Sentences with phrase «for churchgoers»

Website for churchgoers.

Flower bulbs were planted and new benches were installed for churchgoers to enjoy.

This movement — from noncommitment to deep ecclesial commitment — is mirrored in The Purpose - Driven Life, which aims to do for readers what Saddleback seeks to do for churchgoers.

As an ExPastor in title, this shirt would be a brilliant addition to my «gentle warnings» for churchgoers....

You wouldn't have to worry about there being a time conflict for churchgoers, because they wouldn't be attending your meetings anyway.

Not exact matches

What I was trying to say was that, in my opinion, most churchgoers are like Pharisees in that they don't see their own need for cleansing (because they persist in thinking they are already clean) OR fall into a second category of being denominationally competitve (not unlike the Paul - Apollos - Cephas leader / hero worship mentioned in Scripture.)

But I haven't been a churchgoer since I became too old for my mother to coerce me into a pew.

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White evangelicals are the most ambivalent on whether employers with a religious objection should be allowed to skip providing contraception coverage for employees (53 %); weekly churchgoers felt a little more strongly (62 %).

For example, after explaining how their research shows that three - quarters of young outsiders and half of young churchgoers describe present - day Christianity as «too involved in politics,» this is what Kinnaman concludes: «To address the deep challenges that are facing people in our nation and around the world, Gabe and I have come to the conclusion that being politically engaged is more important than ever.»

I now meet very few churchgoers who (from the commentary on this page) might be facing serious trouble when the sheep - goat thing happens, or the accounting for every stray word time comes (let alone the millstone thing for people who lead children astray).

However, my first few weeks in this strange environment convinced me that theology was not an exclusive endeavour for the cultured churchgoer; it was for anybody who wanted to wrestle and reflect on who God is.

For African American churchgoers, get out the vote efforts have been in effect in full force and from the pulpits of churches across the nation.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on churchgoers in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.

They will show up (as they do now, for the most part) as exceptions: ad hoc ethical non sequiturs kept going by the enthusiasm of the few and the guilt of a somewhat larger cross-section of churchgoers.

Not to mention Heaven Is For Real and a slew of other Christian movies that seemed prime to keep churchgoers flocking to theaters every Saturday night all year long, with the pastor in the front row.

Making churchgoers has become the substitute for making disciples.

Pope Francis has called organ donation a «testimony of love for our neighbour» as part of a new campaign encouraging churchgoers to sign onto the Donor Register and give blood.

Some churchgoers will shun you for smoking, which is NOT mentioned in the Bible, but then go straight to the Sunday buffet after church and commit gluttony, which IS mentioned in the Bible.

For years, various academic studies and news articles have reported what many churchgoers already know: most American congregations are segregated.

For the Obama - Romney matchup, Catholic churchgoers overwhelmingly were motivated by support for the Democratic candidaFor the Obama - Romney matchup, Catholic churchgoers overwhelmingly were motivated by support for the Democratic candidafor the Democratic candidate.

According to a new Pew Research survey, 1 percent of churchgoers said their pastor has spoken positively of Donald Trump, compared to 6 percent who heard praise for Hillary Clinton.

When I was an active churchgoer, sure the church (baptist in my case) wasn't exactly pro-gay, but you simply didn't have the sheer amount of hate emanating from the pulpit for these people that you have today.

except for the part where she can go home and refrain from politicking to churchgoers.

(CNN)- First lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned pitch for black churchgoers to embrace political action on Thursday in a speech to the country's oldest black religious denomination.

Instead of replicating already familiar and usually benign survey analyses that counted and sorted churchgoers, researchers such as Joseph Fichter, Peter Berger, and Gibson Winter6 disclosed disturbing data about motivation for church membership and its relation to social behavior.

Salvation was ranked third by those who attended church every week, but it dropped linearly to 18th for those who never attended; forgiving was ranked second by the weekly churchgoers and decreased linearly to 11th for those never attending.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

While there may be some lack of literacy on this issue for average churchgoers, they usually catch on quickly when the difference is pointed out.

Support for Trump among white evangelicals tends to exacerbate the trends among Americans overall, with regular churchgoers, men, and older demographics more likely to skew Republican.

The language of faith, the meaning of the sacraments and the basic doctrines of the Christian church are almost totally devoid of meaning for the average churchgoer.

Also, as a lifelong churchgoer who has seen her fair share of pastor - centric churches, I like that the lectionary lets Scripture set the agenda for the sermon... which, when you think about it, is a pretty evangelical way to look at it.

I don't want to be there, but have such pain from the disapproving attitude while I stumble with the right words, trying to convince well meaning churchgoers why I have made the right choice for my OWN life!

A Specific Affordable Housing Plan A large group of churchgoers, NYCHA residents, senior citizens, and advocates recently rallied near City Hall to push for an affordable housing plan from the Metro - IAF coalition led by two Brooklyn pastors and affordable housing builders.

Taddeo joined black pastors and churchgoers Sunday for a «Souls to the Polls» barbecue as a DJ blared tunes at near - deafening levels in the background.

In a thinly veiled reference to the proposed gay marriage bill, Cardinal Andre Vingt - Trois asked churchgoers to pray for «newly elected officials» to put their «sense of common good over the pressure to meet special demands».

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this weekend revived the idea of college courses for prison convicts at the Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem, telling churchgoers that he would continue to push for the plan as a preventative measure to ending the disproportionately high levels of incarceration among black men.

De Blasio, who is running for reelection this fall against Republican Nicole Malliotakis and a string of third - party candidates, told churchgoers: «It takes a lot of gall to tweet negative things about people recovering from a hurricane while you're at your golf course playing golf.»

This weekend, Timothy Cardinal Dolan is sending a plea to 2 million churchgoers, urging them to ask Gov. Cuomo to «put children ahead of politics and fight for the Education Investment Tax Credit.»

Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, who is an atheist, also attended alongside 80 MPs, 20 peers and almost 600 churchgoers, campaigners and lobbyists for the early morning gathering in the medieval Westminster Hall.

Exceptions are made for Native American churchgoers, who are allowed by law to use peyote in prayer meetings, and members of a branch of a Brazilian - based church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who have won court battles for the right to use the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca in their religious rituals.

There's evidence to suggest that regular churchgoers, for example, really are more generous than others.

Pastors say mental illness is spiritual ailment Christian pastors may tell churchgoers who seek help for a mental illnesses — such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia — that they have a spiritual problem instead.

Pastor Timothy, AKA «Soupman Pastor `, is convinced that the Soupmobile Church, which may have been too out - of - the - box for some conventional churchgoers, would be fully appreciated by Jesus, as «he, himself was pretty unconventional!»

Not a churchgoer — and if you think the evidence for (even) «CAGW» is weak, then the evidence for hell is far weaker.

«I was surprised, because for a lot of priests the penitence is a bad thing, but in this case you have your sins forgiven and you are still making the environment better for the future,» churchgoer Aline Pedreira tells Globo.

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Rated Pg - 13 for some violent content and disturbing images may keep some squeamish churchgoers away.

The friend said they would give my name to some fellow churchgoers who were looking for a house in return for a $ 500 referral fee.