Sentences with phrase «elders of the church got»

According to an eyewitness account, immediately the leader and elders of the church got wind of the presence of the agents of the national investigative body, they quickly directed a protocol officer of the church to engage the BNI operatives outside of the church premises

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Somehow, I don't expect that to fly, but churches do need to limit the number of «on call» hours of pastors, at least get the elders to help if there aren't any other pastors.

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.»

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.

One of the main reasons they seem unable to deal with the demands of our society and the way life seem to dictate and direct them in a certain harness could be found in the predictability in which the older generation has managed or ordered their lives, whilst it has become clearer that the «regular» way of planning one's life — go to school, attend church, listen to your elders; get you diploma / degree, find a job, take the career ladder, find a partner, get married and have children, go through the paces and if you are lucky you can retire by the age of 65....

I am an ordained Elder in my church, and when I get the opportunity, I love to preach and sing, as a part of the Gospel tradition.