There are tendencies among Pentecostals (as in other Christian groups) to withdraw and limit their involvement to their own circles instead of being open and seeking
contact with other churches.
Not exact matches
On several Sunday mornings, she refuses to smile or give eye
contact and often converses
with other church members while glancing over at me, turning down her mouth, or looking me up and down in a disapproving manner.
The student foundations, like the Wesley, the Westminster, and those of
other denominations, are valuable links in keeping alive both
church contacts and Christian service at a time when preoccupation
with the multitude of
other interests pressing for attention might leave the
church far in the rear.
Having a face - to - face
contact with many more adults than any
other agency in our society gives the
churches a tremendous natural opportunity in adult education.
I've seen it here in the hospital like I've seen it in the
church as well as
other institutions we all are in
contact with, such as the Government, the Post Office, Banks, Education, Law, the Family, the Army, etc...
At least this is my hunch, an impression based on my own
contact with church members but confirmed by what
others are saying, writing, and feeling.
Hans Böhlig, in his Geisteskultur von Tarsus (1913), stressed the possibility of
contacts with Mithraism; but there were
other possibilities --- as W. L. Knox recognizes in his St. Paul and the
Church of the Gentiles (1939).
The
Churches have lost vital
contact with the workers and the youth and many
others.
[26] The Sixth Forum on Bilateral Dialogues held in October 1994, in its Report: International Bilateral Dialogues, 1992 - 1994 (Faith and Order Paper No. 168)(Geneva: WCC Publications, 1995), observed that where openness to reception and renewal exits, significant changes in the life and mission of the
church occur through, among
other things, «
contact in theological formation
with the broader heritage of the
church through the ages.
secondly he was not the only one in the
church who was a «non believer» many
others do not «believe» as well as myself and yet non of us saw a problem
with something that was being done out of respect and unison for the majority not for just one person opinion, and last, no one ever said he «had» to pray the only command was to bow your head and stare at the ground counting how many toes you had for all we carried, do what you want if choose not to pray but just bow your head in uniformity not cry about it blow it up and change the way events happen — if you have and complaints or questions please FEEL FREE to
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The actual number by that date was probably not much more than a third of that total; furthermore, despite the good that existing centers have done and are doing, the plan's most imaginative features — those that would bring such centers into close
contact with schools,
churches, the police, and
other responsible community organizations — are the ones that have been least realized.
For all of us, if we have had any involvement
with church there will have been good and bad expereinces, just as
others will have had good and bad expereinces form being in
contact with any one of us.
Through their
churches, evangelicals enter into
contact with people from
other neighborhoods, cities, and even distant reaches of the country.
Taking time to have conversations
with coaches,
church leaders, and
other parents will help you not only understand your child's world better, but it will also give you a
contact in case of any type of emergency or problem.
They found that both spiritual belief and empathic concern were positively associated
with frequency of prayer, meditations and
other spiritual or religious practices, but neither were predicted by
church dinners or
other social
contact associated
with religious affiliation.
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