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“A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.”

Doe Praying Pastor Congregation

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church at Corinth and a contemporary congregation, either Roman Catholic or Protestant, is that both are marked, to a great degree, by the presence of sinners.”

Realizing Church Study Society Degrees Catholic Contemporary Ministers Sinner Similarity Protestants Congregation Roman Catholic

Author:D. Elton Trueblood

“The English are loth to express their feelings, but in my stall in the choir I could feel the pent-up, passionate emotion, and also the fear of the congregation, not of death or wounds or material loss, but of defeat and the final ruin of Britain.”

Feels Feelings Loss Emotion Materials Finals Defeat Passionate Wounds Ruins Britain Choir Congregation

Book:Their Finest Hour

Source: Their Finest Hour

“You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great and silent congregation.”

Wind England Silent Congregation New England Pernicious Tenacious Flora Goldenrod

Book:Salem's Lot

Source: Salem's Lot

“To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming popular which can be recommended to a young sovereign.”

Looks Mean Young Hours Church Becoming Sunday Rulers Sovereign Congregation

Book:Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann

Source: Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann

“Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.”

Mind Soul Courses Religious Study Focus Praying Members Ancient Lectures Congregation

Author:Jonathan Sacks

“The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.”

Body Age Church Subjects Members Authority Independent Isolated Constituents Congregation Apostolic

Book:What is Presbyterianism? An Address

Source: What is Presbyterianism? An Address

“In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.”

Views Issues Written Advantage Doctrine Staying Pope Cardinals Congregation Exchanging Cupboards John Paul John Paul Ii

Author:Carl Bernstein

“I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.”

Thinking Made Past Used Events Healthy Used To Be Shops Hospitals Ministry Committees Pastor Congregation

Author:Mark Batterson

“Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.”

Modern Music Is Mediums Guts Ritual Gigs Primal Congregation

Author:Siobhan Fahey

“I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.”

Teach Week Policy Pastor Textbooks Congregation Public Policy

Author:Adam Hamilton