Afterwards
we went to another church building but, after a while, felt The Lord saying that this was not the way He meant for things to me.
They put on their church clothes on «church day,»
go to the church building.
Just be quiet,
go to your church building on Sunday, be a Christian there for a couple of hours.
* Background note: Pro-LGBTQ advocates
went to their church building a couple of years ago to stir up trouble, thinking that Dr. Brown and his congregation were hate - filled.
I read all the right books from all the right authors,
went to the church building every Sunday and Wednesday, led worship for a time, taught the youth, etc..
Stop
going to a church building because you feel that is «what you are supposed to do» and start seeking out ways to be His church wherever you go and to whoever you connect with as you do life.
And I've met many genuine Christians who don't
go to a church building.
My advice to you, is stop
going to a church building, start connecting with people, seek out like minded believers, and spiritual seekers who are not believers, and do life with them.
But
going to a church building will probably not be the answer.
Not exact matches
Not the
buildings that we
go to church in.
@justtheweighiam, I've been by that (I'm not
going to use the word
church)
building many times, but never in it.
there's gonna be Atheist
church buildings with hymnals on humanism and self help sermons.
One committed suicide, and one
went on
to build the
church as we know it today.
This
church building needs
to go, along with all major
church buildings that have any historic significance.
The piece
goes on
to list some of the programs which are being shuttered — they include
building the
church's congregation, the
church's famous greenhouse, and a «Family Saturday» initiative, which brought familes with young children
to the cathedral.
Oh wait... Ive got it wrong this isn't for believers, Atheists no the look foolish
to us, This is so Atheists can find other atheists, So they can eventually form a
Church, its going to be a weird Church, because for the most part Atheists are so full of themselves they really don't have room for anyone else, And How do you build a church without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to w
Church, its
going to be a weird
Church, because for the most part Atheists are so full of themselves they really don't have room for anyone else, And How do you build a church without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to w
Church, because for the most part Atheists are so full of themselves they really don't have room for anyone else, And How do you
build a
church without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to w
church without compassion... O well this ought
to be fun
to watch!!
When Peter is the one who recognized Jesus as the messiah, Jesus told Peter he was blessed because only His Father in Heaven could have revealed it
to him, not a flesh and blood person, so Jesus told Peter He was
going to build His
Church upon this rock [Peter] and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
But the goal was
to build a
church that would be a beacon for the world, and a holy place where the faithful can
go to ease our burdens, get fueled up on God's word so we can
go out into «our mission field.»
Mark Zuckerberg fails
to understand that
church -
going is more than an exercise in human community -
building.
My wife and I
went to an Organic
Church conference in Germany and Frank Viola was the main speaker, and they rented out a church building and they had beer bottle openers on the wall to open the beer the passe
Church conference in Germany and Frank Viola was the main speaker, and they rented out a
church building and they had beer bottle openers on the wall to open the beer the passe
church building and they had beer bottle openers on the wall
to open the beer the passed out!
The «plan» is that after the visioning we will be able
to discern God's Approved
Church Model whether or not
to build a new
building, what our «work» is
to be and how we are
going to assure that our aging (average age is 75 years) congregation will continue
to be viable and have a future.
Some people who would never give $ 2,000, or $ 1,000,000 for that matter, for a
church to spend on a mission effort, will give that amount for the
church to build a facility that can attract and equip others
to give and
go.
The early Americans, before
church became a career (early 1700's) had a
church building still, but the pastor had a real job and the money collected
went to the poor in the community.
Rather than spending the majority of our income on
buildings, salaries, and
church programs, so that only what is left over
goes to help the poor and needy, maybe
churches could reverse this practice, so that a majority of the money that a
church receives
goes toward feeding the hungry, helping the poor, and serving those who are outcast and rejected in society.
n in the middle east
churchs r
build for alll christians
to go to... n if ppl burn them... then i apologize for them... n i want u
to knw... many mosques were burned, quran was spitted on or torn, etc. so ya think twice before posting a comment
I hate
to say it, but most of us would simply
go down the street
to the
church that still had a
building.
So in the vast majority of
churches, about one - half of the tithe
goes to pay the pastor's salary, and the other half
goes to pay for the
church building and programs.
It does not say you have
to go to Church, it says do not neglect
to meet together in fellowship — not necessarily a
building!
When you
build your
church and your culture around hierarchy and power, you are naturally
going to be 1) highly - organized, and 2) personality focused.
But as long as all these places of fellowship have the word «
church» on the signs out front and on the walls of their
buildings, we are always
going to think that the place is the «
church.»
When I
go to Church, I don't
go to some
building that someone
built, listen
to someone speak at me about the evils of the world, give up money for some out of sight missionary work, and then get berated for not doing things according
to some interpreted version of a much disputed holy book.
So... I
go to churches in
buildings right now, or I don't «
go to church.»
It is not uncommon
to go into some of the poorest and most destitute communities around the world, where many of the people live in cardboard and tarpaper shacks and have barely enough food
to live on, and in the middle of this community, find a large, grandly constructed
church building with towering steeples, intricate stained glass, beautiful woodwork, and gorgeous hand - painted murals.
I'm suspicious that it's
going to take
churches becoming too poor
to afford their
buildings.
Going to a building with lots of people inside, and calling it church is no different than going to a Safeway store full of people... UNLESS... Everyone there is a true believer, and the unbeliever is afraid to be in their m
Going to a
building with lots of people inside, and calling it
church is no different than
going to a Safeway store full of people... UNLESS... Everyone there is a true believer, and the unbeliever is afraid to be in their m
going to a Safeway store full of people... UNLESS... Everyone there is a true believer, and the unbeliever is afraid
to be in their midst.
Nuisance troublemaking against Christians
goes on quite unnoticed in the smaller towns and villages, but the problem in Islamabad became a cause célèbre because a number of diplomats worship in the house parish that seeks
to build a permanent
church.
In such a situation local groups ready
to move together quickly for the sake of mission could do so; already - developed structures and organs (such as the National Council of
Churches» Commission on Regional and Local Ecumenism) could be utilized and
built upon; those no longer useful could be let
go.
Whereas before the
church used
to go the community and get involved in their events, now the
church invites the community
to the
church building to attend the
church events.
And if the
church is
going to grow and thrive, we must make sure that we are
building upon this good and solid foundation.
You mean the
building of enormous
churches and mosques (etc) that cost tens of millions of dollars - of those who attend them who are living in huge houses with expensive cars that
go on exotic vacations several weeks a year - all who worship someone who said
to give everything (that is all)
to the poor?
Francis»
church has a
built in audience / capitalistic system via the guilt trip of
going to church on Sunday and paying your «ti - thes» sending you
to hell if you don't.
As several have pointed out
go to a muslim country and try
to build a Baptist
church or get a Christian holiday observed.
If you want
to build a
church across the street from the WTC with private funds
go ahead it's a free country.
Gregory said he will meet later this month with
church councils
to ask for «candid guidance» on whether
to sell the abode, which was
built on land donated by Joseph Mitchell, the nephew of «
Gone With the Wind Novelist» Margaret Mitchell.
Brothers and sisters, when you have a government that says «we can decide whether or not a house of worship can be constructed based upon the theological beliefs of that house of worship,» then there are
going to be Southern Baptist
churches in San Francisco and New York and throughout this country who are not
going to be able
to build.
What if we stopped «having
church» in our Christian
buildings, and instead
went down
to the local beach, or the local restaurant, or the local bar?
Why do they believe that the gay guy
goes to hell but the fat preacher who
builds some of the largest
churches in the world makes it
to heaven?
But I believe if I
go into these
churches as I once did — and remain there, I will be helping them
to celebrate their hatred, support their gossip and beliefs that they are some how better then others as they spend their time tearing others down >
to build themselves up.
The modern day
church building as the form and function of what we believe
to be «
church;» and if «
gone to,» the primary function and practice of Christians.
I don't think every
church building is really
going to go away.