Sentences with phrase «as the church grew»

As the church grows, and becomes vibrant, it is perceived as a threat, especially if the dominant religion is aggressively anti- Christian.

I went on to speak of how, as the church grew and became a dominant force in society, the church and later the nation took some responsibility to protect the weak and powerless.

As the church grew and expanded, they wrestled with the question about who Jesus truly was.

As the church grew, Campe explains, half of the new congregants were former Catholics, so celebrating communion every Sunday seemed appropriate.

The large girder in the worship space and the fragile zigzag wall behind the stage allow for easy expansion as the church grows.

Later, as the Church grew, the work of instructing converts in the Christian «way» (as it was called) was entrusted to an accredited order of «teachers».

However, as the Church grew, the number of church leaders was far fewer than one in 12 of the population, as it was in Israel; and consequently the top church leaders grew very rich.

He conjectures why leaders of larger churches feel less comfortable using the word evangelical: «As a church grows, the core becomes surrounded by larger concentric circles that Rick Warren called the «crowd» and «community».

A conspiracy is unlikely but certainly as the church grew so did corruption within but, that was after the truth was set.

As the Church grew into form, so did the power of the Pope develop; and wherever the Pope has been renounced, decay and division have been the consequence.

First, as the church grows weaker it seems to tighten its demands on its theologians.

As the church grew in wealth and power, the Nestorian patriarchal office in Persia was coveted by many.

Not exact matches

Scientology TV will likely result in very little for the Church of Scientology except to mislead its parishioners into thinking that Scientology is growing and has surmounted decades of withering revelations about the corrupt and abusive practices of this «pay as you go» business that masquerades as a cChurch of Scientology except to mislead its parishioners into thinking that Scientology is growing and has surmounted decades of withering revelations about the corrupt and abusive practices of this «pay as you go» business that masquerades as a churchchurch.

While you find my church a problem and I yours as a heretical sect, it was good to see you grow to some extent.

Finally, it bears mentioning that while all adults (our parents included) truly do make it up as they go along, for better or worse, traversing our world as young adults can present to us positive opportunities — opportunities that allow us to shepherd and encourage others in our churches and communities, even the wee ones or our own children who desperately want to grow up.

They noted the «increasing departure from the basis of the WCC» — which they defined as primarily to restore unity to the Church — and cited «a growing departure from biblically based Christian understandings» of the Trinity, salvation, the gospel, the doctrine of human beings as created in the image of God, and the nature of the cChurch — and cited «a growing departure from biblically based Christian understandings» of the Trinity, salvation, the gospel, the doctrine of human beings as created in the image of God, and the nature of the churchchurch.

I see this as part of a growing trend in the western world that is getting fed up with the ignorant, pretentious, number - crunching church buildings that claim to be preaching gospel when they're either preaching a list of do's and don'ts or they're preaching what's in demand, and im not saying all churches are like that but a lot are.

I grew up «in the church»; walked away during my «brilliant college years»; came back as the result of becoming a chemical engineer and witnessing the total predictability of chemical reactions.

«The Hispanic community, however, is not immune from the nation's growing secularism, which concerns all religions, as church attendance seems less important to people,» Walsh continued, «and people move from religion to religion and declare themselves spiritual rather than religiously affiliated.»

I am 32 as well and grew up a faithful attender and very involved church participant and Christian.

The point is that if more people are admitting that they are Atheist then it is cool but, does that herald the end of the church... no and as we have been arguing a few threads up... the Faithful have continued to grow.

As a female pastor for 14 years I've been discouraged by the growing trend of 20 - 30's who are going in huge numbers to churches that do not allow female pastors.

But the LCMS» relationships with other churches have also been growing over the past few years as well.

As a former catholic who grew - up seeing that and who also has lived and visited countries where the Roman church prevails as the religion of the majoritAs a former catholic who grew - up seeing that and who also has lived and visited countries where the Roman church prevails as the religion of the majoritas the religion of the majority.

Growing up, in the 40's and 50's, as a Roman Catholic, at least in our diocese, no politician was allowed to shake hands with people within a certain distance of the church.

The relation to the Church has grown so odd, defined so sharply as the barrier to academic excellence, that Catholic schools can hardly bring themselves to say the word Church.

As i grew older i became more intellectually and scientifically driven and although i do still go to church when i can its more for me a place when i am having a bad day that is a refuge a place that i just feel at peace in probably because i grew up in a church was there every Sunday and every holy day of obligation with my parents it brings back peacful memories.

Luke tells us that as a boy he «grew in his wisdom» (Lk 2:52), but the Church has taught that this means «his human nature was instructed by his own divinity» (Jerome) or that while remaining divine «he made his own the progress of humans in wisdom and grace» (John of Damascus).

In any event, I was suprised when the church I was attending here in Ontario held a discussion on women in ministry as I sort grew up without the sort of restraints that I later learned were in place in some denominations within Canada and in far more within the US.

I am sure my list of church economic principles will grow as I grow and mature, but over the next several weeks I will share my current thinking on managing finances in the church.

Among those who have been absent are members who grew up steeped in Mormonism, faithfully served as missionaries and have families still active in the church.

Just as at last summer's Lambeth conference (the decennial meeting of the world's Anglican bishops), there was a strongly expressed desire to grow closer together as a global communion, to become a genuine church marked by common confession and discernment, rather than a mere federation of autonomous local bodies.

Bishop Michael said his appointment as the first African - American leader of Episcopalians was «a sign of our church growing more deeply in the spirit of God and in the movement of God's spirit in our world.

I was asked the other day by a copier salesman (who was calling the church to sell me paper), «What was it like growing up as the son of Joel Hunter»?

The LDS Church is growing in Africa as well as in other countries throughout the world.

I grew up in a bully pulpit church and no one ever referred to the pastor as anything other than «Pastor» in person or «The Pastor» in the 3rd person.

I've heard today's popular strategies to «grow» a church create a «visible» church (large numbers etc.), but does this mean such churches can be considered an «invisible» church, as in a community that is the church in ways that are not visibly discernable (loving as Jesus loves, servanthood, salvation, etc).

As they grow up with the church as a part of their everyday lives, I want it to be a blessinAs they grow up with the church as a part of their everyday lives, I want it to be a blessinas a part of their everyday lives, I want it to be a blessing.

Funny how such a simple concept as that makes more sense than the borderline insidious strategies churches use to supposedly get people saved (or grow more lavish buildings).

Because a church maybe experiecing that does nt mean they are not a witness, just as a church that is not growing maybe in the same boat of which you speak.

As one who also grew up in a Calvinist church I remember that my young mind was so impressed with the notion that the reformed family of three Afrikaans reformed churches were the only ones «saved».

[4] As we engage in the spiritual disciplines of Bible reading, praying, attending church, tithing, evangelism, etc., we naturally grow stronger in the Lord and His might is able to work in and through us more easily.

Dave Roberts visits Abundant Life, Bradford, to discover the DNA of one of Britain's fastest growing churches and why they want common sense as much as... More

As Rebecca's faith grew, Shawn started to read the Bible for himself and ended up in tears, praying the «sinner's prayer» at a Bible study group in his local church.

From the «20s to the «50s the churches that Roof and McKinney designate as liberal did not grow at all, and their proportion of the total population was falling.

Dave Roberts visits Abundant Life, Bradford, to discover the DNA of one of Britain's fastest growing churches and why they want common sense as much as they want miracles.

The church is located in a conservative part of the country (in a town that serves as the national headquarters for the Church of God and home to one of the largest Pentecostal universities in the country), so it attracts a lot of people who grew up Southern Baptist or Pentecostal or non-denominatchurch is located in a conservative part of the country (in a town that serves as the national headquarters for the Church of God and home to one of the largest Pentecostal universities in the country), so it attracts a lot of people who grew up Southern Baptist or Pentecostal or non-denominatChurch of God and home to one of the largest Pentecostal universities in the country), so it attracts a lot of people who grew up Southern Baptist or Pentecostal or non-denominational.

So let me encourage you... if you find a rapidly growing unrest with church as it has always been done, this unrest may come from Jesus.

I used to be catholic I believed in God as a kid but when I grew older I turned my back on God have not even been to church in 5 to 6 years now could this be a sign or is it a allusion I am making into a big deal which really ai nt that big of a deal maybe I gone insane I don't know I don't want to sound like I'm bragging to seek attention for this which I am not I am simply just looking for some insight on why this has occurred to me.

But as the praise for social media grew, I had to ask, «In your surveys, did you include weekly church collections?»