Sentences with phrase «for lead pastor»

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How can I blame someone older, perhaps even a pastor, for failing, when I'm not living the life I'm supposed to lead?

Of course, for the sake of usefulness a congregation can elect a pastor or bishop, maybe for temporary charge who leads the affairs of the congregation as a whole.

As many of you know he is the pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California and has been one of the leading voices for the emergent / missional movement.

I was eventually laid - off to due to «lack of funds» (which I have in writing) it seemed as though people in our congregation began fleeing contemporary church and we couldn't pay me and the Lead Pastor (who sat in his office day in, day out)... I won't settle for another stagnant «building - pastor» gig, I prPastor (who sat in his office day in, day out)... I won't settle for another stagnant «building - pastor» gig, I prpastor» gig, I promise.

Anyway, trying to communicate this, and the other issues, to my then pastor was also fraught with problems as he seemed too preoccupied with how my leaving was making him feel than with the years of rejection I described which led to me leaving, I say leaving but I only moved to a church up the road (I had been in the first church for over 20 years but couldn't bear it any longer, which was a sad outcome).

Although they say they do not intend for the minister to dictate his aims for the church, the thrust of Leading Congregational Change is that the pastor or transformational leader brings a vision that must be promoted, first to a chosen group of disciples, then to a «vision community,» and then — only when fully developed and plotted out — to the congregation.

As a pastor in a confessional and evangelical tradition, I want the people I counsel and lead to trust in the sufficiency of Scripture, the power of the gospel, the regular graces of gathered worship, the preaching of God's Word, and the Lord's Supper for spiritual growth.

«Having just come through a divisive national election, I am urging pastors across this country to lead their congregations in praying daily for our president, Barack Obama... for wisdom, Divine guidance, and that God would accomplish His will and purposes,» Graham said in a statement.

Les Hughey, founder and lead pastor of Highlands Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been placed on leave for an investigation following allegations that he sexually abused teenage girls under his...

For all the fans of Mark Driscoll, I hope that rather than simply turn to another celebrity pastor or mega-gathering for their weekly fix of preaching, they see that Jesus Himself wants to lead them into the biggest adventure of a lifetiFor all the fans of Mark Driscoll, I hope that rather than simply turn to another celebrity pastor or mega-gathering for their weekly fix of preaching, they see that Jesus Himself wants to lead them into the biggest adventure of a lifetifor their weekly fix of preaching, they see that Jesus Himself wants to lead them into the biggest adventure of a lifetime.

In the lead up to the convention, Florida pastor Rodney Baker submitted a resolution titled «Maintaining Appropriate Content in Products Distributed by LifeWay Christian Bookstores» for consideration expressing that the convention «expresses dissatisfaction with «The Blind Side» and any product that contains explicit profanity, God's name in vain, and racial slur.»

He came in with the model of Shepherding which meant that pastors and altar ministers where to ensure members of the congregation where catered for, protected, led, taught, etc, to ensure they abided and also grew up to become sherpherds themselves.

The Lead Pastor, Rev. Dr. Fred Mueller, concluded by quoting the apostle Paul from Galatians 3, «There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.»

Arnold, who led the Bruderhof Communities for two decades, was a pastor, author, and tireless worker for peace, reconciliation, and justice.

(Characteristically, Pastor Albert B. Cleage, Jr., of Detroit, one of the leading spokesmen for black power in the U.S.A., declared that violence is redemptive.

Jackson served on staff of University Christian Church (UCC) in Cincinnati for nearly 19 years, and served as the congregation's Lead Pastor from 1996 - 2013.

«Having just come through a divisive national election, I am urging pastors across this country to lead their congregations in praying daily for our president, Barack Obama,» Graham said.

The research leads to the clear conclusion that the more highly a church values management skills, the greater the likelihood of its strong preference for male pastors.

What I found was slightly over 50 % of the budget was dedicated to the staff (churches rarely list individual salaries for fear that people might have a problem with the lead pastor's salary and benefits), for four pastors.

Bonhoeffer led futile protests against the Confessing Church's 1938 decision to allow pastors to swear an oath of loyalty to the Fürhrer and the wartime «legalization» of Confessing pastors (in which they made some concessions to the official church in return for financial and career security).

Church members, led by pastor Fred Phelps, believe God is punishing the United States for «the sin of homosexuality» through events including soldiers» deaths.

Stephen is the lead pastor of Adorn, a church plant in Los Angeles that cultivates community movements for Gospel renewal.

Early in 2002 the Mennonite Central Committee will release «Connecting Peoples,» a guide for pastors and local church leaders who want to lead groups or establish sistering relationships.

Just as touch bridged the gap for infidelity to poke its nasty head in the case of the pastor and young lady, there are countless other nonverbal factors that if not stewarded well, have the potential to lead to marital infidelity.

The elders told me they wanted their church to start reaching the lost, and were looking for a pastor who could lead them in that direction.

This tells me that we have pastors leading congregations and setting the tone for community norms that are less than at an adult level of functioning.

Five years ago, «inappropriate sexual behavior» led Jim Bolin to resign from the Georgia megachurch he founded and led with his wife Robin, also a pastor, for 30 years.

It's been eight months since he resigned as lead pastor of Mars Hill, describing himself as an «imperfect messenger» who has apologized for «past pride, anger and a domineering spirit.»

Under the pastor's skilled lead, she saw for herself that what she needed to do was accept her death.

Having been a part of a church that went through the painful resignation of a lead pastor, and having been the daughter of a religious leader who resigned due to moral failure, I know how incredibly difficult this transition will be for everyone involved.

After Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a city bus, the new pastor, King, was drafted to lead the African - American community in a boycott of public transportation.

After several months in a Bible study - growth group (led by their pastor) the members began to look for ways to share their new awareness of relationships and the Christian life in their community.

Only about half of Protestant pastors say they plan to vote for Republican John McCain in the upcoming presidential election, but McCain still holds a substantial lead over Democrat Barack Obama, for whom less than one - quarter of pastors polled indicate they will vote...

Dhati is the Lead Pastor at Blueprint Church in Atlanta, GA, and his passions are for church planting and discipleship.

The point I am leading up to is that for many laymen the gospel of liberal social activism offered to them by many pastors, denominational headquarters, and ecumenical leaders has not come as good news.

Where the pastor is the only person making calls in times of family tragedy, the only person sought for counsel in times of trouble, this can lead to a misuse of God - given gifts for ministry.

Just as theological studies can impact the life of the learner, a pastor's preparation for preaching, teaching, and leading worship each week can be spiritually formative.

This does not mean that it is the preacher's responsibility to hand down a more or less authoritative interpretation for them, but as pastor - preacher he will lead them into the experience of hearing the message of Scripture for their situations.

Pastors responsibilities are to lead their congregations to pray (continually) for their leaders and not become political voices from their pulpits.

When young pastor Matt Brown announced he was supporting a ministry for women in the sex industry led by an x-stripper, he was expecting applause.

Pastors contending for God's glory and people, help lead us.

For years he attended a church led by a «pastor» who spewed racial hatred and rediculous theories against whites.

Even though 79 % of pastors think it's important for Christians to care for the immigrant, a significantly smaller percentage of pastors are leading their churches to be involved in doing so.

In fact, she received numerous requests from other pastors to take on Yorba Linda Vineyard in California, the church she led for over ten years.

I hope we will all pray for Godly men to be raised up to truly lead their families and thus be trusted to lead as Pastors.

I am no Scholar but, I believe God has the power to change prophecy the way that he did with Hezekiah, his intentions for a perfect people in the beginning changed due to disobedience so who's to say our men or intended leadership has overall been disobedient, and many women have been forced to lead and in that leading women have been more obedient.We all need each other if my husband was a pastor and I'm his help mate if he for some reason can't teach or preach who else other than myself would be the closest to him.I don't believe GOD changes he's always the same but, he does have the power to make changes and he does not need our permission to do so, instead of debating back and forth over our version of the Bible we should be sure we have the Holy Spirit and real relationship with GOD because he will reveal to us his truths but, please know he's not the author of confusion

While the Christian pastor or chaplain must applaud Elisabeth Kübler - Ross for virtually leading an entire nation back to the beds of the dying with a concern that allows terminally ill patients to maintain their dignity, he (or she) will not assume that calm acceptance is the ideal toward which the dying should be moved.

Passion is a worship collective that serves as the musical arm of the wildly popular Passion movement, a series of global conferences led by Atlanta's Passion City Church pastor Louie Giglio that brings together 20 - somethings and college students, united with the mission of «worship, prayer and justice for spiritual awakening in this generation.»

Many of the early leaders of the social gospel movement were pastors whose concern for individual slum dwellers, the poor, the prisoners and the sick led them to attack the social sources of human misery and to understand the corporate character of human sin.

Not only are we not allowed to think for ourselves, we've been fooled into believing that we CA N'T think for ourselves, which is why we NEED a pastor to lead us (sounds like the kind of deception the serpent used in the Garden).