Sentences with phrase «how big our church»

A cult is a cult is a cult, folks, and the Mormons are never going to be «mainstream» religion, no matter how big their church gets — they'll always be a half - step away from scientologists.

Then there's the question of how a big church — where it's easy to remain anonymous — can ensure that attendees become integrated into a genuine community.

Not exact matches

Have the JPL scientists get jobs at his church as deacons, then have them hand out DVD's on evolution and the Big Bang theory after Sunday service and then see how accepting and open minded they are (G).

how bout everyone joins reality and stops going to church to play make - believe - time, lets give political credibility to the biggest scam artist on the planet.

Part of this how the first century church exploded out of nothing from men who, by all accounts, shouldn't have been able to pull it off; part of it is seeing (actually a big part of it) is seeing what God has done in my life — answered prayer that, by all accounts, shouldn't have been answered.

Martin Saunders looks at how 2013's biggest events unfolded at home, abroad, and within the Church.

The survey suggests that while church attendance patterns over the past three and half decades have been most influenced by changes in how often Southerners, Catholics and women go to services, other factors may play a bigger role in the future, Schwadel said, noting how church attendance had stayed mostly steady despite the demographic changes.

poor this rich that church here politics there why argue about church an politics its the same funny how people loose there jobs but churches an politicians pockets keep getting bigger but nobodys crying about bet that new guchi shirt impressed the preachers wife you wore on sunday but you argue for the poor, ol lutz says 25 k die a day well then why worry about charitys they collect 10,25 % just like churches an line thier pockets, so why argeu you stoopid sheep

I have no doubt historical politics played a big part in how the institutional church portrayed God and His Son, often with a view to control what we believe, say and do.

One of the big problems we have in the American church is how comfortable we are picking fights with everyone.

Because there are others who believe the same way I do, and we have the best Bible scholars, and the best seminaries, and the biggest churches, and the most authors, and our missionaries are very active overseas, and we agree with most of the teachings of the church throughout history... at least since the Reformation anyway... and I believe that with time, and a little education of how to really study the Bible, people will eventually see that what I believe is the right way to believe.

Typically, with such a strategy, a church planter doesn't need to worry about how to gather a crowd or get the word out about a big event, because the city (or whoever is organizing the event) is already doing such things.

It is about the big things: Inviting people to church but loving them just the same if they say «no,» actually making it a priority to participate and serve in the ministries of the church, financially investing in the mission of the local church and yielding to God's direction of my life over my own ideas of how this life should go.

What surprised me on this trip was that at every single event, one or two people would pull me aside and ask how I kept from getting discouraged by those big numbers that Mark Driscoll, and pastors like him, are always bragging about — the 10 million downloads, the enormous church planting network, the packed - out services, the hundreds of thousands of blog visitors.

There is no way of knowing how far this little leaven of ours will go in our big church, now in conspicuous confusion, or in a Christian community in the throes of world revolution.

I actually heard a megachurch speaker not long ago talk about how God uses big and small churches.

I responded, «If he kept the house church model and split it into two groups every 6 months, and those groups grew and split likewise, how big do you think his church would be now?»

How about this a pope (leo) said long ago that the bible is the biggest profitable superstion the church has had OK!!!

Phyllis Tickle often talks about how the Church is in the midst of the «Great Emergence» or a major change right now — or as she calls it «a big rummage sale.»

Warmerists have another common trait with the big 8 churches: they take donations and don't offer much explanation for how they are used.

McMillan is perhaps best known for his song «How He Loves,» which, despite being released independently five years ago, has found its way to the ears of some of the industry's biggest names — and into churches across the country.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

In previous US elections, polls consistently showed that a person's level of religiosity — how important their faith is to them and how often they attend church — was one of the biggest predictors in how they would vote.

This gets into one of the biggest, yet, from what I have seen, least addressed issues in the House - Church movement: «How to teach the Bible, when there is an ever expanding crowd of students?»

In a plant like ours, we are small and simply don't have enough mass yet to do very many things, and so I have been doing some teaching on the universal body of believers, which is call «Big C Church,» and how we can be involved in other churches in town to get what we ourselves can not offer.

And in church settings, the next question is often «How big is your church / ministry?»

But as the tent gets bigger and as the missional movement spreads to rural America, we must initiate a conversation about how to effectively grow a more inclusive church in this unique context, where we are sure to meet some resistance.

Quay... churches make a big deal of getting their faithful out there to vote, and case it in pretty verbiage about how it's what God wants.

«I think the big issue is how you are defining «church.»

Well well, Obama decided to put on his big boy pants and take on the catholic church, hows that workin for ya?

The big problem is: if this is your first or only experience of church, how quickly you can lose faith in the the church community and Christianity as a whole.

In one of his addresses, the then President of the Church, Spencer Kimball, even made a big deal about how anyone could see that the Native Americans that were missionaries for the Church were lighter than their non-Mormon relatives.

These unbleivers are angry becos they can see wat is happening, how christains are taking over big business and pluging the money into the church.

I do think this is a bigger issue in the gay world, though, and I believe that just shows how important the church is in our lives.

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Many churches talk about vision casting, and this generally means envisioning how big and influential the church can be in ten or twenty years, and then deciding what steps need to be taken to get there.

there are lot of Christian communities who are absolutely jealous of the unbroken continuation of the Catholics church and of course they are the ones who actually try to make a big noise even without any truth in most of the abuse accusations coz they are guilty of how the main split from the Catholic Church happened just because of a Top English catholic wanted to divorce and re-marry which the church did not allow as per the sacrament of holy matrimony, where Jesus has been very clear of not allowing dichurch and of course they are the ones who actually try to make a big noise even without any truth in most of the abuse accusations coz they are guilty of how the main split from the Catholic Church happened just because of a Top English catholic wanted to divorce and re-marry which the church did not allow as per the sacrament of holy matrimony, where Jesus has been very clear of not allowing diChurch happened just because of a Top English catholic wanted to divorce and re-marry which the church did not allow as per the sacrament of holy matrimony, where Jesus has been very clear of not allowing dichurch did not allow as per the sacrament of holy matrimony, where Jesus has been very clear of not allowing divorce.

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Subra, a chemist and microbiologist who works gratis with poor communities to take on big corporations, held workshops at a local church to teach residents how to use the buckets to collect air samples and keep diaries so they could match their physical symptoms with what they smelled in the air.

Big questions like how you'll handle money, if you'll go to church, or whether you'll have kids are pretty important things to talk about.

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She called me afterward and told me how during mass, she was grateful that I had done all the work I had done to train the kids to behave during church services — that it was extraordinary to have kids that well - behaved, and that my efforts were a big part of it.