Sentences with phrase «about a church leader»

While I think Viola is mostly talking about churches that aren't necessarily abusive, my experience was that you're even more likely to be boiled in oil if you dare to speak out about church leaders who engage in bullying and / or abuse.

As a Catholic, I grow more angry every day about these church leaders who are so stuck in a distorted world view that they alienate followers, and in extreme cases, irreparably harm them.

This division of labor in the home is reflected in a similar way of thinking about church programs and in attitudes about church leaders.

It's about a church leader telling his congregation that his father has died in a plane crash.

This is third and final installment on things about church leaders and church planters can learn from Will Smith.

Not exact matches

My one fear about coming out as a pastor with gay leaders is that folks will assume I have an agenda to make all churches like mine.

When we complain about the Church, her leaders and her members we are demonstrating not only a misunderstanding of what a church is, but also a disrespect for Who the ChurChurch, her leaders and her members we are demonstrating not only a misunderstanding of what a church is, but also a disrespect for Who the Churchurch is, but also a disrespect for Who the ChurchChurch is.

... I'm still amazed at how people could tell me that the cruel treatment I received from church leaders & members was somehow God - inspired and ordained, and was done for my own good (God told people to spread lies about me for my own good?

In 2016, we at RELEVANT posted hundreds of articles on everything from current events to interviews with church leaders to listicles about relationships.

Even Jews who disagree with Church teachings about any given issue will benefit from a closer working relationship between the Church and Jewish leaders from the broadest possible spectrum of ideologies and denominations.

HEY NICK WAKE UP, I WAS IN THE MORMON CHURCH FOR 36 YEARS, and when i went to the BISHOP AND STAKE PRESIDENT, He Was his words» I do nt process to know much about the curse of Cain, nor do i need to know», OR TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE, THis Nick comes from my former Bishop,» i wont allow now or in the future QUESTIONS TO LEAD ME ASTRAY» IAM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP, YOU DO NT QUESTION MORMON LEADERS, FOLLOW AND KEEP YOUR EYEE SHUT

There is much to be said about Beth's influence in the Church that I believe male and female leaders need....

Try learning about what we actually believe in, what the Bible actually says, and not what a church leader has told you.

White pastors and white evangelical leaders must speak prophetically about racism and help intentionally build church communities that more closely resemble the kingdom of God of Revelation 5 and 7.

According to the Daily Mail, Russian Orthodox Church leaders contacted cartoon channel 2x2 to complain about the episode.

Thinking about cancelling the church service is terrifying to most church leaders because we depend on the people to fill the pews and pay the bills, one of which is our own salary.

A simple way for church leaders to show that homosexuality is not shameful is by publicly inviting gay or same - sex attracted people to be open about it, and to assure them of a warm welcome and true acceptance if they are.

«Our test to see if a similar story would be written about others» religion is to substitute «Jew» or «Jewish,»» Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul wrote in objection to a Washington Post article last fall about the candidate's role as a church leader in Boston.

But I would encourage church leaders eager to win millennials back to sit down and really talk with them about what they're looking for and what they would like to contribute to a faith community.

Would you do anything about training to get the church leaders of the future ready for an emerging Cchurch leaders of the future ready for an emerging ChurchChurch?

Apparently, you get Thom Rainer to write a book about it, and get 23 prominent church leaders and seminary presidents to endorse the book, and then price the book in such a way so that scared church leaders all over the country will buy hundreds of copies of the book so they can hand it out to all the people in their «Church Membership» clchurch leaders and seminary presidents to endorse the book, and then price the book in such a way so that scared church leaders all over the country will buy hundreds of copies of the book so they can hand it out to all the people in their «Church Membership» clchurch leaders all over the country will buy hundreds of copies of the book so they can hand it out to all the people in their «Church Membership» clChurch Membership» classes.

He had advocated for the church to allow gay and lesbian leaders, campaigned against California's same - sex marriage ban and disputed deeply held church doctrines about the End Times.

It is like Bill Gothard talking about «umbrellas of protection» to shield from harm those within your realm of authority (e.g., church / ministry leaders over flocks, fathers over wives and families and single adult daughters).

Pastor Carl Lentz, leader of Hillsong Church New York, has opened up about the night he baptised pop - star Justin Bieber.

We are both seminary students looking toward pastoral ministry, and have a lot of questions about how to be leaders in the church without abusing it with our demons.

Of course it would be naïve to assume that sitting down with ISIS terrorists would produce a quick change of heart, but a fearless, coherent defence of orthodox Christian belief about the human person, human love and thus human society is essential and is, at present, generally lacking even among church leaders.

Perhaps the most annoying assumption mainline church leaders seem to make about millennials is that we require a dumbed - down, inoffensive, and unobtrusive faith.

But now that same - sex marriage is considered legal, the church's leaders wanted to clarify that a marriage license cures nothing about the relationship.

And it is a dismissive, hurtful way to speak about women, who Piper seems to have forgotten were also created in the image of God, were appointed by God as leaders at critical times in the history of Israel and the Church, and were the first to whom Jesus appeared when he inaugurated his new Kingdom on Resurrection Day.

The teaching that men are to be the «spiritual leaders» of their homes is found nowhere in Scripture, and yet I — along with far too many young evangelical women — spent hours upon hours fretting over this in college, worrying I'd never find a guy who was more knowledgeable about the Bible than I, who was always more emotionally connected to God than I, who was better at leading in the church than I, and who consistently exhibited more faithfulness and wisdom than I. (In fact, under this paradigm, I came to see many of my gifts as liabilities, impediments to settling down with a good «spiritual leader»!)

«In any battle, you've got to be clued up about what you're doing,» explains Lindsay, when I catch up with him a week later to talk in more depth, «so I think we need to train churches — church leaders, youth pastors — anyone engaging with youth culture, about what is actually going on... We can't be naïve about this stuff.»

We've got a variety of well - known theologians, biblical scholars, musicians and church leaders scheduled, as well as interesting people eager to share about their faith, lifestyle, interests, stories, and areas of expertise.

''...» or to exercise authority over a man;»» ------------- No, I read that, but Paul is talking about Elders — leaders of the church.

This is the third post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

We learned in a previous post about the Canonization of Scripture, that in 397 AD, some of the church leaders decided which books to include in the New Testament.

On a visit to the UK for the Pioneer Church Leaders Conference in early 1996, they heard about the Pioneer «Partnership» structure and decided to use the model.

A mormon friend of mine told me that Romney dontated about 30 hours per week for the 5 years he was the pastor of his church and another 30 hours per week for nine years as the pastors regional leader.

There the church was Latin - speaking and produced great writers and leaders such as Tertullian (c.160 - c. 225), who was brought up in Carthage, and Cyprian (d. 258), who was a pagan orator who was converted to Christianity in about 246 and who, two years later, was elected Bishop of Carthage.

To them, church leaders and ministers rank at about the same low level of esteem as the «suits» where they work, the management types who are clueless about what actually goes on in the lab.

In the last church I went you when a leader claimed she was being prophetic and doing what God does, I challenged her about being insulting, practicing false prophecy and using God's name in vain in her sexist approach.

Some are essays about being a woman and others are persuasive arguments.Some of them are written by church leaders, one is written by a best - selling tv - writer.

Church leaders have long struggled talking about sex, much less pornography.

So far in this study, we've learned about the history of the Asian church, discussed contextualization, and considered some of the unique ways Asian church leaders are presenting the gospel so that it will be received within their own cultural context.

This is the sixth post of our weeklong series, Into the Light: A Series on Abuse and the Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to Church, which features the stories of abuse survivors, along with insights from professional counselors, legal experts, and church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to church leaders about how to better prepare Christians to prevent and respond to abuse.

Despite having one foot in Generation X, I tend to identify most strongly with the attitudes and the ethos of the millennial generation, and because of this, I'm often asked to speak to my fellow evangelical leaders about why millennials are leaving the church.

You will learn more about young adults, understand some of the many reasons they leave the church and often stay away, network with other leaders in your area and walk away with some do - able next steps and encouragement for your ministry.

«In my own experience, I've seen men deposed from ministry, and then a month later I've inquired about them and other church leaders have no idea where they are,» Labby told CT..

At the outset of the Cape Town Congress, C. F. Beyers Naudé, doyen of church leaders in the struggle against apartheid, reminded us that Bonhoeffer would not have wanted us to ask about his relevance, but about the significance of Jesus Christ.

I am fully aware of what being saved is because I have done it in churches and with about 10 different protestant leaders.

They have questions they are desperate to ask their church leaders or friends, but somehow feel they can't; questions about its reliability, its nature and its morality especially around episodes such as those where God ordered the Israelites to obliterate their enemies.