Sentences with phrase «about elders in a church»

However, this topic isn't about elders in a church.

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I worked in a small church in Kansas once, and after about 3 months I figured out that all the real major decisions, including if the pastor got paid that week, were not made by the elders, the board or congregational vote.

He doesn't want to be questioned about his church because once he is in the White House he does not want anyone to know that his church elder will be running the country.

Planning the church budget in this way really makes church leaders and elders think twice about where they spend their money, and whether or not it is really necessary to pave the parking lot or upgrade the sound system.

About a year ago one of the family members of the main «church bully» put there arm around an elder and told them in a threatening way «I'll take care of you» when they had a disagreement.

She was excommunicated just for asking questions of the elders about a woman's role in the church.

And whatever «form» of church one attends (small group, house, small local body, mega-church) has some form of leadership (some good, some not - sThe biblical issue isn't, in my opinion, about whether women can teach in a church — it is the issue of qualifications for elders.

I also have questions about a definition of the church that assumes that the local pastor places it «foremost in his life» while for «the most dedicated elder, deacon, or trustee — with rare exception» — it has, at best, third priority.

But after a crazy week (in which I was accused of «libel» by WORLD magazine of all places), Driscoll issued a response that suggests the elders of Mars Hill Church heard our requests and spoke with Mark about the carelessness of his words.

Again as in the case of the elders, this direction is antecedently likely because of what we gather from our most primitive sources about the organization of the Jerusalem church.