Sentences with phrase «big churches need»

Because of their size, big churches need a clear mission statement that every pastor, leader and member agrees upon.

Big churches need clear mission statements, regularly repeated, taught and reinforced because the pastor or a pastoral representative can not be physically present at most events or ministries.

Also, as new people come in, sometimes by the dozens or hundreds, a big church needs a clear up - front understanding of what the church believes and doesn't believe.

Not exact matches

Does the modern church need Big Macs to bring more worshippers into the fold?

Now with these bigger churches and folks not needing to hitch up ole «bessie to the wagon in Little House on the Prairie fashion, to get the family to the local church....

Church can be a miraculous place, for those in need of a place to be a part of something bigger.

But if you go to a big church and let out that you are sick and need help people will help and maybe even see your problem resolved.

It maintains a force of 50,000 or so missionaries who work without pay, but need supporting infrastructure, and the church is moving into humanitarian efforts in a big way.

One of the big dangers faced by the Western church is that we stop relying fully on the risen Christ for everything we need.

And while we arc on the subject of mothers, I think we in the church need to be reminded of what many detractors somehow talked us into forgetting: that any minister worth his or her salt has got to be a big mama.

No church leadership team is big enough to handle all the ministries that could be started to address all the needs in the neighborhoods you serve, so stop trying.

Since I chased money by leaving my first church, I now decided I needed more education so I could chase money into a bigger and better church.

Some people need to learn to set boundaries but this girl's boundaries were no bigger than her view of life and church and faith at the time.

This stereotype is too big for one person to overcome, and I need the Church to open up a safe haven to discuss divorce and remarriage and step - parenting without judgment.

Typically, with such a strategy, a church planter doesn't need to worry about how to gather a crowd or get the word out about a big event, because the city (or whoever is organizing the event) is already doing such things.

Even small churches start to seem too big, and it becomes preferable to have Mass said in a private setting, among friends, in a small room where no microphones are needed.

What we need, more than ever, is a church where we can shed the pretenses, and bring our doubts, our big questions, and our bigger fears.

Grass - roots church leaders, reeling under budgetary cuts and declining congregations, seemed sure that growth was their biggest need.

I've been hurt by supposed brothers in Christ, I've seen TV preachers act cocky, and ridiculous, I've seen people chase tithes and money, I've seen people in big churches (faithful tithers) go without help while in need, I've seen people chase their own kingdom and building programs.

Churches and people of faith need to rise up together with the oppressed by the state in small ways and in big ways, in policy and in prophetic witness.

I've known Jesus for as long as I've known my name, and still I use other people like capital to advance my own interest, still I gossip to make myself feel important, still I curse my brothers and sisters in one breath and sing praise songs in the next, still I sit in church with arms folded and cynicism coursing through my bloodstream, still I talk a big game about caring for the poor without doing much to change my own habits, still I indulge in food I'm not hungry for and jewelry I don't need, still I obsess over what people say about me on the internet, still I forget my own privilege, still I talk more than I listen and complain more than I thank, still I commit acts of evil, still I make a great commenter on Christianity and a lousy practitioner of it.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

A church big enough to provide the range of services that meet the needs and expectations of its members.

Lately, he's been doing a lot of preaching at his home church in North Carolina, and decided he needed a new Bible, one with big enough print for him to read while standing and speaking from the pulpit.

people wander into Church looking for answers to BIG questions we simply placate them and give them a quick shot of, «Jesus loves you» so there is no need to worry.

They were convinced that the conventional congregational or conversion - type storefront church did not answer the needs of the dispossessed of the big cities.

I'm not a big fan of the Mormon church, but people really need to think before they start carrying picket signs and making «hate» accusations.

For decades, the Church in the West has done young people a disservice by not dealing with the world as it is, and pretending that a bubble - gum faith is all they need to make it in the big, bad world.

They, the Church, are making this a bigger issue than it needs to be.

So here is my question: If Jesus had been born in an era when electric chairs were the execution method, would we need thicker steeples to hold the big electric chair over the church.

Their activities are admirable, but do we really want to tell other poor neighborhoods that what they need are some big, wealthy, mainline churches full of suburbanites?

But, I think that this is a big issue — and institutions, colleges, and churches need to do more.

In my case it was moving church that was needed and Baptist to Anglican can be a big step.

Either that or you need to get out to some other bigger church services and sit in on them for a couple of weeks.

The funny thing is, if the Churches and Christian Communities were doing what the bible said instead of building bigger and bigger Churches, there wouldn't need any Obamacare.

Many churches talk about vision casting, and this generally means envisioning how big and influential the church can be in ten or twenty years, and then deciding what steps need to be taken to get there.

I love making this Banana Split Cheesecake when I need a big full - size cheesecake to take to special dinners or to a fundraiser at church.

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I have been struggling with charging for it all because I need to bring in money to complete the project, but I really do not want to charge, because there are many small churches that can not pay the big bucks.

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