ?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#10. (Pastor Chuck) Smith told his elders in no uncertain terms that if the church had to turn away young people because of bare feet and clothes that they would be better off ripping up the carpet and replacing the pews with steel folding chairs.

Larry Eskridge

#11. The burden of keeping the world, every corner of it, safe is one that has to be evenly shared ... This is especially more so for the interconnectivity of the global system in our generation.

Ray Anyasi

#12. I can't believe I wrote that many words in a row.

Alex Rosa

#13. In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.

Brigham Young

#14. What's the best way of communicating in the world today? Television? No. Telegraph? No. Telephone? No. Tell a woman.

Bunker Roy

#15. All actors should experience public failure.

Olivia Wilde

#16. Elders of the Creedish church made celibacy sound as easy as choosing not to play basketball.
Just say no.

Chuck Palahniuk

#17. Generally, elders are among the more reverent members of the Church, but there is no law prescribing their age.

William Brewster

#18. If your name is Sepp, at the bare minimum you've strangled someone in a bar fight.

John Oliver

#19. In the early days of films, the movie star in this country replaced royalty. They've been demoted since then but they're still treated as beings larger than life.

Paul Newman

#20. A lesson church leaders need to learn is that relationships must not be neglected.

Flavil R. Yeakley Jr.

#21. You should write, write, write every day, and learn to edit and pare it right back so you're proud of every sentence, and each one is either being useful or beautiful, but hopefully both.

Caitlin Moran

#22. Pastors, elders, and members often misinterpret the church through business and organizational lenses.

Jeramie Rinne

#23. Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.

Thomas Haden Church

#24. it seems best to view deacons as servants who do whatever is necessary to allow the elders to accomplish their God-given calling of shepherding and teaching the church.

Matt Schmucker