Sentences with phrase «determined by the pastor»
This is determined by the pastor's personality structure.
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The authors conclude that «the more a pastor's career is determined by his or her denomination, the more conflict that pastor will potentially feel with denominational leaders.»
It does seem that pastors who decide which theology to tell a person are really almost setting themselves up as God by determining what «truth» the people need to hear.
(18) David Landry was helped immeasurably by these data in determining as pastor and preacher how to talk with people about how God works in their world.
He or she makes a living by preaching and pastoral work, and any pastor who thinks that pay is not determined in proportion to how comfortable the congregation feels is rather naïve.
The study also included an effort to determine how much agreement exists between individual members» views and the official theological positions of the church, first by interviewing theologians to determine what the official positions were, then by surveying pastors to see if these positions were taught, and finally by surveying members about their own beliefs.
Marsh, the Cary Alliance pastor, said his church determined they could save $ 10,000 a year by moving church staff to independent plans and increasing their salary to offset health costs.