“It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.” IfsMenFirstsAgeChurchRiskStreetsHappeningsOrdinarySickAccidentsGoing OutWoundedOrdinary Man Author:Pope Francis
“This is one thing that's very interesting, how the people on the left always talk about separation of church and state. When you look at the theocracies all across the Middle East, where we look at constitutions that are based upon the Qur'an, I don't think you want to see that happening in the United States of America. So it is a theocratic political construct.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksStatesAmericaPoliticalLeftChurchInterestingUnitedUnited StatesOne ThingMiddleHappeningsConstitutionEastSeparationMiddle EastUnited States Of AmericaConstructsVery InterestingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateTheocracy Author:Allen West
“This new large-scale spiritual awakening is occurring primarily not within the confines of the established religions, but outside of those structures. Some of it, however, is also happening within the existing churches and religious institutions wherever the members of those congregations do not identify with rigid and exclusive belief systems whose unconscious purpose is to foster a sense of separation on which the egoic mind structures depend for their survival.” MindSpiritualPurposeBeliefChurchReligiousDependsMembersSurvivalHappeningsInstitutionsStructureAwakeningSeparationScalesUnconsciousExclusiveSpiritual AwakeningBelief SystemsCongregationLarge Scale Author:Eckhart Tolle
“If you can explain what is happening in a church, apart from the sovereign act of God, it is not revival.” IfsChurchHappeningsSovereignRevival Author:Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“Our culture doesn't like being told what to do; that's happening in the Church.” CultureChurchHappenings Author:Mike Pilavachi
“In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates that something serious is happening.” WellsCultureSpiritualityChurchDarknessSeriousHappeningsCatholicBuddhistTemplesOrthodoxEmergingOrthodox Church Author:Dan Kimball
“Aesthetics is not an end in itself. But in our culture, which is becoming more multi-sensory and less respectful of God, we have a responsibility to pay attention to the design of the space where we assemble regularly. In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and Orthodox churches. Darkness communicates that something serious is happening.” WellsEndsCultureSpiritualityChurchSpacePayAttentionResponsibilityDarknessDesignSeriousBecomingHappeningsCatholicCommunicateBuddhistPay AttentionTemplesOrthodoxAestheticsEmergingRespectfulBecoming MoreSensoryOrthodox Church Author:Dan Kimball
“Suddenly you're at church and you hear someone pray, "For gays and lesbians, that they might realize their [sins]...." That's happening less and less now, but all it takes is one of those when you're nine, ten, eleven, twelve - and it's hard to describe to people who aren't, because of course if you're not gay, an eleven- or twelve-year-old wouldn't even remember that that happened.” PeopleIfsYearsHardMightRememberCoursesRealizingChurchSinHappenedPrayingGayTenHappeningsNineTwelveEleven Author:Stephen Karam
“What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black churches or white churches and then make them multiracial churches. I talk about that in the US we have two cultures.” TwoEndsCultureBlackChurchWhiteGroupsHappeningsAsianLatinoMultiracialBlack ChurchTwo Cultures Author:Michael Emerson
“I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and why do we make a big deal out of events?" And what's happening is they're falling back on their understanding of the way that church should work. It's not always working exactly like that, and they feel frustration or confusion. Sometimes people leave. That's certainly common in mixed churches.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMeanSometimesBigsCertainFallUnderstandingChurchDealsCommonCitiesWonderEventsHappeningsConfusionFrustrationWorking ItRefugeBig DealAlways Working Author:Michael Emerson
“We [me and Alex Kendrick] had our pastor's blessing back in 2013 to launch out, and so we shot [ War Room] last year, in 2014, but we still had the church pray over us , before the movie hit theatres, and the pastor was asking God to bless the film, and so we're very excited about what's happening .” YearsStillsWarLastsPastFilmChurchRoomsPrayingBlessingHappeningsShotsAskingExcitedTheatreBlessLast YearOur PastPastorAlexAsking God Author:Stephen Kendrick
“I know specifically me being somebody who has had most of my experiences within the black church, that's cultural... you gotta put on your church clothes when you got to church...and it's nothing wrong with that - that's absolutely fine! But I think what's happening to a new generation ,the hip hop generation, there's astigmatism, a feeling that I'm unwelcome.” ThinkingKnowsFeelingsBlackChurchGenerationsFineClothesHappeningsHip HopHipsHopsNew GenerationUnwelcomeBlack Church Author:LeCrae