The Church, the organized expression of the religious life of the past, is one of the most potent institutions and forces in Western civilization.... It cannot help throwing its immense weight on one side or the other. If it tries not to act, it thereby acts; and in any case its choice will be decisive for its own future.


p.xii - Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907) - Introduction

Walter Rauschenbusch Quotes

The Church, the organized expression of the religious life of the past, is one of the most potent institutions and forces in Western civilization.... ...

The Church, the organized expression of the religious life of the past, is one of the most potent institutions and forces in Western civilization.... ...

The Church, the organized expression of the religious life of the past, is one of the most potent institutions and forces in Western civilization.... ...

The Church, the organized expression of the religious life of the past, is one of the most potent institutions and forces in Western civilization.... ...