“The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors.... For my part, I would say, welcome infidelity! Welcome atheism! Welcome anything! in preference to the gospel, as preached by these Divines! They convert the very name of religion into an engine of tyranny and barbarous cruelty, and serve to confirm more infidels, in this age, than all the infidel writings of Thomas Paine, Voltaire, and Bolingbroke put together have done!” WritingCountryDoneAgeTogetherNamesSidesChurchJusticeAtheismDivineSlavePositive AtheismTyrannyCrueltyWelcomeEnginesIndifferentInfidelityPreferenceOppressorsInfidelPaine Author:Frederick Douglass
“It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community” ImportantCommunityChurchWelcomeImmigrantsIntegratingChurch Community Author:Pope Francis
“Open your hearts to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you and the Church will welcome you if your willingness to serve good is as clear and public as your choice to serve evil was.” IfsHeartChoicesEvilWaitingChurchLordClearWelcomeWillingnessWaiting For YouOpen Your HeartWillingness To Serve Author:Pope Francis
“The second rector of [St. John's in] Providence was blown out of church one Sunday by 'an extraordinary gust of wind,' and the people, welcoming this ejection as an act of heaven, refused to let him in again.” PeopleHeavenChurchWindExtraordinaryWelcomeSundayProvidence Author:George Hodges (theologian)