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As a child, I had lived many years in Southampton and sang in the choir of the Dune Church. -- Rachel Lambert Mellon
The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry. -- Alice McDermott
I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church. -- Jon Bon Jovi
No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased. -- Felix Adler
There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't. -- Anne Graham Lotz
I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change. -- Mike McCurry
In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance. -- John Strachan
Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them. -- Billy Graham
What I'd say about that is that we must respect homosexuals in the church. I've got many homosexual friends, the issue is not in any way a homophobic reaction on my part. -- George Carey
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. -- Douglas Alexander
When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song. That's because I was always around so many voices in church. -- Valerie June
I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values. -- Jim Wallis
In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case. -- Paul Weyrich
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society. -- Rowan Atkinson
Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it. -- John Nelson Darby
In the first century A.D., members of the growing Church in Corinth were enthusiastic about the gospel. Almost all were recent converts to the Church. Many were attracted to it through the preaching of the Apostle Paul and others. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish. -- Billy Graham
I was not in the church, but we claim, like so many people, 'Yeah, I grew up in the church.' Well yeah, I grew up in the church and went to church, but I knew nothing about the Lord. I had no idea what it meant about walking in faith. -- Lou Brock
In Britain, when someone says they do not believe in God, they stop going to church. In the U.S., many who may have doubts about Christian orthodoxy may continue to go to church. They do so because they assume that a vague god vaguely prayed to is the god that is needed to support family and nation. -- Stanley Hauerwas
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand. -- Leo Durocher
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves. -- Thomas Fuller
Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand. -- John Kessel
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull. -- Vance Havner
Many trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality. -- Jodi Picoult
I believe that there are too many practitioners in the church, who are not believers. -- C. S. Lewis
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches. -- Charles Kennedy
Don't aim to plant churches. Aim to plant a church that will plant many other churches. -- George Patterson
In many ways, the church seems to hate evil more than it loves good or even God. -- Carlton Pearson
God has lots of children in the church today; I'm honestly not sure He has many friends. -- Mike Pilavachi
There are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more. -- Arthur Miller
Too many in the Church today are likes babies in the nursery,they put everything in their mouth. -- John Paul Warren
Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe. -- Vance Havner
A 2008 poll of 35,000 Americans revealed that 57% of Evangelical church attenders believe that many religions can lead to eternal life. -- Robert Jeffress
Anti-intellectualism remains strongly entrenched in many parts of the church, but it is grounded in fear, not in faith. (p. 19) -- Robin R. Meyers
Young men do not usually become inactive in the Church because they are given too many significant things to do. -- Spencer W. Kimball
I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York. -- Andy Warhol
I encounter many Christians who've been raised in the church but never realized that there's a cohesive storyline from Genesis to Revelation. -- David Kim
How can the Church be received as a trustworthy guide in the invisible, which falls into so many errors in the visible? -- John William Draper
People forget that many of the aspects of the Selma campaign were laid out in response to the church bombing in Birmingham. -- Andrew Aydin
Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe. -- Brother Andrew
Many believe it is possible to be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree. -- Rick Warren
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults. -- John Calvin
Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary -- Pope Pius X
That level of expectation that I'm going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy and the church -- Alan Green
Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people's perception of the gospel. -- Alan Hirsch
There are financial bankruptcies in many parts of the church. No question about that. But we see the possibility of reimagining and revitalizing the church. -- Shane Claiborne
One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological. -- Brennan Manning
How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church only to see the company. -- John Donne
I grew up in the church and began to recite set pieces at the age of four and five, like many of the other kids. -- Michael Eric Dyson
The church generation in which Jesus returns will actively participate in this revolution. ... My premise: Many people alive today will see this revolution in their lifetime. -- Mike Bickle
First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer! -- Pope Francis
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. -- Max Muller
The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me. -- Pope Benedict XVI
I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil. -- Gabriel Byrne
Many people take exception to me and say that I'm doing black magic and things they can't do at church. But I'm doing magic that started their church. -- Tony Andruzzi
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The church-bells of innumerable sects are all chime-bells to-day, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands, and awaking a great joy in the heart of our common humanity. -- Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The Church of Christ is an anvil which has worn out many hammers. Our opponents may boast of their strength, but they do not realize what they have challenged. -- John Buchan
I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us. -- Leverett Saltonstall
Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a 'tribal Christian,' happy to attend church services. -- Martin Rees
What government supports, government controls. This is an ancient axiom repeatedly ratified by experience. . . . Indeed, as is well known, acceptance of tax aid has led to the secularization of many church-related colleges and universities. -- Edd Doerr

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