Pastor Quotes

• It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone can be interpreted as a judgment on other people's company. Liking to be quiet can be construed as aloofness. There is so much emphasis on community in most congregations that anyone who does not participate risks being labeled a loner.

  

  Barbara Brown Taylor
  • Community
  • Church
  • Judgement

• After a show over the summer, a girl came up to me who was a pastor at her church, which was not accepting of same-sex relationships. She said that 'Same Love' allowed her to come out regardless of the consequences.

  

  Mary Lambert
  • Church
  • Relationships
  • Consequences

• I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • Bible
  • Teach
  • Handbook

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

  

  Delloreese Patricia Early
  • Church
  • Principles
  • Los Angeles

• I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.

  

  Robert H. Schuller
  • Good
  • Heart
  • Honest

• When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • You
  • Every
  • Pastor

• My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices.

  

  Deniece Williams
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Church

• We are like horses that must be broken; basically that one should submit to a pastor even if he is wrong.

  

  John Bevere
  • Broken
  • Horse
  • Submit

• In Christianity, the sheep tends to follow their shepherd. They will trust the wisdom and trust the decision of their pastor, so when my pastor thinks highly of him to endorse him, there must be something there.

  

  James Darrell Scott Band of Joy
  • Wisdom
  • Decision
  • Sheep

• If you are a pastor, and you don't think your congregation wants to hear this kind of message, think about forming a new congregation. It won't be difficult. Just start preaching like a prophet of God, and the losers will leave, or toss you out. Your income as a pastor is going to wipe you out anyway; better seek alternative income now, while you have the opportunity.

  

  Gary North
  • Kind
  • Message
  • Congregation

• At the time, I didn't know what forgiveness meant. I wouldn't really know what forgiveness meant for another year, until my pastor, Rick McKinley, happened to spell it out in a sermon. He said that when you forgive, you bear the burden somebody has given you without holding them accountable.

  

  Donald Miller
  • Time
  • Forgiveness
  • Rick McKinley

• What was it, he wondered for the hundredth time, that enabled Pastor Harris to hear the answers in his heart? What did he mean when he said he felt God’s presence? Steve supposed he could ask Pastor Harris directly, but he doubted that would do any good. How could anyone explain such a thing? It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private.

  

  Nicholas Sparks
  • Heart
  • Answers
  • Blind

• Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Suffering
  • Study
  • Prayer

• I see so many people. They just seem to be hopeless. Being a Christian and being a pastor, the ultimate hope is in Jesus.

  

  Richie Furay Buffalo Springfield
  • People
  • Christian
  • Jesus

• God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.

  

  Warren W. Wiersbe
  • Christian
  • Religious
  • inspirational

• Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.

  

  Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Shows
  • Pastor
  • Persecution

• What does "success" mean to you? Was Mother Teresa a "success"? Was your favorite teacher a "success"? Were your parents, grandparents, your pastor, your best friends a "success"? Success is as personal as a fingerprint or DNA; you must define it for yourself.

  

  Bob Teague
  • Success
  • Teacher
  • Define

• Change requires decision making, and decision making requires action. Most churches don't make turnarounds because they never get to the action. Discussion only begets more discussion. Together, and led by the pastor, the church must decide on a course of action.

  

  Ed Stetzer
  • Change
  • Action
  • Decision

• Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white enough for the whites. I'm not Hispanic enough."

  

  Michael Emerson
  • Black
  • Pastor
  • African Americans

• I'm not only a Christian, but I'm a pastor of a church.

  

  Richie Furay Buffalo Springfield
  • Christian
  • Pastor

• When I was 12 years old, my pastor came to the church: Dr. Fredrick Samson. And that was revolutionary because he mentored me and I got a chance to see up close the impact of a rhetorical genius.

  

  Michael Eric Dyson
  • Church
  • Chance
  • Genius

• When God wants to speak and deal with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents, or the pastor, or of our neighbor.

  

  Martin Luther
  • God
  • Angel
  • Deal

• If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for pastors, who don't know their congregations, simply to classify congregants as saved or unsaved, involved or not involved, tithers or non-tithers.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Involved
  • Pastor
  • Congregations

• I get asked, 'What do you miss most about being a pastor?' I think it's the intimacy, the incredible gift of intimacy. You go through death with somebody, with their families, and there's an intimacy that comes through that that is just incomparable.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Death
  • Gift
  • Intimacy

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