I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years… I’m not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic. – Cindy Sheehan
Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock. – Anna Howard Shaw
I went to Montreal. My first gig went very badly. They just weren’t laughing at anything. I found out they were a load of Christians, and it was a gig to raise money for a new church roof. – Allan Carr
We cannot have communion with Christ till we are in union with Him; and we cannot have communion with the Church till we are in vital union with it. – Charles Spurgeon
After I graduated from college, while traveling around Europe, hitchhiking, doing the tourist thing, I went into a church in Dublin. – Frederica Mathewes-Green
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
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
For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty. – Douglas Sirk
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. – Pope John Paul II
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. – Don Marquis
I’m very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I’m singing. – Fantasia Barrino
We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together. – Debra Wilson
The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday. – Felix Adler
The problem is that you can’t impose the church’s teachings on all Americans as a matter of law. – Mario Cuomo
The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built. – N. T. Wright
A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when there will be a revision of centuries. – Nostradamus
Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration? – Newt Gingrich
Christians are commanded to pray in the name of Jesus. It is not a practice reserved just for personal prayers, or prayers rendered in church. – Monica Johnson
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church’s credibility. – Pope Francis
There is not much we can say with absolute confidence about the early church, but we can be fairly sure that the first Christians would not have dreamed of making a likeness of Jesus. – Neil MacGregor
Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift. – Ellen G. White
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common. – Emily Greene Balch
I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday. – Deborah Norville
