“Churches provide a place of gathering for people who share common beliefs, support and encouragement for each other in faith, a place to find insight into and teaching about God's Word, and they provide a time and place where people can leave the world behind and focus only on their spiritual relationship with God.” PeopleWorldGodChristianSpiritualBeliefChurchReligiousCommonBehindsSupportFocusShareTeachingEncouragementInsightGatheringRelationship With GodSupport And EncouragementSpiritual Relationship Author:Mary C. Neal
“Worship is of fundamental significance to the life of the individual and to the corporate life of the church, yet we rarely hear it taught as a discipline or practice in the gathering of believers.” IndividualChurchPracticeTaughtDisciplineWorshipFundamentalsBelieverCorporateSignificanceGathering Author:Carl Tuttle
“I don't want to start a movement that mirrors religion. I don't want to create the church of the non-believers where I'm the preacher and we're all gathering together and reciting things.” WantTogetherChurchMovementMirrorsBelieverPreacherGatheringNon BelieverRecitingGathering Together Author:Bill Maher
“Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.” PeopleChurchClaimsGatheringGospel Author:R. C. Sproul
“To put it in a few words, the true malice of man appears only in the state and in the church, as institutions of gathering together, of recapitulation, of totalization.” MenStatesTogetherChurchReligiousInstitutionsGatheringMaliceFew WordsRecapitulationGathering Together Book:The Conflict of Interpretations Source: The Conflict of Interpretations
“Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence-the worship of God. God created the universe so that it would display the worth of His glory. And He created us so that we would see this glory and reflect it by knowing and loving it-with all our heart and soul and mind and strength. The church needs to build a common vision of what worship is and what she is gathering to do on Sunday morning and scattering to do on Monday morning.” NeedsMindHeartSoulEndsUniverseChurchCommonExistenceVisionMorningKnowingWorshipGloryFinalsSundayDisplayMondayGatheringHeart And SoulMonday MorningSunday MorningCommon Vision Author:John Piper