Sentences with phrase «congregations say»

It helps congregations say no, establish boundaries around behavior, and discipline some people out of consideration for the collective life of the church.

One member of the congregation said Bishop Davis had a heart attack, possibly owing the immense strain of his admission, but the medical examiner has yet to determine the exact cause of his death.

John Allen Turner, the pastor, notices him and the guy then runs up, grabs the microphone and basically starts raving at the congregation saying, «It just happened!

I liked that the congregation said the Lord's Prayer in each service.

Seventy - seven percent of all teens who belonged to a congregation said that they expected to be part of the same kind of congregation at age 25.

An elder in the congregation says that the meetings are like mini-prayer meetings, with elections that result in «God's dream team» leadership.

I overheard one of the members of the congregation say «I have looked forward to this service all year».

In January of this year, a Florida pastor was caught in adultery with one of his parishioners, but in his «confession speech» to his congregation he said he won't resign from his pastoral position because «God has already forgiven [him].»

(The Episcopal practice of the congregation saying «Amen» frequently during prayers and rituals is an example of a participation - enhancing worship form.)

Can the congregation say no?

The effort to characterize construals of the Christian thing in the particular cultural and social locations that make them concrete will involve several disciplines: (a) those of the intellectual historian and textual critic (to grasp what the congregation says it is responding to in its worship and why); and (b) those of the cultural anthropologist and the ethnographer [3] and certain kinds of philosophical work [4](to grasp how the congregation shapes its social space by its uses of scripture, by its uses of traditions of worship and patterns of education and mutual nurture, and by the «logic «of its discourse); and (c) those of the sociologist and social historian (to grasp how the congregation's location in its host society and culture helps shape concretely its distinctive construal of the Christian thing).

One former member of the congregation said, «The church has a fascinating religious past.

Not exact matches

One of Family Promise's programs pairs families with congregations that provide temporary housing and meals, Pagliarini said.

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.

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

How can you say that because Obama takes one stance that doesn't match Christian values, the church congregation must vote for others?

I hope this applies to your question, many times, sitting in services in a particular church, the Pastor would give a reprimand to the congregation, saying: «If you feel the urge to raise your hands and do not do it, then you are resisting the Holy Spirit.»

Most are quickly reported to civil authorities as required by law,» he said, but he warned the leaders that they must respond quickly to reports and share information with their congregations for the sake of transparency.

Pick one thing the lectionary text says to you, or to your congregation as you judge it, and say that.

A spokesperson for the church said; «This new Anglican congregation is growing and we are blessed to share in fellowship with the Nepalis, Punjabis, and Pakistanis living in the area.

«The Trinity House of Prayer congregation are such a loving environment of peoples,» John says.

The next speaker was his vicar who said that he didn't say it because he thought the congregation didn't want to hear it

A pastor in Thailand has said his congregation will not let fear stop them representing Jesus after a...

He said a group of churches had organized to try to get all these kids adopted, and asked the congregation to start searching their hearts to see if they couldn't consider adopting one of these children.

He has said that the bishops of the Church should smell like their congregation.

That's why I said it, your original statement seems to include your entire congregation, but that may or may not be the case.

I think I said doing so was stealing and lying, but in any case I said it was wrong, and also pointless, since the congregation is not going to think less of the preacher because he says, «As John Smith says.»

If you bring up penetrating theological questions and are challenged about it, you can say that you only did it to try to draw out any wolves in sheep clothing within the congregation and that you really believe every word of the bible.

«Even with all of the different styles and cultures of worship today, the heart of worship music is the unified voice of the congregation,» Smith says.

Magid said it was unprecedented to have a ranking American military official address the All - Dulles Area Muslim Society, which he said is one of the largest Islamic congregations in the U.S.

Needless to say, the congregation spent a year with me healing and then closed.

«The efforts of churches will matter, but thousands of congregations trying harder isn't going to reverse the trend,» says David Kinnaman, president of Barna Group, a research organization that focuses on the intersection of Christianity and culture.

He said, «I am a part time pastor of a small congregation and I sell copiers to put food on the table.

Church attendance rates by Christians in the United States have stayed largely steady since the 1970s, but there have been some significant changes in the makeup of the congregations in the pews during that time, a recently released study says.

Church elder Judy Stovall told reporters that Bishop Davis» confession garnered a very vocal response, saying «We were shouting, «We forgive you, we love you,» but the stress of all of it — he had a heart attack... our congregation is hurting now»...

«The reform of the Roman Curia is something that almost all Cardinals asked for in the congregations preceding the Conclave,» Francis said, referring to the meetings that led up to his election in March.

They relied on clergy members to tell them what it said and lots of clergy liked keeping their congregations reliant on them and focused mainly on hell and damnation sermons.

So, are you admitting that you as a pastor were a deceiver to your congregation with just «saying» it was for a different purpose by having a roll for the classes, Jeremy?

He explained that though it is the tradition of the church, that the Eucharist be served every Sunday, the congregation no more had the right to decide how often the Eucharist would be celebrated than to decide whether it would say the Lord's Prayer.

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.

«This important research affirms that church leaders broadly agree our faith compels us to care sacrificially for refugees, but also finds that relatively few congregations are actively engaged in doing so,» said Stephan Bauman, president of World Relief.

White pastors (46 %) are most likely to say their congregations are fearful of refugees than pastors of other ethnicities (33 %).

They're like teachers and parents, in the sense that what they say and do (or fail to say and do) is going to echo in their congregations forever.

In light of scripture and the circumstances, he said, the congregation needed to stop in the middle of the service and process together to the homes of the other two families.

«Sometimes, from week to week, we didn't know exactly where we were going to be,» said Fred Wachter, president of the congregation and a member since its early years.

the congregation still had to say Pastor, but he felt he was on the same level, being a pastor and all.

She said that whenever she visits a mainline congregation she leaves feeling like something is missing.

«It may not seem like much,» Brantly said in an emotional address to the Southeastern congregation, «but when you connect the dots you see a grand design that God has used to draw my life in a certain direction.»

I spent a good deal of time preparing that sermon and I delivered it with confidence, even though I knew that there would be many in the congregation who would take issue with it, because I believed that what I was saying had integrity.

The Maryland bishop said he encourages his congregation to get through the Great Recession by saving and sharing.