“Any church which forsakes the regular and uniform for the periodical and spasmodic service of God, is doomed to decay; any church which relies for its spiritual strength and growth entirely upon seasons of "revival," will very soon have no genuine revivals to rely on. Our holy God will not conform His blessings to man's moods and moral caprice. If a church is declining, it may require a "revival" to restore it; but what need was there of its declining?” IfsMenNeedsMaySpiritualGrowthChurchMoralHolyBlessingSeasonsMoodGenuineGods WillRelyDecayUniformsDoomedConformRevivalForsakeCapriceSpiritual StrengthHoly God Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“Through its prohibition on birth control, the Church has suggested that the only right way to have children is through biological reproduction: a kind of forced labor culminating in the production of another soul for God. What kind of a God stands like Lee Iacocca at the end of an assembly line, driving his workers with a greedy 'More! More!' while the automobiles pile up in showrooms and on freeways and in used-car lots and finally junkyards, his only satisfaction the gross production figures at the end of every quarter?” WayKindChildrenSoulEndsUsedGrowthChurchLinesCarFiguresBirthLaborWorkersSatisfactionProductionsDrivingQuartersRight WayGreedyGrossAutomobileAssemblyProhibitionReproductionBirth ControlFreewaysPopulation GrowthAssembly LineUsed CarJunkyardShowroom Author:Nancy Mairs
“The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub.” HouseGrowthChurchPerfectFeetExampleMetsOfficeHotelHolmesBathtubsMoriartyOld Churches Author:Morley Safer
“If you will accept every call that comes to you within the Church, you will grow in a remarkable and marvelous and wonderful way. With responsibility comes growth, and the Lord will magnify you and make you equal to every responsibility which is given you.” IfsWayGivenGrowsGrowthChurchResponsibilityAcceptingLordWonderfulEqualRemarkableMarvelous Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their bad moments, in their difficulties when there is no work, ill health and the challenge of the Church.” PeopleMomentsJoyGrowthChallengesChurchDifficultyIllGood TimesIll Health Author:Pope Francis
“When a human body is out of balance we call that disease, which indicates dis-ease of the body. Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.” HumansBodyGrowthChristNaturalChurchBalanceDiseaseNormalTasksRemoveBarriersHuman BodyBody Of ChristUnbalanced Author:Rick Warren
“I just feel like the people who are discouraged about religion, it's [really] the connotation of people that go to church. People that go to church love the Lord and they like to be around people who love the Lord. It's a fellowship and it's a growth and it's a feeding for them that when they're in a social group of people who believe, it makes them grow spiritually.” PeopleFeelsBelieveSocialGrowsGrowthChurchLordGroupsFeedingDiscouragedFellowshipConnotationSocial Groups Author:Reba McEntire
“We can't know at any given time how God will bless our faithful witness. So the apparent numerical growth of the church is never a good guide to how faithful we have been in evangelism.” KnowsHas BeensGivenGrowthChurchGuidesGods WillWitnessFaithfulBlessEvangelism Author:Mark Dever
“I would say the 1980s, most importantly, there's been a witnessing of the bankruptcy of the liberal philosophy and the anti-moral and amoral philosophies that were so prevalent in the 1960s and '70s, the rebellion of young people, which brought about the drug epidemic in so many to break down the family. Particularly during this decade, the spiritual rebirth. I'm an evangelical, and I've watched the evangelical church here and around the world preaching Christ, the death, burial, resurrection of the savior, receiving more receptivity everywhere, and that growth.” PeopleWorldPhilosophySpiritualGrowthChristChurchBreakDrugRebellionSaviorResurrectionPreachingBreaking DownRebirth1960sEvangelicalBankruptcyBurialMoral PhilosophyReceptivity Author:Jerry Falwell