I couldn't stand that and in front of the whole of
the congregation during his sermon matched his energy with an out bust using the word «eaasy» as in «go easy» to which I saw him physically recoil.
Not exact matches
Can your
congregation do that
during a
sermon?
They often have no way to express this if they belong to a
congregation where the only place they ever see children is
during the children's
sermon.
Grace Church is the kind of
congregation where worshippers take notes
during the
sermon, which on this Sunday focused on the importance of believing in Jesus» virgin birth.
The church lost me when it started using the pulpit as a means of telling our
congregation how to vote
during sermons and covering up for pedophiles.
In 2004 in a Baptist Church in Waynesville, NC
during the Sunday worship service
sermon a preacher told his
congregation that they weren't true Christians if they didn't vote for George W. Bush.
Verbal response from the
congregation is not possible or desirable
during the
sermon, even though there have been some experiments in overt dialogue between preacher and
congregation.
For example,
during a
sermon on race relations which was being preached to a large
congregation, a man rose to his feet to dispute a point being made by the preacher.
The ministry of the
congregation during the preacher's
sermon is to listen, not passively, but actively out of their own meanings, and in their very listening to challenge and encourage the preacher in what he is trying to say.