Sentences with phrase «gathered in a place of worship»

Perhaps, but how many people who would once have gathered in a place of worship now meet on philosophy courses?

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Large group gatherings or worship services are the place where the largest number of people within a church are typically gathered in one place, and yet it's the least relational experience and environment in a church.

If he succeeded and built the Holy Temple in its proper place and gathered the dispersed ones of Israel together, this is indeed the anointed one for certain, and he will mend the entire world to worship the Lord together, as it is stated: «For then I shall turn for the nations a clear tongue, so that they will all procalim the Name of the Lord, and to worship Him with a united resolve (Zephaniah 3:9).»

The church - a place of worship for the Queen and her family - is often at the heart of royal events, with the Windsors gathering there each year for Easter services, and in the past for occasions such as the service to mark the Duke of Edinburgh's 90th birthday.

Unlike adherents to some of the other religions which have commanded the allegiance of men, Christian believers are gathered together as a fellowship, meeting at specific times and in specific places to engage in the action of divine worship.

Soon it became customary, at least in the city of Rome, to take a fragment of bread from the celebration of Communion at the central gathering place (where the bishop presided over the service) and place it with the bread for Communion at the other worship services.

Again, the norm and model do not specify where the gathering of disciples should take place or what order of service or what style or instrumentation of musical worship, but the Scriptures are clear that we must be together as disciples in order to fully love each other.

THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHURCH IS THIS: Every Christian should gather together to hear the Scriptures and worship Jesus together with other believers weekly (see Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Romans 16:5; Acts 20:20; James 2:2; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 92:13) It is also good to meet for smaller groups of Christian community in each other's homes regularly (see Acts 2:46) It's good to have leaders overseeing the work and needs of each local church — this is the Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are believers who are unable for physical reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their own home.