Sentences with phrase «when congregations»

Research also has shown that even when congregations become more diverse, there is a greater turnover rate among members of smaller racial groups.

It is obscured when congregations of Christians are seduced by the spirit of secularism, so that the difference between the new life in Christ and the «lifestyles» of the world is no longer obvious.

When congregations are described as alternative service providers, they are pitted against secular agencies and even faith - based nonprofits.

There have been times in the history of Christianity when congregations were a learning environment where Christian faith was transmitted from one generation to the next through the depth of commitment of adults in the congregation.

When our congregations are not growing exponentially in membership or worship attendance, the district superintendent is called and a request for a pastoral change is made.

When congregations and communities sense that a leader will persist, then something shifts and the next steps are possible.

Solely during the worship service, when the congregation is gathered, then God is present in the church - building by His Holy Spirit.

When the congregation I serve initiated a prayer chain several years ago, its participants were amazed at the response: healing intercessions requested for all manner of illnesses and ailments — physical, emotional, 1 spiritual, societal.

When a congregation divides, a certain zeal for love can disappear forever.

Luther said the child is saved when the congregation «means» its baptism.

1,000 church leaders weigh in on how to investigate allegations and when the congregation should be told.

When a congregation has the least, it does the best?

When the congregation decided it needed room to expand, it wanted a design that would reflect its distinguished past and also create a stronger sense of unity.

Wonderful things can happen when a congregation realizes that many of its members have this gift and ministry.

Or when a congregation preserves a house of God, its interest is often on the second level, of utility.

Mitchell, pastor and founder of Atlanta's Urban Foursquare Church, knows the day is coming soon when his congregation most likely will have to abandon its home in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.

It's a great pity when a congregation does not shape its own place of worship, for a building can lead people into moods and practices that might be wrong for them.

When a congregation has done this work, it will want to invite visitors, and can prepare to guide them «back» into learning its history, theology and corporate personality, and «forward» into Christian life lived in one particular church community.

When a congregation has social networks in which intergenerational relationships are possible, parents are relieved of sole responsibility for the faith of their children.

When a congregation considers its own language neither interesting nor important it devalues its identity and thus its names for and before God.

Sadly, this «posture over position» approach is not always a reality for everyone, especially when a congregation rallies around their position on issues rather than the posture they take.

It would appear that Cardinal Murphy - O'Connor was absent when the congregation [of bishops] settled on Bishop Davies for Shrewsbury.

That concept was expanded audaciously in 1922 when the congregation decided to build a skyscraper, putting the sanctuary and church offices on the first two floors, commercial space on floors 3 to 24 (Clarence Darrow's office was once on the sixth floor) and the parsonage in the loft.

When the congregation was fully prepared to accept Jesus, assistants in the crowd would quietly pass out pledge cards, on which a convert had only to sign his name to a pledge to «follow Jesus» and to «live a Christian life.»

Or, as one minister said, «How can I preach justice for the poor and the oppressed when my congregation consists of mine owners and bankers?

The same thing seems to happen when a congregation is disappointed by a pastor.

When the congregation faltered in its own conclusions, she announced, «I will be your priest.»

The situation is different in the much rarer case when the congregation has no dominant group but is itself genuinely pluralistic.

These notions of the seminary surfaced when our congregation discussed the possibility of a seminary professor's becoming a part of our official «family» for a semester.

When the congregation must strain to see, frustration will overcome any inspiration it might receive from the dance.

When a congregation and its clergy decide to grant sanctuary to somebody, it is a conspicuous act of civil disobedience.

Not exact matches

When Caldwell became pastor at Windsor Village in 1982, the congregation had only 25 members, a number that has ballooned to 16,000.

Summary: «When a group of Burmese refugees join the congregation, the pastor of a failing Anglican church attempts to aid them by planting crops and enlisting the help of the community.»

When you arrive in your first congregation you must understand no one is interested in reading your senior year systematics summary, and a wise first - year pastor will keep his GPA to himself.

If you can not speak to what is right, when you know it is right, then you have no business as pastor to a congregation.

When a church puts its focus on spiritual subjectivity, or on moral living, or on performing works and rituals with a promise of certain results, the result is a congregation that never gains assurance in their salvation, and they will gradually drift away from God's truth.

If (and when) I believed that, I doubt I could have accepted having someone in ministry in my congregation that I believed was living a lie, accepting something sinful as a central part of their lives and identity.

Bernice had left the church in profound humiliation when, as a little girl, one of the more prominent ladies in the congregation insulted her in the local general store, but near the end of her life she had reconnected with the church of her childhood.

For when Father Freelance scratches his itch to show just how congregation - friendly he is by making what he imagines are nifty changes to the Mass text, he instantly sets up sonic dissonance for anyone with a reasonably well - tuned ear.

His congregation walked, no they ran away when he openly began to refute the Bible and denied that there is a literal place called Hell.

Even the various forms of theological activity can be redescribed in narrative terms, as when Newbigin writes of «the congregation as hermeneutic of the gospel»: interpretation of Scripture for Newbigin is not so much what a particular scholar writes as what a particular community of believers enacts.

They're adults now, but it's not clear if the alleged abuse took place when they were adults or children — the coverage of the third lawsuit makes frequent mention that the accuser was 14 when he joined the congregation, but not why that point is being emphasized.

When no person or team of persons provides leadership, communities and congregations are disabled.

Not much... he could've done the same thing by going in front of his congregation wearing flesh - colored underwear, sticking his tongue out, standing up on the baptistry and twerking... then crying foul when he gets fired... what this tells me is that we're all idiots for being so predictably drawn into these types of stories... this is shameless self - promotion, plain and simple... and he wins because we're dupes...

Even though in many instances denominational structures had not been formed when independence came, invariably there were networks of local congregations ready to become denominations.

When things do not line up this causes friction — usually between the leadership and the congregation they are trying to make fit a mold of Christian character.

He was surprised when many in the congregation responded with anger and frustration.

Although they say they do not intend for the minister to dictate his aims for the church, the thrust of Leading Congregational Change is that the pastor or transformational leader brings a vision that must be promoted, first to a chosen group of disciples, then to a «vision community,» and then — only when fully developed and plotted out — to the congregation.

Leviticus 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death.

When you are accepted into the congregation and community, then you're going to be more willing to go and worship and put your time towards the Lord.