Sentences with phrase «bigger story of the church»

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Part of my own story is that I went for a big wander outside of my my mother Church, encountering different and new and ancient ways of experiencing and knowing and being changed by our big and generous God as if I were encountering occasional cups of water while in the desert, drinking each one down as if they were sustaining me for the next leg of the journey.

There are forums like TLS where you can share in private, or sharing here will help us all understand not only your story, but the bigger picture of destructive church patterns.

In Roland Allen's excellent book on missions, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church, he tells the story of a Sioux Indian chief named Big Hunter who wished to become a Christian.

People who want to moan and groan about the waning influence of the Church have forgotten the global story and the bigger story of our little movement.

The Story of Christianity Volumes 1 and 2 by Justo L. Gonzalez: My big summer reading project this year is to learn more about church history.

And the story of our churches, when it's all played out, is going to be bigger and more beautiful than any of us can imagine.»

It is an old story playing out around the world; churches are big while congregations are getting small, so they sell out to developers who build them a smaller church and give them a whack of dough that covers operating costs.