In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past. Votes: 3
We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building. Votes: 3
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy. Votes: 3
Going to a bar or pool hall doesn't mean you're a drunk, just like sitting in a henhouse doesn't make you a chicken. It's the same in the opposite setting. Sitting in a church building doesn't make you a follower of Christ. Votes: 3
Papa said that the parish priest in Abba was not spiritual enough. That was the problem with our people, Papa told us, our priorities were wrong; we cared too much about huge church buildings and mighty statues. You would never see white people doing that. Votes: 3
We all know that a church is not a building. Votes: 1
Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers. Votes: 1
The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London. Votes: 1
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament. Votes: 1
In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside. Votes: 1
You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by building something, a future, a family? Can you go on like this? This, to me, is the most urgent problem that the Church is facing. Votes: 1
The only thing God is building in this world is his church. Votes: 0
To refer to the Church as a building is to call people 2 x 4's. Votes: 0
The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without. Votes: 0
What is a church?ÂOur honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. Votes: 0
The Church is not the building, its the people, its not just the gathering, its also the scattering... Votes: 0
So our building of the visible Church becomes much like any natural business function, using natural means and natural motives. Votes: 0
One of the major failures of the church is not a focus on building disciples but a focus on building members. Votes: 0
... together we can build the people's Church, a true Church. Not just a hierarchy, or a building, but a real change inside people. Votes: 0
God literally moves his throne from heaven. When this happens the church is building a chair, a seat, a place for God to come. Votes: 0
The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply Votes: 0
The English Puritans pulled down church and state to rebuild Zion on the ruins, and all the while it was not Zion, but America, they were building. Votes: 0
Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building. Votes: 0
Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world. Votes: 0
Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament. Votes: 0
Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as worthy of preserving as a sixteenth-century building. Votes: 0
Education is all a matter of building bridges. Votes: 4 Ralph Ellison
The True Church can never fail. For it is based upon a rock. Votes: 5 T. S. Eliot