Sentences with phrase «elder in the church of»

In First Timothy, Paul is writing to Timothy, one of the elders in the church of Ephesus.

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Additionally, Henry serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America and currently lives in Los Gatos, CA with his wife Kimberley and their three sons.

There are many additional «color of authority» situations, where the person, under the «color» of their position in the church (be it pastor, elder, staff member, Bible study teacher, the «I've been a Christian for X years» people, the «I've studied the Bible for X years and know what it says» people, or whatever), attempts to impose their opinions and wishes on those over whom they somehow attempt to assume «authority» and control.

At a certain church I use to go to, one of the elders has a life group called «Get - R - Done» where he «assist single moms, widows, and others needing help in our church and community.»

When I was an «elder» in the church, I was part of all sorts of meetings where «we» decided what «we» would do with the money.

To the contrary, when it is recognized that in Paul's surviving letters to the Corinthians, he nowhere addresses elders, this section is best seen as a description of how a church could get it's teaching when there are no trained and qualified elders to perform the teaching.

In his resignation letter, Kensrue said that the authority of church elders to correct leadership at Mars Hill «is trampled under the man - made hierarchies and «chain of command.

The church attendance drop does appear to be genuine, but small, when you compare rates at same age, but the prayer difference seems to be just an age issue: «Although Millennials report praying less often than their elders do today, the GSS shows that Millennials are in sync with Generation X and Baby Boomers when members of those generations were younger.»

Four of the six were elders and all of them had been ordained in the church to which I was called.

They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.

They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord» (James 5:13,14).

According to Christianity Today, the church's board of elders sent a letter to members saying: «Even though Bill is no longer in his role, our work to resolve any shadow of doubt in the trustworthiness of [Willow] is not done.

They are the equivalent of elders, whether acclaimed by others in a church or ministry, or self - proclaimed through publications, speaking engagements, and ministry positions.

One of the elders in the church that I was a fellow elder in invited a 6 - day creationist to speak one Sunday.

If a church follows the Biblical pattern of having elders, and those elders exercise their authority as elders, then any abuse will be nipped in the bud.

The two letters are brief, for the Elder is coming to them very soon in person; but short as they are they bring us into the very heart of a controversy that was already dividing individual churches and threatening the peace of a whole district.

«When taking vows as elders at Coral Ridge, each individual commits before God to strive for the purity, peace, and unity of the church,» Coral Ridge stated to CT. «We are saddened that these two elders failed in their vows by withholding this information regarding our former senior pastor, which has since caused many families and churches much harm.»

The Sun King, Louis XIV, revoked the Edict of Nantes (1598) in 1685, prompting Bishop Bossuet to boast that France, «the eldest daughter of the Church,» had reverted to being the most intolérant state in Europe, setting a model of religio - political propriety for others to follow.

But to John the letters have always been ascribed, and we may think of the Elder John as sending them out from Ephesus, one to Gaius, one to the church to which he belonged, and one to that and other churches, in full assurance that the Christian experience and belief in Jesus as the Christ would save them from the mistakes of Docetism.

Tim Elder, the church's director of world missions, told Newswatch 16 that AR - 15 rifles symbolise the «rod of iron» mentioned in the book of Revelation.

The nephew and grandson of Baptist preachers, he is an elder at Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York.

Quite to the contrary, Paul is telling the spiritual leaders of the Ephesian church that it is more blessed for them to give to the needy in the church, than it is for the elders to receive.

While each individual passage in Scripture bears consideration, my general approach toward elders is similar (though not identical) to that of other organic church proponents on the issue of elders and deacons.

The most important people in the church are the Elders who are charged with the developing and graduating of new believers.

Later in 2014, one of Tchividjian's friends informed two of Coral Ridge's then elders of the affair (one elder left the church prior to this month's revelations).

A church elder who worked for UNICEF was one among a group of people recently killed in a violent ambush... More

Eric: Outside of establishing the programs, what role do church leaders (pastors, elders, etc.) play in the initiation and success of transformational church groups?

In our internship year, the church was dealing with an elder convicted of child molestation.

Every clergyperson — bishop, pastor, minister, elder, and deacon — knows what kinds of concerns reign in church business meetings, and those concerns DO NOT focus on «righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.»

Handling abuse and assault allegations «in house» by reporting them to the male elders of a church instead of to the police doesn't protect women; it harms them.

let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

EPC requires all churches to hold to «essential» tenets of the Christian faith, but allows each congregation freedom in forming opinions on «nonessential» matters, such as whether women can be elected as deacons and elders.

Because of this, none of us would even attend church, and we are to gather with other believers to stir up one another to love and good works, to encourage one another, to teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, to bring the sick among the elders.

A Presbyterian church building in Seoul might look like it belongs in Geneva, and its Presbyterian elders might be well acquainted with the Westminster Confession of Faith, but the style of prayer and the intensity of devotion are decisively Korean.

and i agree with your thoughts on a name change, to me, not having any past experience with the term «elder», good or bad, it impies to me spiritual maturity and experience, and the people in our church that i would go to in time of crisis model that spiritual maturity and experience whether or not they are on the team.

To settle the matter, the church at Antioch sent a delegation, headed by Paul and Barnabas, to the mother church in Jerusalem to ascertain from the apostles and elders the position of the church in the matter.

It tells many of you who want to offer sacrifices for the good of the church — countless hours of volunteer service as elders and deacons or a lifetime in demanding and low - paid pastoral ministries — that your life choices are so much more sinful than the rest of ours that we've had to erect special barriers to keep you from laying your gifts at the altar.

About a year ago one of the family members of the main «church bully» put there arm around an elder and told them in a threatening way «I'll take care of you» when they had a disagreement.

But I had a profound Presbyterian childhood; my family provided generations of Ruling Elders, including the first woman Elder ever in the local church (my grandmother).

Sometimes we think the elders in the church, pious Christians, pastors or other brave souls who make sacrifices for their faith are the real Christians, the real children of God.

Elders seem to have been appointed and to be in charge of churches in the absence of their founders (e.g. I Thess.

One of the most prominent church networks which doesn't appoint women to higher levels of leadership — in this case, «elders» — is Newfrontiers.

I've sat in elder meetings and listened while godly women brought wisdom and discernment to bear on complex issues of church discipline.

In my own town, there's a gigantic church that has, in just the past couple of years, changed from affirming women as pastors and elders to forbidding it entirelIn my own town, there's a gigantic church that has, in just the past couple of years, changed from affirming women as pastors and elders to forbidding it entirelin just the past couple of years, changed from affirming women as pastors and elders to forbidding it entirely.

The point is that the New Testament scriptures command that women are not to «teach» scriptures to men, nor are they permitted to hold the office of «pastor, elder, etc.», IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LOCAL CHURCof «pastor, elder, etc.», IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LOCAL CHURCOF THE LOCAL CHURCH.

This completely excludes «women» from holding the position of «pastor, elder, bishop, overseer, etc.» in the «biblical» local church.

She was excommunicated just for asking questions of the elders about a woman's role in the church.

They stayed at that city long enough for Paul to send to Ephesus (only forty miles away) and invite the elders of the Ephesian church to come to him in Miletus.

Christianity Today quotes words of vague assurance from the elders of Willow Creek Community Church, who promise to «walk alongside Bill in stewarding his season of reflection» and profess their commitment «to working together on appropriate next steps with him.»

She was joined by Bishop Eddie Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Church in Georgia, where she served as an elder at the time.