"The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it."
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
"The Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members."
- William Temple
"We do not want a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world."
- G.K. Chesterton
"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile."
- Billy Sunday
"The church is a hospital for sinners, and not a museum for saints."
- Vance Havner
"It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God."
- A. W. Tozer
"You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it."
- Leonard Ravenhill
"Jesus is the Head of the church. He expects His body to cooperate."
- Jack Wellman
"The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising."
- Leonard Ravenhill
"The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings... If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be "slothfulness in prayer."
- Charles Spurgeon
"7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."
- Jesus Christ, Revelation 2