Gloria Gaither Quotes

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster.

I grew up in the Midwest and had a lot of exposure to big religion. I went to church every Sunday - my mother even sang in the choir - and most families I knew where practicing Christians.

I didn't have a very religious family.

I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.

My family background was deeply Christian.

As a young kid, I had a great background. My grandfather was a minister; I have two uncles that were ministers, and so I had that spiritual background. I accepted Christ early as a kid.

I always went to Sunday school, sang in the choir.

I've always been technically a Christian, my Dad and my Mom, they're both Christians.

Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.

I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.

Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.

My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.

I used to carry my father's Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

My mother was a minister, so I grew up in a church. My grandfather was a minister; there are a bunch of ministers in my family.

I wasn't really raised in a religious family.