Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.
Nicky GumbelI was just praying quietly in tongues and I found that a really helpful way to pray. There are other times when I use the gift when I really feel I don't know what to pray or how to pray. I know what I feel but I just can't quite put it in to words, and I use that, I find it a helpful gift. I don't think you need to speak in tongues, I don't think all Christians do speak in tongues, nobody has to speak in tongues, nobody's forced to, but if somebody wants to I think it's a good gift.
Nicky GumbelChurches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.
Nicky GumbelLife is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.
Nicky GumbelProbably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological difference between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church.
Nicky GumbelThis may sound pernickety but I wouldn't describe myself as an evangelical. These are labels, which I don't think are helpful. If I was going to use any label it would be Christian, and if you push me any further I'd say I'm an Anglican - that's the family of the Church that I belong to. There's nothing wrong with any of the other labels, but if you have any of them I want them all. If you're going to say, 'I'm Catholic, liberal, evangelical...' let's have them all.
Nicky Gumbel