Sentences with phrase «congregations on»

Ministers can no longer sell their congregations on this prosperity message in the face of deepening foreclosures and unemployment.

Two congregations on the West Coast intentionally use clear, vernacular language in liturgy.

When Premier Christianity asked for stories of thriving UK congregations on our social media channels, we had a huge response.

Sam, it is not a personal preference, it is what God has clearly commanded in his Word as the order for His local congregations on earth.

For denominations to discount congregations on the basis of size and physical resources may be to discount their own future.

VOICE congregations on the West Side have conducted another round of neighborhood interviewing and are now working on issues such as housing, economic development and recreational facilities for youth and seniors.

Because of poor roads, unreliable transportation and the distances between congregations, a pastor can usually visit only one or two congregations on a given Sunday.

CNN: Church videos with harsh words for gays go viral online First it was a Christian pastor in North Carolina who told his congregation on Mother's Day that the way «to get rid of all the lesbians and queers» was to put them behind an electric fence and wait for them to die out.

This will save that pastor the embarrassment of having to explain to his congregation on Sunday that he was wrong.

According to their fundraising page, Swansea Unitarian Church is an open - minded, liberal and welcoming congregation on the High Street, in the heart of Swansea.

In Dallas, Bishop TD Jakes draws all backgrounds of people, and yes, there are many white faces in his congregation on Sunday.

Overall, nine per cent of those who responded said they will be found among a congregation on 25th December, while a quarter said they would at some stage during Christmas.

I am presenting these empowered by God's love poets to my congregation on Sunday, Thanks to the UCC pastor who is inviting me to do so.

With a focus on meeting people where they are, the church has a Wednesday lunchtime congregation on a technology park, and a newly launched «Pub - church» once a month.

The fact that life - transforming insights do not flash on the psychic landscape of a very large percentage of a congregation on a given Sunday does not mean that the service is of little value.

First it was a Christian pastor in North Carolina who told his congregation on Mother's Day that the way «to get rid of all the lesbians and queers» was to put them behind an electric fence and wait for them to die out.

Who knows what might happen if the strangers, friends, enemies and indifferent parties who make up any congregation on a Sunday morning could say this to one another, and discover that they mean it?

A public meeting was held at Gloucester Cathedral on 23rd September to update the congregation on the search for a replacement for Bishop Michael Perham.

For the preaching occasion he prepares himself to address the congregation on a subject suggested by circumstance, or dictated by liturgical calendar, or selected by him for one or more reasons.

John Chrysostom instructed his congregation on how to win over unbelievers: «Let us astound them by our way of life.

Washington (CNN)- Addressing his large, mostly black congregation on Sunday morning, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith did not mince words about where he stood on President Barack Obama's newly announced support for same - sex marriage: The church is against it, he said, prompting shouts of «Amen!»

The Yehudi founds his congregation on a positive and coherent body of teaching, and it is in this teaching that we can most clearly find Buber's own wisdom and belief.

Woodson told The New York Times she watched the pastor address his congregation on the matter via an internet live stream on the church's YouTube page; she said his speech was «disgusting».

Speaking to parishioners in a congregation on Sunday, the Guardian reports he said the government should «keep out of the friendship business and out of the bedroom».

And please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying we shouldn't check corruption, but if we come to office and to power — I've been preaching for 40 years in this country and I've seen governments come and go, from CPP, my father's government, and NDC and NPP, they are here, I've seen them over the 40 years — and this thing where we come into office with vindictiveness and bitterness because of the way we've been mishandled and mistreated, and we target people to go after them, settle scores, I pray that during the reign of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because of the fight and the betrayals and the suffering and the pain he went through to become president, he will not allow his presidency to be used by people who have problems with others and their opponents to settle scores, but that during his watch and his reign, that vicious cycle would be broken in the name of Jesus; that every Ghanaian, irrespective of your political party, if you're doing the right thing, you'll prosper», the founder of Action Chapel International (ACI) told his congregation on Sunday, 22 April.

http://ghanapoliticsonline.com Rev. Owusu Bempah who is of the firm belief that he had predicted these deaths to his congregation on 31st All Night service in 2015 indicated that the 2016 general elections would be characterized by violence and bloodshed if Ghanaians do not pray ceaselessly ahead of the polls.

This was announced by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro - Owusu, at the school's 2017 November congregation on Saturday.

Cincinnati, OH About Blog A community - oriented United Methodist congregation on the West side of Cincinnati.

Pastor Don Piper was thinking about having his own congregation on his way home from a Christian convention when fate intervened in tragic fashion.

One such congregation on Key Largo consists of 500 cats and is just north of the Dagney Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, home to the endangered wood rat.

Created and presented Power Point presentations to the church congregation on Sunday mornings in order for congregation to view Sermon Notes and Announcements.

Cincinnati, OH About Blog A community - oriented United Methodist congregation on the West side of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, OH About Blog A community - oriented United Methodist congregation on the West side of Cincinnati.

Yet, recently my wife and I listened attentively as one of our Rabbis addressed the congregation on the topic of How Do You Measure Time?

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Ross sees the low liturgies of many evangelical congregations as based on the idea that you can emphasize liturgical order or the regeneration brought about by the Holy Spirit, but not both.

If I'm accepted in my congregation, there should be a tolerance in ecumenical settings for a difference of belief on the issue, as there is for many issues.

Lastly, I beg you, please do some research on me and actually talk to more people besides your local congregation about why they believe.

I have on occasion asked the congregation to join me in giving to a particular need: Tsunami in Indo., Katrina refuges, an orphange in Russian [not a Christian orphange either] those kinds of things.

Isa 14:13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

2 of the 3 have started to allow gay people into their congregations and the orthodox is also considering concessing on the issue.

The general attitude needs to be that EVERYONE needs to be welcomed and loved at church... thats the job of the congregation... dealing with the issues of someone's life is up to the pastoral staff and unless you're part of it whats going on in someones life is none of your business.

This kid that forfeited is probably from one of those congregations that speak in tongues and get down on all fours and bark like dogs.

On the subject of marriage, well, that's a Vineyard issue, not just one for our congregation.

When a church puts its focus on spiritual subjectivity, or on moral living, or on performing works and rituals with a promise of certain results, the result is a congregation that never gains assurance in their salvation, and they will gradually drift away from God's truth.

The most comprehensive study of its kind, it provides detailed county - by - county information on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for 236 different faiths groups.

This is all the more likely in light of the recent narrow acquittal by a church tribunal of a pastor on the charges that he violated church law by performing a wedding ceremony for two lesbian members of his Omaha, Nebraska, congregation.

Sam Allberry shares tips on how to overcome obstacles that stop us thriving in our congregations

Just my opinion that the evolution debate on behalf of churches does more harm than good for the congregation.

ELCA churchwide offices prepare social statements and oversee the clergy roster, yet their day - to - day influence on individuals and congregations is quite muted.

The murderer on - the - run preacher in The Apostle who founds a church where class and status make no difference, a congregation of displaced misfits who are poor and poorer, dumb and dumber, black and white, male and female, and fatter and fatter still, is telling people who need to hear (because they can't read) what they most need to know to turn their lives around: They can be saved, despite it all, if they believe in Jesus and «Holy Ghost power.»