John Stott Quotes about Church

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As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.

As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.

John Stott

Church, Body, Spirit

John Stott (2014). “The Message of Acts”, p.27, InterVarsity Press

The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience.

John Stott

Order, Church, Inactivity

These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them.

John Stott

Humility, Suffering, Church

Scripture is the royal scepter by which King Jesus rules his church

John Stott

Jesus, Kings, Church

We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church.

John Stott

Waiting, Church, Needs

The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.

John Stott

Lying, Church, Purpose

John Stott (2012). “The Living Church”, p.15, SPCK

If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on the other. A willingness to suffer proves the genuineness of love.

John Stott

Suffering, Church, Firsts

Do we claim to believe in God? He's a missionary God. You tell me you're committed to Christ. He's a missionary Christ. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? He's a missionary Spirit. Do you belong to the church? It's a missionary society. And do you hope to go to heaven when you die? It's a heaven into which the fruits of world mission have been and will be gathered.

John Stott

Believe, Heaven, Church