Sentences with phrase «as a congregation point»

Not exact matches

If you pointed at individual church congregations, that would be one thing, but to paint, as you do, most of the church that way is dishonest.

Bonhoeffer was also involved with those who drafted documents that could serve as the basis for a new order of government after the coup, and he composed a pronouncement pointing toward reorganization of the Protestant church, which could be used in congregations at the conclusion of the war.

Even while preaching absolute truth, propositions, sin, and hell, Keller will quote the Apostle Paul in the same breath as a quote from Bono, and all to make a point meaningful to his congregation, not to win cool points.

As Charles Wood points out in Vision and Discernment, [4] inquiry always involves both capacities for «envisioning» (making synoptic judgments) and capacities for «discernment» are exercised directly in regard to concrete practices of Christian congregations.

The point I wish to make here is that the guide as administrator must be very intentional about structuring the life of the congregation beyond the Sunday morning worship service.

The bi-vocational pastorate may serve as a better model for congregational mission than the «two - point parish model» by which one pastor serves two congregations.

... The Christian Right should consider several points after President Obama's RE-ELECTION VICTORY: look at the Affordable Health Care Act and be pleased with the benefits for their congregation members as well as for ALL AMERICANS. . . . .

A way to make this point is to exploit two metaphors: We could think of questions about the communal identities and common life of diverse Christian congregations as the lens through which inquiry about all the various subject matters studied in a theological school could be focused and unified.

Former UUA president John Buehrens, who completed eight years in office this year, pointed to some trends that contribute to the drifting away of members as well as to the replenishment of congregations.

In Fr Nesbitt's article «The Christ - Centred Vision of Creation», in last November's issue, he pointed out that Newman «found the Scotist perspective to be truest to the Greek Fathers he studied so closely» -LCB- Discourses to Mixed Congregations 32,1 - 2, and 358), and that in The Development of Christian Doctrine Newman says that «the Incarnation «establishes in the very idea of Christianity the sacramental principle as its characteristic» because: «It is our Lord's intention in the Incarnation to make us what He is Himself.»

Those who voice this charge look upon the traditional procedure of stating the thesis and dividing it into points as straightforward, «coming right out with it», while induction is sneaking up on the congregation and slipping in your biblical material when they are not looking.

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.

As R. T. Gribbon points out, «We assume that congregational leadership is most commonly drawn from those to whom «belonging» in the congregation is most important; those persons understandably have difficulty understanding those church participants for whom «belonging» and church - related activity is of little importance» (When People Seek the Church [Alban Institute, 1982], p. 14).

A.E. Medlycott points out that the value of the report of Theophilus is its evidence that by the middle of the fourth century India or its adjacent territories had indigenous, worshipping congregations ministered to by local clergy, with customs such as sitting for the Gospel, that were well adapted to the Indian culture though divergent from accepted western practice.

But, as Hopewell points out, worship in Jesus» name draws a sharp line between the congregation enacting that worship and «all bonds of compatriotism.»

The point is that each of these is a different way in which congregations» social space may be structured as a concrete, if relatively small, political and moral reality.

Rather, he prefers to let his congregation submit questions, topics and issues they're interested in, and then he goes through them and uses those as the point of his weekly message.

At another point in the Catholic mass, the entire congregation thinks silent prayers and believes that their god reads their mind or «hears their prayers» as they call it.

He pointed the church men and women toward the upper echelons of their denominations as places to begin their funding drive, at the same time insisting that they also set up a dues - paving system for area congregations that would cost each, depending upon size, from $ 500 to $ 3,000 a year.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

As individuals demonstrated their ability to administer such matters, they would more and more be relied on; but the congregation as a whole would be expected to determine policy at every point and often, no doubt, would be called on to make ad hoc decisions in questionable caseAs individuals demonstrated their ability to administer such matters, they would more and more be relied on; but the congregation as a whole would be expected to determine policy at every point and often, no doubt, would be called on to make ad hoc decisions in questionable caseas a whole would be expected to determine policy at every point and often, no doubt, would be called on to make ad hoc decisions in questionable cases.

The project takes William Morris» eponymous 1884 text on the re-imagining of the factory, and Colin Ward's response in The Factory We Never Had (1994), as points of departure for reflexively examining contemporary sites of production, education and social space, and the intersections between industry and leisure, performance and congregation.

Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light, serving MD • DC • NoVA, is committed to serving as a meeting point for congregations undertaking solar projects, and to ensure that each project benefits from the experience and lessons learned of all of those that came before.

Served as the first point liaison for the Senior Pastor between a congregation of 2,000 members as well as the staff and the community.