Sentences with phrase «chosen leaders of my church»

To the crowds today He might say: The pastors and elders sit as chosen leaders of My church... «So you must be careful to do everything they tell you.

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Yet, your devout faith transcends the arbitrary commands of the «leaders» of the Catholic Church, who believe they are the only «chosen» ones with a direct line to God.

Although they say they do not intend for the minister to dictate his aims for the church, the thrust of Leading Congregational Change is that the pastor or transformational leader brings a vision that must be promoted, first to a chosen group of disciples, then to a «vision community,» and then — only when fully developed and plotted out — to the congregation.

According to the findings of a new research study, interest in church planting is on the rise, some of America's best and brightest ministry leaders choose planting as their career path and church planting efforts are much more successful and promising than anticipated.

Christians of all ages and churches have encountered in their reading of Scriptures socially appointed, institutionally recognized priests, prophets and apostles, but also extraordinary, «natural» or «charismatic» leaders — non-Levitical priests, prophets without human appointment and apostles chosen like Paul.

Either they will be guided by the spiritual leader of their church and withdraw support from the Republican «trickle down» economy advocates or they will choose their love of money over allegiance to their religion and follow Rush Limbaugh into his world of hatred and bigotry, his own little Hell.

A survey that William McKinney and I recently conducted invited 1,500 conservative and mainline Protestant denominational leaders to choose from a list of 63 contemporary religious leaders and authors the ten who have had «the greatest impact on your thinking about the church's life and mission today.»

The Russian Orthodox Church has chosen a new patriarch: Metropolitan Kirill, who has been the interim leader of the Church since Alexy II's death in December.

He also knew there would be questions and quarrels among his disciples, so he chose Simon to be the leader of the Apostles and made him «the rock» (Peter) of certainty on which the Church on earth was built, making it his job to «confirm your brothers in their faith» (Luke 22,32).

some of America's best and brightest ministry leaders choose planting as their career path and church planting efforts are much more successful and promising than anticipated.

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

Members of the staff have participated in conferences of educators of the American Baptist Convention, the United Church of Canada, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the Disciples of Christ, the Presbyterian Church, U.S., and the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. With the advice of denominational leaders and others they compiled a list of pastors regarded by their colleagues as «good ministers» and entered into correspondence with a number of them, chosen so as to make the whole group representative of the denominational pattern.

So these early church leaders were choose books based on their ideas of what constituted correct theology, and I am not sure they were correct in their theology, which raises serious questions about the books they chose.

The Encyclopædia Britannica says that church leaders probably chose it «to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the «birthday of the unconquered sun,»» at the time of the winter solstice.

My small group leaders and then other leaders in the church I grew up going to (which was as relaxed in their preaching as you can find (Presbyterian)-RRB- would confirms this to other high school guys and girls my age that unless he chose to believe in Jesus as the Son of God by the time he died on his deathbed he wouldn't join my Mom and sisters and I in heaven.

It is ironic how an all - knowing god wouldn't tell (oops, «inspire») his book - writers to mention that 2000 years later, when the leaders of the church created as a follow - on to his «chosen people» shouldn't condone child molestation within their ranks.

His invitation is strangely reminiscent of the «Choose Life» statement which the U.S. and Soviet church leaders framed in Geneva in 1979 when they anticipated «the bi-millenary anniversary of the coming to the world of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace».

In other words, the real question is, «Were these books chosen because they really are inspired, or because a group of church leaders only allowed certain books into the Bible, and called them «inspired» because they had some ulterior motive?»

However, one of the standards used in the process of selecting which books to include in the Bible is that they only chose those books which had the characteristics of inspired Scripture (whatever that meant to the church leaders at the time).

But in the words of Leo the Great, «Peter is the true leader of all, who have in the first place Christ as their leader... The strength which Christ gives to Peter passes through Peter to the Apostles — because he gave such authority to him whom he chose as head of the whole Church.»

In his speech earlier, the leader of the LORDS CHOSEN Church, Pastor Muoka told the governor that they want to start the University and complete it without delay and asked for the support of the state government.

The governor spoke when the Founder of the LORDS CHOSEN Church, Pastor Lazarus Muoka visited him on courtesy call at the Government House, with other leaders of the church on Friday, March 23, 2018, to inform the governor that his Church has come to establish a World - Class University in the Church, Pastor Lazarus Muoka visited him on courtesy call at the Government House, with other leaders of the church on Friday, March 23, 2018, to inform the governor that his Church has come to establish a World - Class University in the church on Friday, March 23, 2018, to inform the governor that his Church has come to establish a World - Class University in the Church has come to establish a World - Class University in the state.