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Quote 4 from Your Church is Too Small

Posted by on Mar 17, 2010 in books, church history, unity | Comments Off on Quote 4 from Your Church is Too Small

This week (March 14-20, 2010), I’m taking part in a blog tour of John H. Armstrong’s new book Your Church is Too Small. Armstrong begins each chapter with quotes from various writers throughout church history. Each day this week, I’m going to highlight one of those quotes.

I believe very strongly in the principle and practice of the purity of the visible church, but I have seen churches that have fought for purity and are merely hotbeds of ugliness. No longer is there any observable, loving, personal relationship even in their own midst, let alone with other true Christians. -Francis A. Schaeffer