Sentences with phrase «by one's congregations»

The texts will be received by the congregation as an act of faith.

It is ground owned by a congregation that, in the past, has acted in ways that made the racial tension worse; they are now seeking to change that dynamic.

Personally I prefer to use some system of voting by the congregation.

And strangely I posted something similar on my newest blog (which is read by my 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.

More than 18,000 church - housed programs have been identified, half of them operated by congregations and half functioning under a use - of - space agreement.

As the person set aside by a congregation to be their spiritual leader, the pastor is the person most responsible for interpreting the life of faith in the light of Scripture.

A pastor may be much loved by a congregation, may be a good friend, or may be a good counselor.

The fate of this kind of worship is often determined by the congregation's acceptance of the particular values of the preacher.

In the process of delivery the difference is experienced by the preacher and detected in a number of ways by the congregation.

In addition to these considerations, it is well to remember that the inner condition of the minister will be felt by his congregation.

In my mind, the pastor's problem is how these ideas are then perceived by his congregation, or even visitors to his church.

Take the 10 % donation by his congregation and buy food to the needy.

It has a script, lead players, and secondary roles played by the congregation.

The unmarried 21 - year - old thought she'd be judged by the congregation.

If your book targets only a small portion of that audience, whether by congregation or subject matter, it will not be featured as a retailer promotion at this time.

Fans now line the walls of the church for use by the congregation in hot weather where once punkah wallahs would have worked hard to make sure that nobody got overheated during even the longest of sermons.

The one who makes the decision to forgive or retain your sin, as mandated by Christ himself, is the one who has authority over you, as called by the congregation.

Classrooms full of age - appropriate equipment often have been established for use by the congregation's Sunday church school and are underutilized during the rest of the week.

Not only had I uttered the words much beloved by congregations everywhere («and finally...»)... More

Not only had I uttered the words much beloved by congregations everywhere («and finally...») but in summarising my key points, it was clear that I was preparing to land the proverbial plane

The liturgy for Eucharist was sung by the congregation as they were led by a band.

Jeremy was fired by his congregation for daring to think that perhaps what he was doing, was not what Jesus taught.

Discerning true and false absolutes is not just the task of a few moral theologians; in the long haul it must be accomplished by congregations.

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»

Easily committed to memory, the hymn can be carried by the congregation from the place of worship into all the places of the world where it has business.

A celibate lesbian couple filled out one of the visitor cards and was welcomed by the congregation this morning.

If the sin is not heard how can it be absolved and if it is heard by a congregation who can not absolve, what good has it done your soul?

I would also say that he is considered by his congregation as more infallible than Catholics consider their Pope.

I have had friends leave the ministry (some were forced out unjustly by congregations) who became homeless.

The only symbol of betrothal a wedding ceremony retains is having the couple begin the ceremony down by the congregation before moving up to the altar.

To this day there is a brass box in our bedroom that served for years as «the gift of gold» borne up the aisle, as did two of our pottery jars, both of them filled by the congregation's imagination with frankincense and myrrh.

He can pray alone, or he can pray with others standing in a line or lines arrayed closely in straight formation, like a highly - disciplined military parade, behind a leader who is followed by the congregation in all that he does.

It also would have been useful for these writers to consider C — Pop within the broader context of niche — driven evangelicalism, exemplified by congregations such as Willow Creek and Grace Chapel, publishing houses that market things like «the women's Bible,» and even those evangelist muscle men who thrill pre — teens by shattering bricks with their heads — all for Jesus of course.

Here a minister is drawing together sound teachings needed by the congregation to withstand the vagaries of religion - for - profit in American culture.

(Many of these have been implemented by congregations.)

But if we fail to stay on this task, our little lights risk extinction and Satan's plan to defeat the church issue by issue, little by little, congregation by congregation, will be one step closer to victory.

At this point it is enough to be encouraged that the metaphor has a New Testament basis, speaks to the predictable crises of clergy careers, and brings integrity to the impossibly broad spectrum of role expectation laid on the profession by congregation and ministry alike.

A pastor who leaves the faith is regarded as a pariah by his congregation if they believe they've been deceived.

Finally, write down how those things either find healing or are aggravated by your congregation.

The risk, however was seen by the Congregations in terms of the potential for scandal and bad publicity should the abuse be disclosed.

It would also mean that as these groups matured, their help would be sought by the congregation as a whole in clarifying the mission of the church and its way of realizing that mission.

At least one of them should be selected by the congregation, since molesters tend to choose other molesters as their assistants.