Ross Douthat Quotes

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

We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.

Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.

The church will not stay the same. It will either blossom because someone understands the season the church is in, or it will wither very quickly.

A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.

As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called. It is your responsibility to see to it that the church under your care continues as a gathering of people in process; a place where the curious, the unconvinced, the skeptical, the used-to-believe and the broken, as well as the committed, informed and sold-out come together around Peter's declaration that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

One of the bellwether marks of the growth and vitality of the Church is the construction of temples. We will keep on working to bring the temples to the people, making it more convenient for Latter day Saints everywhere to receive the blessings which can only be had in these holy houses.

The church is the gym of the soul.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

When the gospel flourishes in the church, everything flourishes with it.

When a human body is out of balance we call that disease, which indicates dis-ease of the body. Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.

The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?

The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

Yes, I'm a Pastor of a church called Understand Principles for Better Living Church, in Los Angeles, CA.

Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight?

Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk.

We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.

In my leadership conferences, pastors ask, "Do you have a vision for my church?" Many times they want me to give them a picture of where they should go and what their church should look like. When these pastors do this, I always feel bad.