Sentences with phrase «lead small churches»

We have a pastor who trains elders; elders who lead small churches.

Peterson has spent his life leading a small church, writing over 30 books and teaching theological students.

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It's scary... and you know what's even more scary, is the fact that most 5 - point Calvinist pastors keep these disturbing ideas to themselves, and they are leading both small and exceedingly large churches in the direction of Calvinist thinking without the flock even knowing.

One of our desires at Together for Adoption is to facilitate serious, Spirit - led dialogue about how churches, whether they are large or small, can intentionally, strategically, and organically unite their missional engagement in the world with the mandate to care for orphans (James 1:27).

And the churches will find a way to separat the believers and by default give us atheists the upper hand as now we will face smaller groups lead by small voices instead of one group with one voice... the battle shall be epic!

A big church can bring in experts to lead classes; smaller churches have fewer resources and very busy pastors.

Its not that we don't love our current church, but there is not a lot of relational connection due to the elders not leading the small group efforts.

Does our enthusiasm to grow our churches lead us to overlook the benefits, beauty and unique missional potential of the small church community?

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

The church bulletin described a large number of small group Bible studies, all led by men.

You can lead a small group at your church, or gather some dudes at Starbucks every Thursday morning and study the book of Daniel together.

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.

As Wade Clark Roof points out in a recent study, this neglect will lead to «a crisis of plausibility» resulting in alienation of growing numbers of persons and finally in the church's representing a very small minority (Community and Commitment: Religious Plausibility in a Liberal Protestant Church [Elsevier, 1978], pp. 6church's representing a very small minority (Community and Commitment: Religious Plausibility in a Liberal Protestant Church [Elsevier, 1978], pp. 6Church [Elsevier, 1978], pp. 6 - 9).

You can definitely limit the size of the church (in a healthy way) by making sure that you multiply small groups that grow beyond a specified size (18 - 20 works nice, at that point you are losing a degree of intimacy already) but more important you make sure that you cultivate the gifts needed to lead these groups — otherwise you end up with a bunch of small churches and a burned out pastor.

This led some in Matthew's church (he had come out to a small group) to accuse him of «elevating his experience over Scripture.»

Only a small minority of Roman Catholics, led by an eminent historian, Johann Josef Ignaz von Dollinger (1799 - 1890), declared that the Vatican decrees were untrue to history and, excommunicated by the Pope, constituted themselves the Old Catholic Church.

So, the small group that I led... well, we made certain we never invited any of them to our church.

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 ownCHURCH 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 ownchurch — 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 ownchurch 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 ownchurch weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their ownchurch or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their own home.

Brendan Gleeson, who also starred in The Guard, leads the film as Father James, a good priest in a small town who only wants to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral and even amusing problems.

A statue of the artist stands besides the small pebbled beach, and winding streets lead away from the seafront to the delightful church of St Marys.

«With the civil rights movement, the youth led and the churches followed,» said Fred Small, minister of the Unitarian Universalist First Parish Church in Cambridge, Mass..

I'm currently an active member in our local church, serving on our Sunday School leadership team, leading small group women's Bible studies, encouraging the local church as a lay speaker and signing with the church praise team when in town.

Excitement among church members who are ready to dig deeper into the material introduced to them, and a team of trained small group leaders ready to lead them through this transformational process.

His doctoral work in the missional church combined with years of experience leading and administrating organizations large and small has prepared him for today's ever changing business climate and ethics.

At my church I lead one of the small group ministries.