Sentences with phrase «as pastors on»

More simply, we tend to measure our effectiveness as pastors on the three B's: buildings, bodies and budget.

Each of us was installed as a pastor on Good Shepherd Sunday in April 1961, he at St. John the Evangelist Lutheran Church in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, and I across the East River at Trinity Lutheran Church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Early in Sunday's 9:15 a.m. service, Executive Pastor Shane Duffey announced that Noble had been removed as pastor on July 1... after Noble «had made unfortunate choices,» and that the board members had confronted Noble on numerous occasions regarding his use of alcohol.

Not exact matches

It is not clear when Abbott and the pastors spoke, but on Monday, time ran out for the House to advance House Bill 2899, a bill that some hoped would serve as an alternative to the Senate's «bathroom bill.»

I doubt that in a local church in your area this Sunday you'll hear a pastor or a theologian share on the beauty of dancing as a spiritual offering of love to God.

In 2006, he stepped down from the pulpit as senior pastor but continued to preach and to sit on the church board.

------- Oh, Alice, there no doubt, many pastors you would define as displaying the fruit of the Spirit, but if you knew what is going on behind the the doors, you would declare them not annointed of God in spite of what looks like fruit.

Many conservative pastors have accused Bell of misrepresenting the Bible's teachings on heaven and hell, with some going as far as calling him a heretic.

Everything for me as a pastor is about creating environments for the Holy Spirit to move people along in their journey so that they become dependent on the life of God and not the organization of the church.

As a pastor, a blogger, a speaker and having a small but growing reputation as someone that loves justice and advocates on issues of justice, I realised on a personal basis that I had grown more in love with the idea of justice than actually living justlAs a pastor, a blogger, a speaker and having a small but growing reputation as someone that loves justice and advocates on issues of justice, I realised on a personal basis that I had grown more in love with the idea of justice than actually living justlas someone that loves justice and advocates on issues of justice, I realised on a personal basis that I had grown more in love with the idea of justice than actually living justly.

Today the pastor and renowned author posted some interesting reflections on the connections and tensions between worship and social justice, using a story involving the man who betrayed Jesus to unto death as an example, on Twitter.

When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.

I feel I can comment on the effect of the naked pastor's blog on me, and whether pastors can and should say these things in general, but as for whether or not it beneficial for the church members of his church, surely it is only for them to say, and perhaps not online..?

But wondering if that would work out they decided to push on churches to spread and depute pastors to travel to those countries for preaching and converting masses to bring those countries in to division among them selves for easier penetration in the name of saving Christian believers or generate hate and fights among them as with the operation that Egypt recently had and accused Muslims for it just to bring Egypt in to division for in the end to call for separation of the country in to more than one as one Islamic and one Christian just as being planed for Sudan North and South!?

And of course the whole point is not to share with others what isn't real or true for you, a point that is not lost on super pastor Rob as we return to the dilemma of living an honest faith when you become the latest pastor in demand.

Pastor Mark is very loud and outspoken about our need to repent and accept Jesus Christ's death on the cross as our payment for our sins.

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People also don't want to obey God's leading in their life, and get offended when their pastor calls on them to do what they agreed to as part of the covenant of God and surrender their life.

As a pastor in New York City, I address any number of cultural issues and concerns on a weekly basis.

In some recently published research on American pastors losing their faith, none talked of missing God as a person.

Organizational and interpersonal issues, rather than doctrinal differences or hot - button issues such as homosexuality, were the most likely to motivate pastors to move on.

As they reflected on this finding, Hoge and Wenger «came to believe that the conflicts most often experienced by our participants are ones that could probably be resolved and in the process offer growth experiences for both pastor and congregation.»

A bright young student raised in a tradition of conservative Evangelical pietism, Mouw recalls that his pastors «often viewed the intellectual life against the background of a cosmic spiritual battle in which the human intellect, especially as it aligns itself with the cause of the academy, is inevitably on the wrong side of the struggle.»

Afterwards we talked with our friend about this, and he said the pastor was even more of a bully when not on the platform, as we noted in what he said to us when we left church.

New York pastor A.R. Bernard has announced on social media that he has stood down from his position as an advisor to Donald Trump.

The meeting lasted three hours and touched on matters ranging from terrorism and education to human rights, according to Johnnie Moore, a California pastor and public affairs executive who attended and served as a spokesman for Trump's ad hoc board.

As the board prepared to vote on the proposal, it was shocked to hear the pastor, who tended to say little at meetings, announce, «You should not vote on this.»

As far as the jackass Chhristian pastors go, I sure wish people would up and leave those jerks for authentic Christianity, where the works of Christ are focused on and not the works of Joe and Mary PewsitteAs far as the jackass Chhristian pastors go, I sure wish people would up and leave those jerks for authentic Christianity, where the works of Christ are focused on and not the works of Joe and Mary Pewsitteas the jackass Chhristian pastors go, I sure wish people would up and leave those jerks for authentic Christianity, where the works of Christ are focused on and not the works of Joe and Mary Pewsitter.

But according to Garlow, the senior pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California, the conviction that «our nation, economically and morally, is in such a condition that America as we have known it for its 200 - plus years is on the verge of disappearing» was enough of an impetus to break the rules.

A pastor outside Dallas has launched a drive - in church that operates along the same lines as a drive - in movie theater: Congregants stay in their vehicles and tune in to the sermon on their car radios.

Moreover, it was specifically affirmed on behalf of the drafters of Pastor aeternus that the phrases ex cathedra does not extend to any and every example of public teaching by the pope (this was to exclude St Robert Bellarmine's exaggerated notion that the pope is always infallible except when speaking as a private doctor).

As for the Pastor's former employers — shame on those narrow - minded fools!!

As happy as I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loveAs happy as I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loveas I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loved.

Then the same pastors suggested that we know what caused the attack and why we deserved it: either we, as a country, had failed to rid the world of poverty or, on the other side of the political ledger, we had tolerated lax moral standards.

I commend the pastor for his moral conviction but the majority of blacks are incapable of voting on any other issue but race... its genetic... Obama could say he is an ax murderer and they still will find a way to justify their vote for him... another words Obama sees the black vote as in the bag and he is right... most of them are incapable of critical thinkng

As a pastor, you learn a lot about what is going on in your parishioners lives while shaking hands — much of it mundane, but some of it momentous as welAs a pastor, you learn a lot about what is going on in your parishioners lives while shaking hands — much of it mundane, but some of it momentous as welas well.

I suspect that Mr Bell (as he is not a Pastor if he's an atheist) plans on returning as the prodigal son and enjoying the fatted calf.

They too insisted on a thorough education for the minister, whose task it was to function in a community as a teacher as well as a pastor.

Congregationalists conceived of their task as bringing the gospel and education to the masses; so they insisted on sending only fully educated pastors who represented not only the gospel but also the best in Christian civilization.

I know a pastor right now who has blatantly told me on numerous occasions that the only reason he is a pastor is because he has no other skills, and could not make as money as he is now in the pastorate.

This could be one of the reasons for why pastors have deep personal friendships — the spirituality of Protestant ecclesiology largely sees personal / dyadic friendships as preferrential — and for years upon years, spirituality focused on sermons, quiet times, Bible studies, etc. in the church.

In the 1950s, as books from Carl Rogers came on the scene, serious - minded pastors and theological students devoured his Client - Centered Therapy and learned from it some crucial lessons.

The reason for pastors losing touch is that their Gospel is out of touch with the present, as it's so focused on the future.

Most of the pastors with whom I have any contact see abortion as okay, homosexuality as just another lifestyle choice, and so on.

As soon as the congregation call's a new pastor (which should be very soon), I'll focus on my new calling as a career counselor, workshop facilitator, writer and blogger (just launched–www.afterthepulpit.coAs soon as the congregation call's a new pastor (which should be very soon), I'll focus on my new calling as a career counselor, workshop facilitator, writer and blogger (just launched–www.afterthepulpit.coas the congregation call's a new pastor (which should be very soon), I'll focus on my new calling as a career counselor, workshop facilitator, writer and blogger (just launched–www.afterthepulpit.coas a career counselor, workshop facilitator, writer and blogger (just launched–www.afterthepulpit.com)

On another note, how can one measure the significance of a community - wide event where churches and pastors come together in unity to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord?

Based on what I have seen out there, frankly, I find it very suspicious that these former pastors are finding «success» as salespeople.

A few years ago, when I was serving as a preaching pastor at NYC's Redeemer Presbyterian Church, I gave a sermon on racial diversity.

Wendy Guarisco also criticized Long for portraying himself as «David,» when his accusers are taking on such a powerful pastor.

Jackson served on staff of University Christian Church (UCC) in Cincinnati for nearly 19 years, and served as the congregation's Lead Pastor from 1996 - 2013.