“The church in the book (and movie) plays a pivotal scene. We looked everywhere .. I mean everywhere! We had to have enough of a front yard area to house a Nativity scenes. And we finally found it .. two miles from our office. And we had been all over Tulsa looking. We were looking in places in Texas, everywhere! And I was in the car with the director and we drove by the church.” MeanTwoBookEnoughPlayFoundHouseChurchCarFrontsSceneDirectorsOfficeAreasMilesTexasYardsPivotalBooks And MoviesNativityTulsa Author:Luka Magnotta
“God requires no person to spend his or her life reiterating the gospel to people who will not receive it. He wants everyone to have an opportunity to hear. Then He would have us move on to other areas. The mistake of the church has been that she sits down to convert all the people in one country to the neglect of the great masses who have never had the chance to hear the gospel - not even once!” PeopleWantPersonsHas BeensCountryMovingOpportunityChurchChanceMistakeMassAreasNeglect Book:Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear Source: Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear
“It is not enough for the Church to be engaged with the State in healing social ills, though this is important at times. But when the world can turn around and see a group of God's people exhibiting substantial healing in the area of human relationships in their present life, then the world will take notice. Each group of Christians is, as it were, a pilot plant, showing that something can be done in the present situation, if only we begin in the right way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayHumansImportantStatesDoneEnoughChristianTurnsSocialChurchHealingSituationGroupsAreasPlantEngagedPilotsRight WayHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsPresent LifePresent Situation Author:Francis Schaeffer
“Compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes and trade stocks, and less likely to go to church, do volunteer work or put down roots in a community. Journalists are over-represented in ZIP code areas where residents are twice as likely as other Americans to rent foreign movies, drink Chablis, own an espresso maker and read magazines such as Architectural Digest and Food & Wine.” CommunityChurchDrinkAreasRootsTradeWineMagazinesJournalistCodeNeighborhoodMakersVolunteerMaidsResidentsZipsEspressoVolunteer Work Author:John Leo
“The Church is always in trouble because the Church walks into the trouble in which mankind is trying to resolve itself. There are a lot of areas that need to be addressed. If we were perfect we wouldn't be the Church. I think it's the imperfections that allow people to trust that you're working (toward) something.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsTryingChurchWalksPerfectTroubleMankindAreasResolveImperfection Author:Dolores Hart
“So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.” IfsThinkingBelieveDoeDiesChristChurchFailingAreasCrossesOkayDied Author:Rick Warren
“I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.” WantStillsPresidentChurchPoorLeaderPrayingAreasCatholicCatholic ChurchBishopsOligarchyRural Areas Author:Evo Morales
“You can fall in the area of your strength as easily as you could fall in the area of your weakness.” ChristianFallLeadershipChurchWeaknessAreas Author:Johnny Hunt
“When we go to different areas and look at doing period pieces and movies shot in other states and locations, even overseas, it's hard to carry 1700 volunteers from your church with you to do that. And so, we knew that there were going to be growing pains at some point.” LooksDifferentHardStatesPainChurchPiecesGrowingPeriodsShotsAreasVolunteerLocationGrowing Pains Author:Alex Kendrick
“Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas.” PeopleChurchAreasIndifferentHierarchyNunRural Areas Author:Sylvia Poggioli
“I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.” ThinkingTodaySchoolYoungVoiceChurchMemoriesLevelsTeachAdviceAreasSingersLocalsPerformingChoirHappy MemoriesMusicianshipChurch ChoirChoral Music Author:Katherine Jenkins
“I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian, was baptized, and joined a church.” ChildrenSchoolChristianSpiritualChurchAreasAwakeningMy ChildrenSpiritual AwakeningPhiladelphiaBaptizedQuaker Author:Mike Berenstain
“Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's].” FirstsCommunityChurchPoorSawsHappenedMiddleRocksReflectionAreasHeightConcertsAltarsMessed UpColumbiaRock Concerts Author:Ian MacKaye
“When I was 18, I went to a Baptist church with my girlfriend, and had a breakthrough when a pastor laid hands on me on an altar call. I wept that evening and realized how numb I had become with God and how He was calling to me for restoration. I received that blessing and went on to raising my three children in a Lutheran Church in the Bay Area as a member of Journey.” ChildrenHandsThreeChurchJourneyCallingBlessingMembersAreasEveningGirlfriendPastorBreakthroughAltarsRestorationNumbMy GirlfriendBaptistsBay AreaLutherans Author:Jonathan Cain
“I think what you see a lot of in American religion, even in areas of American Christianity that don't go all the way with Osteen to the idea that God wants you to have this big house and so on, the nature of American religion right now, the fact that it is so non-denominational and post-denominational, the most successful churches have to be run more like businesses than ever before. I think that just exposes Christians to a constant temptation to think about the ministry more as a business than they sometimes should.” ThinkingWayWantShouldIdeasSometimesFactsBigsRunningChristianHouseChurchChristianitySuccessfulRight NowAreasConstantTemptationPostsMinistryBig Houses Author:Ross Douthat
“Church wealth are moving into everything-gas stations, banks, television stations, supermarket chains, hotels, steel mills, resort areas, farms, wine factories, warehouses, bottling works, printing plants, schools, theaters-everything you could conceivably think of that has nothing to do with religion, they are moving into big. They're even coming in as stockholders in the big oil companies, and the Bank of America is almost entirely owned by the Catholic Church.” ThinkingBigsSchoolAmericaMovingChurchWealthCompanyTelevisionAreasTheaterCatholicWinePlantOilChainsGasHotelStationsFarmsFactoriesSteelResortsCatholic ChurchPrintingMillsSupermarketsWarehouseOil CompaniesGas StationsBig Oil Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple and their children; and in the personal relationships of Christians in the church. If there is no demonstration in these two places, on the personal level, the world can conclude that orthodox Christian doctrine is nothing but dead, cold words.” IfsWorldChildrenTwoGodChristianSpiritualityChurchLevelsClearCommunicationColdCoupleAreasDoctrineOrthodoxDemonstrationOrthodox ChristianPersonal RelationshipsChristian DoctrineLove And Communication Book:True Spirituality Source: True Spirituality