Here is a list of 50 meaningful church anniversary messages and bible verses to commemorate the church’s beginning, present, and future.
#1 While this church may have started from humble beginnings, it is amazing to see how it has brought together such a large faith community over the years. On this anniversary of the church’s founding, I’d like to congratulate you on bringing your ministry to so many people and using it to do so much good.
#2 While this building may be only bricks and stone, the community it houses makes it shine like a house of gold. As another year passes, I thank you for being the glue that brings our faith community together.
#3 Although it’s only been one year since this church was founded, the amount of growth that has occurred has been incredible. Congratulations on the great work so far, and best of luck for what is yet to come.
#4 With each passing year, this church seems to not just grow older, but stronger in its outreach and more dedicated in its mission. On this anniversary day of the church’s founding, I thank you for continuing to be a leader in our faith community.
#5 Through thick and thin, you have been the rock that has kept this church together. Thank you for your years of service and may this church’s ministry continue for many more to come.
#6 While this church was founded just one year ago, it’s impressive to see how much it has grown. Thank you for all you do in the church’s ministry and may it continue for many more years to come.
#7 May this anniversary of our church be a sign of its continued good work and blessed ministry. Thank you for all you’ve done and will continue to do.
#8 As this church completes another successful year, thank you for all you’ve done to keep our faith community spiritually healthy and for making this church’s ministry truly impactful.
#9 I never cease to be amazed by the power of God in keeping a congregation together, faithfully worshipping Him week in and week out. May God’s immeasurably love rain down upon you for spreading the gospel so diligently.
#10 I am praising God for this church and the way God has used it to bless me and so many others over the years. May God continue to lead and guide this congregation through you.
#11 Congratulations on your church’s anniversary. It is no small thing to faithfully worship God for so many years. Keep up your tireless efforts to spread His Word.
#12 It has been so encouraging to see this church grow over the years. Through all the ups and downs, God has been faithful. Many blessings to you now and forever.
#13 Praising God for this church today. May God add many more years to it and bless the people of this city through it.
#14 I thank God for how He has used this church to bring glory to His name. I don’t know any other place where so many believers gather faithfully to praise Him. I pray that you continue to be blessed with the Spirit to grow God’s flock.
#15 Great work on making it to another big anniversary as a church. Life together is not always easy, but your faithfulness and integrity have been a true blessing. Thank you for your selfless work in Jesus Christ.
#16 I hope and pray that God will continue to strategically use this church for the spread of His Kingdom. Congratulations on another anniversary. He is for us!
#17 Your church is a testimony to the goodness of God. We will continue to pray for all of you as you seek His face together.
#18 Happy One Year Anniversary! May this church continue to develop and do the Lord’s work. May its ministry continue for years to come.
#19 Know that God is smiling on this day as your church reaches another milestone. Nothing done in honor of His name will ever be in vain. Many blessings.
#20 On this anniversary day, I thank you for working to make this church a house of prayer, a house of healing, and above all, a house of God.
#21 I am rejoicing that your church is celebrating another anniversary. May His grace abound all the more in the next chapter of your lives together.
#22 It is with humility that I thank you for keeping this church spiritually healthy for yet another year. God bless and wishing you all the best in your work.
#23 Praise be to God for another anniversary at our church. Keep walking with your King and my King, your God, and my God. Congratulations on the fruit of your hard work for Jesus Christ.
#24 As a pastor, you have built this church from the ground up. So, as we celebrate this church’s anniversary, I thank you for your hard work and dedication.
#25 May the God of all encouragement be with you all as you celebrate another anniversary as a church. I am truly inspired by your joyful obedience.
#26 On this anniversary of our church, I’d like to thank you for all you’ve done to support its ministry. Keep up the good work and know that our faith community stands by you.
#27 In an age of declining church attendance, your congregation has been a breath of fresh air. Congratulations on another anniversary.
#28 As the church grows one year older, I would like to thank you for helping to bring it to where it is today. We are sincerely grateful to be blessed with you in our lives.
#29 Many blessings as you continue to worship God in this next season in your church’s life. Your church is a treasure in this community, and I will continually pray for all of you.
#30 Happy Anniversary! Thank you for your service and let us pray that this church will continue to grow and positively impact the community for decades to come.
The Most Famous Quotes to Include with Your Meaningful Church Anniversary Message
“If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!”
D.L. Moody
“Every time you raise the standards for leadership, you bring everyone else in the church along a little bit. A rising tide raises all the boats in the harbor.”
Rick Warren
“The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service.”
Billy Graham
“You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read.”
John MacArthur
“You may speak but a word to a child, and in that child there may be slumbering a noble heart which shall stir the Christian Church in years to come.”
Charles Spurgeon
“What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use — men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men, men of prayer.”
E. M. Bounds
“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.”
Max Lucado
“Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can’t contain Him. Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?”
Francis Chan
“The church is a living organism, enlivened by the presence of God’s Spirit. It’s the body of Christ, a community of worshippers that exists for God’s pleasure and to live out the kingdom that Jesus preached and promised.”
Tim Conder
“You are to follow no man further than he follows Christ.”
Wesley L. Duewel
The Best Bible Verses to Include with Your Meaningful Church Anniversary Message
Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
1 Corinthians 12:12
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.
Psalm 79:13
But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
John 10:3
To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Jeremiah 3:15
And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
1 Peter 5:2
Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly.
John 10:4
When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Psalm 78:52
Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
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