Sentences with phrase «at evangelical churches»

Time in 1966 said that the postwar religious revival was over, just a few years before the explosion of attendance at evangelical churches.

Nearly four years after refugees from Pakistan began showing up at evangelical churches in Thailand, church members were overwhelmed.

Obama is a Christian and his actions as president are very much in line with the teaching of the new testament, yet I couldn't dare say that at my Evangelical church where the ACA has literally saved the life of our pastors child but here is so much hate for Obama it's down right scary.

In Berlin, where hundreds of Muslims have converted to Christianity at an evangelical church, its pastor acknowledges that some may have political motives behind their faith decisions.

If you've attend a church service at an evangelical church in the last year, you've likely encountered what has become a staple of Sunday mornings across the country: wood panelling, weathered looking pallets or shiplap behind the pulpit, accented by exposed, hanging light bulbs.

Dr Rev Sameh Hanna, associate pastor at the Evangelical Church in Cairo told Premier the «secret» to remaining joyful.

Recently, a pastor at an Evangelical church in New York City (we have them) told me about a young man in his congregation who had joined an online dating site.

For example, the three federal government nominees for the Ontario «west and south» committee include a former Conservative candidate and anti-abortion activist, a Crown attorney who is also a teaching pastor at an evangelical church and the current director of a local Conservative riding association.

Not exact matches

An evangelical caucus, formed early in the Assembly, issued programmatic recommendations to the policy committee, and, at the conclusion of the Assembly, released a letter to churches and fellow evangelicals regarding their experiences.

At St. Sepulchre's - which is now part of a network founded by evangelical church Holy Trinity Brompton - «music and musicians are at the heart» of its ministry, according to the church's websitAt St. Sepulchre's - which is now part of a network founded by evangelical church Holy Trinity Brompton - «music and musicians are at the heart» of its ministry, according to the church's websitat the heart» of its ministry, according to the church's website.

The scholar I have found most associated with the claim in more recent Evangelical literature is Anthony Hoekema, an irenic Reformed scholar to be sure, but one who nevertheless has said that «it has been the almost unanimous conviction of the mainline Protestant churches that these miraculous gifts ceased at the close of the Apostolic Age.»

At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's worlAt the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's worlat work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.

Among evangelicals who attend church regularly, only 31 per cent supported Donald Trump while those who rarely attend church, the evangelicals - in - name - only, favoured Trump at much higher rates.

The entire world knows, or at least the entire world that has reason to take notice knows, that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) got off to a rocky start.

In just about all my career, the historic churches have been in decline, their place being taken by «evangelical» churches which seem like nothing more than Tea Partiers at prayer.

Tim joined a wave of evangelicals commencing training for ordination in the Church of England and was ordained at St Paul's Cathedral in 2013.

«So at this point, traditional Mormons, evangelical Protestants and conservative Catholics have more in common with one another politically than they do with the more liberal elements within their respective churches.»

In some ways, Flanders is the embodiment of evangelical cultural stereotypes: He's extremely morally conservative, constantly references his faith, has a seemingly perfect family, is prone to cringe - inducing clichéd sayings and is a fixture at the local church.

In a session on Evangelicals and the Second Vatican Council at the ETS, one older man complained that «Catholics don't budge an inch on any doctrine» and that for Catholics «dialogue is just a way of gobbling up weaker churches, like an amoeba.»

At the same time, the Evangelical churches are growing rapidly.

Standing in front of his congregation at Ecclesia Church, a congregation he admits is different - more diverse, more urban - than many evangelical churches - Chris Seay encouraged them to do so something he said combines the ideas of sacrifice and devotion that mark the Lenten season, the 40 - day lead up to Easter.

Now at almost 600 comments, the one thing I hope for outside of the apologies that Julie (and others) so richly deserve is an end to the evangelical / pomo / dispensational / Calvinist / church - growth / emergent / author / leadership / Christian conference scene (pick one or more categories as YMMV).

Evangelical church at heart of interfaith and government efforts to provide relief and shelter.

Such was the tension that many evangelicals experienced at the forum, held at NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas, November 12 - 14.

But too often they direct their attack not at this great weakness of the church but at those who do have fervent beliefs leading to commitment and action, when these beliefs differ from the one's held by evangelicals.

Earlier this month, I moderated a panel at Fordham University's Orthodox Christian Studies Center on the nascent alliance between American Evangelicals and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Wesley was an evangelical in the sense that he undertook to supplement the activity of the Church of England with a program aimed at bringing the gospel to the masses of estranged people and helping them to transform their personal and social lives.

There is perhaps another movement among Evangelicals to force all people that are married - to - a-divorced partner out of church membership, or at least out of church leadership. . .

«Grace Community Church, an evangelical church of 6,000 worshipers just north of Indianapolis, reversed their position and came out in favor of women's leadership at all levels this weekend in their public worship services.&Church, an evangelical church of 6,000 worshipers just north of Indianapolis, reversed their position and came out in favor of women's leadership at all levels this weekend in their public worship services.&church of 6,000 worshipers just north of Indianapolis, reversed their position and came out in favor of women's leadership at all levels this weekend in their public worship services.»

The teaching that men are to be the «spiritual leaders» of their homes is found nowhere in Scripture, and yet I — along with far too many young evangelical women — spent hours upon hours fretting over this in college, worrying I'd never find a guy who was more knowledgeable about the Bible than I, who was always more emotionally connected to God than I, who was better at leading in the church than I, and who consistently exhibited more faithfulness and wisdom than I. (In fact, under this paradigm, I came to see many of my gifts as liabilities, impediments to settling down with a good «spiritual leader»!)

(CNN)-- Congregants at Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia, aren't just bowing their heads to pray, they are also ducking golf balls.

American Evangelicals, at least conservative Evangelicals, may genuinely admire the Russian Orthodox Church, and Putin too, for refusing to give in to the new progressive ascendancy.

When was the last time anyone gave a plenary address at a big Evangelical conference on the importance of infant baptism for the well - being of the church?

I generally write with an evangelical audience in mind, but as others have rightly noted, it's not just evangelical churches losing young adults, but also Catholic churches, Orthodox churches, and Mainline Protestant churches... sometimes at even higher rates.

Church often serves as little more than a social club, and the strong evangelical presence means that faith and politics get far too intertwined at times.

What a privilege to set out into the wilderness from among the Spanish oaks and the Guadalupe river, what a gift to be equipped for the journey by the saints of an old German town and the prayers of the earnest at the big evangelical church and the friendship and love of a few good people who loved Jesus and loved you.

CT's coverage of Christianity in Russia includes a deeper look at the 2016 anti-evangelism law, an essay on Russian evangelicals» support for Putin, and a 2011 interview with the head of external relations for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Others, like the majority of delegates at the recent Minneapolis Synod Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, oppose the amendment.

Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church «with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings.»

Mainline churches looking to retain and attract young people, particularly «homeless» evangelicals like myself, would do well to look to Missiongathering as a model, for, at least from my perspective, they have managed to combine all that is great about the mainline with all that is great about evangelicalism into one faith community.

I believe in my soul that the evangelical church missed an opportunity over at least two decades to be the Black Lives Matter movement.

I encourage you to look at the past resolutions of our Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, (ELCA.org).

Higgins, who is the director of worship and outreach at South City Church in St. Louis, issued a call to action, and at the very least, she sparked a much - needed discussion among evangelicals.

I titled this post «An Evangelical's Response to Homosexuality» because I get really tired of theologians and church leaders speaking at conferences on the topic of «The Evangelical Response to Homosexuality.»

But if you look at what God is doing in the evangelical orphan care movement, you will quickly discover that large churches are not the only churches that God is awakening to the orphan care mandate.

While a majority of the evangelicals who voted in 2016 supported Trump, there can be no doubt that his candidacy and campaign caused a sharp divide among Christian voters — if you need proof, just scroll through Facebook or Twitter or bring up the new president at church.

Best Reporting: Ruth Graham at the Boston Globe with «Can the evangelical church embrace gay couples?»

In addition to shaping Christian thought through his voluminous publications («Fundamentalism» and the Word of God, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, and A Quest for Godliness, to name only three of the most popular), he helped steer the flagship Evangelical magazine Christianity Today, spoke at countless Evangelical conferences and local churches, mentored hundreds of future pastors through his seminary teaching, and lent his name to the back covers of more Evangelical books than probably any other Christian endorser ever.

I have attneded Evangelical churches and other Evangelical meetings like Young Life back in the day, and the people there had absolutely no problem cheerfully consigning people to hell in the absence of any atheists or other critics at all.

Would foreign churches continue to recognize the official German Evangelical Church, represented ecumenically abroad at that time by Bishop Theodor Heckel, an outspoken apologist for the regime?