“The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.” ShouldMatterWholeMightSpiritualChurchGroupsMembersManagementMajorityAffairActiveBelieverScriptureSecularSpecialistsOversight Author:Watchman Nee
“As women are taking an active part in pressing on the consideration of Congress many narrow sectarian measures, such as more rigid Sunday laws, the stopping of travel, the distribution of the mail on that day, and the introduction of the name of God into the Constitution; and as this action on the part of some women is used as an argument for the disfranchisement of all, I hope this convention will declare that the Woman Suffrage Association is opposed to all union of Church and State, and pledges itself as far as possible to maintain the secular nature of our Government.” StatesGovernmentActionLawUsedNamesChurchAtheismArgumentConstitutionUnionsCongressPositive AtheismActiveConsiderationSundayAssociationConventionsMailSecularStoppingDistributionIntroductionChurch And StatePledgeSuffrageWoman SuffragePressing On Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent the usages of liberty from going beyond the limits fixed by God's law. All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legislation to be modeled on the principles of the true Church.” ShouldCountryStatesLawPoliticalEnergyFeltCausesChurchLibertyPrinciplesLimitsElementsConstitutionCatholicAffairScaryActiveAdministrationFixedLegislationPenetrateVigilanceUsagePolitical Life Author:Pope Leo XIII
“We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets.” MenWayLittlesHas BeensSpiritFoundNationsHoursChurchPrayerStudyLaborActiveAtmosphereInterfereClosetsOur PrayersDelighted Author:Bonar Law
“I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great life lessons.” PeopleThinkingMayChurchTaughtLessonsActiveLife LessonI May Not Be Author:Julianne Hough