Sentences with phrase «lay pastoral leaders»

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Lay leaders do most of the preaching, teaching, pastoral counseling and general oversight of congregational life.

But the very nature of the division of spiritual formation of Christians between lay leaders in the Sunday School and pastoral leaders in the church leaves people with the idea that Christian faith can be learned by attending classes.

This core of lay leaders — along with pastoral leadership — can set an example of commitment to the community.

But even in the prime of its politicking, for instance in the fabled 1960s, no survey showed general sympathy for the pronouncements made by leaders, and there was little congruence between lay (and sometimes local pastoral) opinion and what was being said at conventions or in commissions.

A pastoral administrator (or lay leader) can employ profitably whatever sensitivity he has derived from counseling training.

I want this book to be read by pastors, pastoral counselors, chaplains, and leaders of lay ministries.