Sentences with phrase «as a congregation»

The only plausible way for a college or university to be significantly Christian is for it to function as a congregation in active communion within a church.

Area in front of seats is also used as a congregation point, add to that the most uncomfortable seats ever.

We read of churches in which fresh herbs were spread on the floor, their scent rising as the congregation walked about before, during and after the service.

The minister who receives and shares the authentic signals of life as the congregation knows it will have a sense of humor.

They, at least not as a congregation, were ready to explore your path.

The reaction of black pastors to the president's support for gay marriage has been as varied as their congregations, ranging from condemnation to congratulations.

If our time as a congregation was almost over, I don't think we'd have much trouble getting inactive or barely active members and friends to join us.

We believe the importance of singing together as a family is the main precursor to actually singing together as a congregation.

Inasmuch as congregations are constituted by a practice that is inherently self - critical, theological schooling attending to congregations must deal with both the topic of what the norms are for that critique and with the truth of the practice.

Shaped by intuition, imagination and memory, imagery — sometimes recurring, such as congregations of people — emerges through an intuitive dance.

Before King Jimmy Bridge collapsed, the tunnels served as congregation spots for young people, where discussions ensued about their current predicaments and about the plight of the youthman in a country where high rates of youth unemployment have forced a generation into marginal and irregular income - generating activities.

Just as a congregation may be seen as a set of social practices, so a theological school is best seen in its concrete particularity if it too is taken as a set of social practices.

unless there is an enabler: someone with time and opportunity to move around town and talk to numbers of persons; someone with a pulpit from which questions can be raised; someone with a constituency, such as a congregation, in which concerned people can be found.

One thing that I think is lacking in the contemporary evangelical church is any kind of ecclesiology that identifies the church as a congregation of sinners who need the cross.

Tell me that baptism is insipid, outdated and irrelevant; then go with me to the sandy bank of a dark, deep river in low - country South Carolina where a black Baptist preacher in a white robe baptizes nearly every Sunday afternoon, and watch him plunge those new brothers and sisters three times each into the deep as the congregation sings «I've Been Through the Waters.»

The First Steps are intended to save you time and resources as your congregation takes steps towards launching a Marriage Ministry.

God is making us stronger, purer, and more mature as a congregation.»

The liturgical reforms, as they evolved in our country, had the effect of putting ourselves» the presider, as well as the congregation» at the center of liturgy, pushing God enthusiastically out of the way.

UPDATE (Sept. 4): Willow Creek Presbyterian Church in Winter Springs, Florida, (unrelated to Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois) has hired Tullian Tchividjian as that congregation's director of ministry development.

As long as a congregation seems to surmount its problems of social interaction, it is easy to forget its congregational aspects and to view its members as free agents who spontaneously collaborate to practice high Christian precepts.

In Philadelphia, the artists of the Church Studios thrive in Sunday school rooms converted into studios at the Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church, bringing new life to a facility that had fallen out of use as the congregation dwindled.

The use of the Bible as a guide to faith for a congregation is a lifelong learning process that can be practiced every time members gather as a congregation.

As the congregation grows larger and more diverse and less like a family, such open confession becomes rarer and harder.

Augusta, GA About Blog The Purpose Statement for Westminster is, «To please God as we worship Him, make disciples of Jesus Christ locally and world - wide, equip believers for ministry in the church and the world, and practice biblical relationships as a congregation.»

«[Christians] have learned that a church building is not the same as a congregation of believers,» wrote Zhang Yuan, a columnist for the Christian Times newspaper in mainland China.

I used to cling to those kinds of promises because the pain we were experiencing as a congregation is so intense.

As guest speaker, I am greeted by a handful of persons as the congregation files out of the glen.

Faith communities are rediscovering the theology of hospitality As congregations change, many have been forced to reclaim this wisdom as old as Abraham.

One Sabbath service as the congregation in Newbury listened to the sermon of their pastor, the door burst open and in walked a young woman stark naked.

As congregations first come into being, Hopewell argued, they construct a narrative that accounts for their nascent identity.

Most are small and neighborly, with the pastor living in the same block as his congregation.

The form their prayer takes is as different as the congregations themselves: centering, contemplative, meditative, while knitting shawls or building Habitat houses, in worship, in homes and small groups, in closets, alone and with others.

As the choir sang «Amen» I went to the door of the sanctuary, and as the congregation began to file out I prayed, «Lord, let now your servant depart in peace; for my eyes have seen your salvation.»

In churches, the much - abused term «church renewal» becomes an experienced reality as congregations commit themselves to corporate ministries of mutual growth.

That's probably because, even though we are very comfortable with our Pentecostal identity as a congregation, we don't wear it (or our denominational badge) on our lapels.

As a congregation discovers the healing power of caring and sharing, the need of its people to keep up «marital fronts» diminishes.

The Word of God comes alive as a congregation hears the Word in worship and preaching, learns what the Word is about through study, and discovers what the Word means as it is experienced through life in a fellowship of Christians.

Most evangelicals commune almost as seldom as the congregation of a medieval cathedral.

The difference for Pentecostals is that the ritual pattern can be interrupted at any point as the congregation seeks to respond to the Spirit's presence.

To everyone's surprise, this rapidly became a global movement as congregations from York to the Lake District had their imaginations reignited by the Spirit and created new ways to worship, make disciples and influence their neighbours.

The beliefs and practices of the Plymouth Brethren are attracting close scrutiny as a congregation fights... More