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Afterward, at an event kicking off a lobbying day for more than 300 evangelical pastors on Capitol Hill, Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and a leader of Evangelical Immigration Table, said that anyone who says the bill provides amnesty needs «a course in remedial English.»

Not exact matches

The sixth person on the list is Terry Jones, a Florida evangelical Christian pastor who in 2010 raised an international outcry when he threatened to burn copies of the Koran.

But in the early primary state of South Carolina, with voters scheduled to go to the polls on Saturday and candidates working the state furiously this week, local evangelical pastors are using their influence to rally church members towards salvation, not electioneering.

Terry Jones, the pastor of a tiny evangelical church in Florida, announced plans to burn the Muslim holy book on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Maybe these things are common knowledge among those in Evangelical circles, but for many like me on the outside, when we see a certain pastor or denomination singled out in this way, it looks a lot like the same internal striving that's been going on in the Church since Peter and Paul argued over circumcision.

But I know a few evangelical and Pentecostal pastors who'd worry that one in four people in church on most Sundays wasn't on board with the resurrection, a biblical reality reflected in the teachings of our Lord, of St. Paul, and the early Church.

A bright young student raised in a tradition of conservative Evangelical pietism, Mouw recalls that his pastors «often viewed the intellectual life against the background of a cosmic spiritual battle in which the human intellect, especially as it aligns itself with the cause of the academy, is inevitably on the wrong side of the struggle.»

Picking up on the NPD megachurch pastor commentary — here in us emergent world, you have the combustion of two NPD worlds — first the evangelical quest to follow the next Xn celebrity rock star coupled with the strain of male dominated NPD found in palces like Silicon Valley where there's an obsession to discover the next big thing.

As happy as I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loved.

In early 2004 I was gathering information on an abuse case involving a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for a report in Forum Letter, an independent Lutheran publication I then edited.

On Tuesday, at the annual Desiring God pastors conference, popular evangelical pastor John Piper spoke on the importance of maintaining what he calls a «masculine Christianity,» arguing that «God has given Christianity a masculine feel.&raquOn Tuesday, at the annual Desiring God pastors conference, popular evangelical pastor John Piper spoke on the importance of maintaining what he calls a «masculine Christianity,» arguing that «God has given Christianity a masculine feel.&raquon the importance of maintaining what he calls a «masculine Christianity,» arguing that «God has given Christianity a masculine feel.»

Evangelical leaders constantly warn that young people are deserting churches; pastors struggle to address changing views on homosexuality; and others wonder how evangelicals can remain relevant when a growing number of Americans refuse to identify with any religion.

Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church «with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings.»

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Many pastors including the notable self - indoctrinated Chinese evangelical pastor prescribed that due to the advent of jesus as the christian messiah, Sabbath and the Jubilee is put on hold or retired, because the greatest cause is to spread the christian message tirelessly.

Comedian Tripp Crosby got into his character of «Pastor Mark» — basically a take on the stereotypical young, cool evangelical pastor — to «interview» RobPastor Mark» — basically a take on the stereotypical young, cool evangelical pastor — to «interview» Robpastor — to «interview» Rob Bell.

It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on evangelical social witness, annual conferences for pastors to explore avenues for the involvement of congregations in community justice issues, and the formation of vocational task forces among evangelicals in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.

Although I consider myself an evangelical, I do not share Pastor Dan's opinions on gun control.

Conservative churches turn out to be indirectly ensuring the survival of liberal churches this way a proportion of their ordinands become more liberal and go on to pastor liberal congregations, or turn evangelical churches into liberal ones.

Christian Post: Iowa Evangelical Leaders Call on Santorum or Bachmann to Exit GOP Race «If you can't beat»em, then join»em,» seems to be the strategy of an Iowa pastor who only weeks ago asked former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum to withdraw from the Republican presidential primary before deciding later to endorse his candidacy.

Back in 2008 I wrote a post called «A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Polls» to address how surprised I was at the way Conservative Evangelical Christians were embracing the idea of a woman for Vice President while at the same time standing against women being ordained as pastors.

Halsell adds that 1,400 religious stations carry this voice and that of the 80,000 evangelical pastors who broadcast on 400 radio stations, a very large majority are dispensationalists.

CNN: My Take: It's time for evangelicals to speak up about guns Pastor and author Daniel Darling urges evangelicals to participate in the debate over access to guns, and to acknowledge that there is «no clear - cut Christian position on gun control.»

In part two of a series on racial issues and Ferguson, Missouri, Pastor Leonce Crump shares his thoughts on systemic injustice and asks when white Evangelicals will address this issue.

In fact, evangelical leaders across India agree that their biggest challenge is not restrictions on religious freedom, but training enough pastors to disciple the surge of new believers from non-Christian backgrounds.

Recent surveys have found that Trump is a «huge loser» among Protestant pastors, and that evangelical leaders are solidly split on presidential picks.

In part two of this series on racial issues and Ferguson, Missouri, Pastor Leonce Crump shares his thoughts on systemic injustice and asks when white evangelicals will address this issue.

I saw a post on Facebook the other day from a popular Northeastern Pastor who basically said, «How can any evangelical Christian support the racist, bigoted Donald Trump?

(Evangelical and mainline pastors were categorized based on self - identification.)

Jeramie Rinne, senior pastor of the Evangelical Community Church in Abu Dhabi, said in an interview with The Cable that the mosque's renaming indicates the importance of the UAE's stance on religious tolerance.

As you search the Scriptures, here are a few books I would recommend for those embarking on learning in this particular area as companions are: — «Changing My Mind» by David Gushee; — «Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays vs. Christians Debate» by Justin Lee; — «A Letter to My Congregation: An Evangelical Pastor's Path to Embracing Those Who are Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Into the Company of Jesus» by Ken Wilson; and — «God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships» by Matthew Vines.

Christian advocates in the United States have launched a global campaign to release Andrew Brunson, an American pastor jailed on erroneous allegations amid a crackdown on evangelicals in Turkey.

CT recently featured divergent evangelical opinions on how pastors and church leaders should respond to a SCOTUS decision affirming same - sex marriage, as well as whether evangelicals should attend a same - sex wedding.

«Given that the express goal of this event is evangelism, with the commitment of new believers to Christ, we do not believe that Rev. Graham... should be the exemplar that impresses itself on these new believers,» wrote four evangelical pastors and a Catholic leader who were invited to endorse the March 3 — 5 event, but opposed Graham's place as keynote speaker.

The term evangelical has the opposite effect on many people of Latino and Hispanic heritage, according to Samuel Rodriguez, president of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and senior pastor of New Season Christian Worship Center in Sacramento, California.

Scammers rely on unwitting victims to see the name of a famous pastor on social media and click «friend» or «like,» said Ed Stetzer the president of LifeWay Research, an evangelical research group.

Some evangelical denominations, including Southern Baptists, have recently moved to put more restrictions on women serving as pastors.

Nowhere is the missionary invasion more evident than on the island of Hispanola, where I recently served as a pastor in the Dominican Evangelical Church in the city of Barahona in the Dominican Republic.

44 % of evangelical pastors (a plurality) were undecided on Trump vs. Clinton 36 % said personal character would be the top determiner of their vote 14 % said Supreme Court nominees [LifeWay Research # 1 and # 5]

Having been raised on the NIV and a diet of Evangelical staples like Veggie Tales and Adventures in Odyssey, we now preferred more subversive fare, like Tennessee wunderkind Rachel Held Evans's up - from - superstition memoir Evolving in Monkey Town and Michigan pastor Rob Bell's universalist manifesto Love Wins, which earned the author glowing profiles in the New York Times and TIME magazine.

Taylor's post was quickly tweeted by several prominent pastors, including John Piper and Mark Driscoll, connected to the Gospel Coalition, a coalition of theologically conservative evangelical churches, and a full - blown theological controversy was on.

William Cook, 50, a Franklin Square Republican who serves as an associate pastor of an evangelical church in Old Westbury, said corruption «cuts across both parties» and was contributing to the «high cost of living» on Long Island.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will be the keynote speaker tonight at a fundraiser for Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera — an evangelical Christian pastor who has drawn fire for praising the fiercely anti-gay government of Uganda as «godly» — according to a post on Mr. Cabrera's Facebook page.

I ask him how could a movie centred on the clash between an oil prospector's desire to make it rich and a evangelical pastor's spiritual attempts to stop him be anything else?

They'll unveil the first step on Friday, when Latino evangelical pastors from across the country will come forward with plans to rally their congregations behind the Common Core.

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