Sentences with phrase «basis by the congregation»

To the extent that the sins of the congregation is tolerated or not is a matter to be dealt with on an individual basis by the congregation and the pastor.

Not exact matches

Ross sees the low liturgies of many evangelical congregations as based on the idea that you can emphasize liturgical order or the regeneration brought about by the Holy Spirit, but not both.

IOW, that seven day mission work your US - based church does, requires 21 months of work by the local congregation, fixing things that were broken by that US - based church's trip.

Each reader, whose technology is run by the London - based fintech company SumUp, needs a «merchant», most likely a Church worker, to input each transaction, and a probable scenario will see members of the congregation walking past a manned device as they enter or leave a service or event.

In our local congregations and within our denominations we would be on shaky ground if we based every decision on whether or not sensibilities in the group would be insulted by our conclusions.

Conducted by the Minneapolis - based Search Institute and funded by the Lilly Endowment, the study surveyed 11,122 people in 561 congregations in six denominations: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Southern Baptist Convention; United Church of Christ; and United Methodist Church.

Homogeneity may be inevitable and perhaps even desirable for the faith - based nonprofits already in the service - provider mold, but Wuthnow joins the chorus of those warning congregations to «jealously guard their freedom» by being «wary of government support.»

Congregational leaders will be significantly affected by the manner in which this issue is framed, since policymakers and activists make decisions based on what they think congregations can do.

The pastor's need for a metaphor for ministry which provides a sense of meaning through all the personal crises of passing decades as well as the continual need to balance the demands of the congregation with maintaining the integrity of the «call» can be met by the New Testament based metaphor for ministry as being a «prophetic guide to maturing in the Christian life.

By being hospital based, it did not begin with the local community and the Christian congregation and return there.

None of them will discuss the erosion of our tax base by fictitious «religious» institutions or houses of worship that have tiny congregations and receive tax exemptions.

While New York politicians generally love to condemn anti-LGBTQ bigots out of the state and champion boycotts of states like North Carolina with anti-LGBTQ laws, some are clearly reluctant to oppose Diaz because of his base in his Pentecostal congregation and his backing by the Bronx County Democratic machine that also made his son, the more moderate Ruben Diaz, Jr., borough president.

Presenting the plan were leaders of the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, a faith - based organization that has developed large numbers of low - income homes in impoverished parts of the borough through its local chapter, East Brooklyn Congregations — and which has demanded Shola Olatoye, the NYCHA chair appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, step down.

The film is based on the true story of Pearson who after a life - changing experience challenges the faith of his congregation by preaching about universal salvation.

The film focuses on the Herculean efforts of pastor Jay Reinke, who has turned his church into a makeshift home base for the new arrivals — to the chagrin of the facility's neighbours, who are skeptical about the men's scruffy appearance and possible criminal backgrounds, and the open hostility of the town newspaper, which wages war on Reinke's new congregation by publishing a list of former sex offenders harboured in the church as well as in the pastor's own home.

Nestled on the north side of Cincinnati, the financially strapped Eden Grove is owned by Pillar of Fire International, a six - congregation evangelical church organization based in Zarephath, New Jersey.

NEH funds are supporting 253 humanities projects across the United States, among them, «a video - based web platform allowing scholars to publish papers in sign language, and a new tool that uses digital analysis of architectural floor plans to show how Frank Lloyd Wright's structures changed over time,... and a local community digitization projects will preserve historic materials held by the congregations of African - American churches in Georgia»

It could be considered even less suited to the congregation of Sheffield Cathedral, which is where it is installed until December 12, alongside work by Do Ho Suh, Maurizio Cattelan, Sarah Lucas and Susan Philipz; all have been loaned by the private Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, which is based in Turin and owns more than 1,000 artworks made from the 1980s to now.

Congregations reach out to potential and current members by building a relational, strengths - based marriage ministry.