John Lewis Quotes

I pastor a very large church in western Australia. We have about - over 2,000 people, which we have a Bible school, community services, a lot of things linked with it. So my life's very full today. Not enough days in the week.

American churches work very hard at reaching out to people to bring them in.

The church was everything: our social engagements, Sunday morning, Sunday evening. Wednesday night was the hour of power. We had Bible study on certain days. Saturday afternoon was choir practice. I wanted desperately to be a good Christian.

My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an obligation to handle as best as I can.

The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.

I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.

Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.

Christians often want to hide behind the walls of the church, where we are comfortable, but sometimes we have to come out of the box.

Spend more time in study and prayer. That's the secret of successful evangelism.

I am doing a lot of work for my church, taking an evangelism class, doing a lot of reading - mostly the Bible and things that coordinate with the Bible and go with the evangelism class.

I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.

Growing up, I was blessed to be part of a great church. This is where I met many friends who have encouraged me in my life to live strong for Christ. My church is a place where I can develop friendships with others that will encourage me in my walk with Christ.

As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.

A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.

Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.

I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday.

I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.

I wanted to be successful enough that I'd have opportunities to talk about the church. I wanted people to listen whenever I talked about it.

It's really tough to be an active member of your church when you travel so much, but that's the stuff that keeps you going.

The most important thing is that we're impacting people for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ... that's why we're here.

Let's come together as the body of Christ and reach out and be the true hands and feet of Christ.

Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.