Sentences with phrase «leaders of the church really»

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I really believe most of the leaders of the so called Christian churches and mega churches could learn a lot from him.

The leaders of the Mexican Catholic Church are traitors to this country and as far as I am concerned until the so - called church, which is really a foreign enemy, stops providing sanctuary to lawbreakers, be they pedophile priests or illegal immigrants, you can not call yourself Catholic and be considered a loyal AmeChurch are traitors to this country and as far as I am concerned until the so - called church, which is really a foreign enemy, stops providing sanctuary to lawbreakers, be they pedophile priests or illegal immigrants, you can not call yourself Catholic and be considered a loyal Amechurch, which is really a foreign enemy, stops providing sanctuary to lawbreakers, be they pedophile priests or illegal immigrants, you can not call yourself Catholic and be considered a loyal American.

I'm not really sure where this guy falls, but I'm not sure he would be too quickly welcomed back as a leader of any church after this stint, after taking accepting money from athiests.

I have not read the book — my church is already living through enough spiritual abuse on the part of its leaders that I really don't think I can stomach any more!

It really is heart breaking that church leaders and their congregations are impoverishing themselves, by loosing the voices of so many.

I do not think that the leaders of the Churches are really wholly devoted to the cause of ecumenism.

I titled this post «An Evangelical's Response to Homosexuality» because I get really tired of theologians and church leaders speaking at conferences on the topic of «The Evangelical Response to Homosexuality.»

so we can all stop judging eachother and start encouraging others starting with our own family, the word does say that you and your household will be saved, but thats to much like work its easier to play christian around your church you belong to and play follow the leader and go around telling people that God loves them tell them all about how they are sinners you know the bit, an thats it go home and freak out on your famliy members because their not save like you maybe they are and you cant even tell because they do nt measure up to your churches standards even though God says we have all fallen short and that our rightousness is filthy rags, we need to stop useing the word of God as though we think we know what were doing, do you really think that when God said I will give you all authority He ment you?

Individuals and church leaders have made strenuous efforts to overcome apartheid, but rank - and - file members of mainline churches have not really resisted apartheid.

I finally realized the intentions of the leaders of the church were self - serving and not really spiritual in any way.

If we really want to plug in people to Numbers 16 - 17 (which I am not sure is the right way to «apply» this text), I think it is safest to say that all of us, church leaders and pastors included, are the rebellious family of Korah, and Jesus is Moses.

How do you think we walk the line so predominantly white churches don't just go into a community and say, «We're coming to help,» but really integrate and come under leaders of color?

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

Church leaders must ask what kind of programs they really need and want.

In a perceptive piece for the Christian Science Monitor, Anya Landau French tried to capture all the factors involved, commenting, «it's hard to imagine what prominent figure really could sway Cuba's leaders off of their course,» and went on to describe the almost «impossible situation» the Church is in — trying to maintain the modest freedoms its been granted, without looking like they are collaborating with a brutal regime.

Even though I did not receive teaching from a Church setting but rather from a marketplace ministry setting where they taught us «Externally Focused Church, Organic Church, which was really a good thing (new wine skin initiatives) but when we implemented and embraced it, we found that its not quite effective and in the end the leaders abandoned the project and most of us were in the dark on what is the next good program or system to follow.

It may not be what «the new» mantra for «church» is, but going back to ministry after being away for a time has shown me that to the many that are disenfranchised the «new» way or the pie in the sky of what the church should be... is ending up with a lack of loyalty to the cause, a lack of accountability to leaders — move on if you don't like this or that, complain about whatever and never really commit to the hard things.

To think that church leaders have the arrogance to act like they are brokers of grace, is really sad and misleading and even shameful, in my view.

In other words, the real question is, «Were these books chosen because they really are inspired, or because a group of church leaders only allowed certain books into the Bible, and called them «inspired» because they had some ulterior motive?»

But when we see that in 397 AD, some church leaders put together 27 books which they thought had the touch of the divine upon them, we must ask if this is really a miracle of inspiration, or is it something else entirely?

The criticisms leveled against the Christian missions in China, by both Communists and many Chinese Christians alike, were aimed at their connections with Western civilization and Western imperialism in particular, and at their inability to foster the growth of a really dynamic and expanding Chinese Church.50 Some of the missionary leaders were aware of this new situation.

(MY church leaders over the years have also taught that the two major «religions» that view things this way are not really part of Christianity, if not for those two reasons alone.)

In other words, «If you really are a child of God and want His blessing, you will tithe 10 % weekly to your local church leader (s).»

When people see churches trying to handle investigations of their own leaders internally, it leads many to doubt whether the church really desires to bring the truth to light.

Some strong black leaders joined, and a number of suburban liberals, happy to find a church that really acted on the denomination's social principles, drove into town to work in Trinity's new ministries.