Sentences with phrase «many evangelical congregations»

Ross sees the low liturgies of many evangelical congregations as based on the idea that you can emphasize liturgical order or the regeneration brought about by the Holy Spirit, but not both.

I have some sympathies for the complaints folks of the generation my wife and I represent frequently express about «contemporary worship» in evangelical congregations.

Chen said more Asian - Americans are also joining traditionally white evangelical congregations.

But there has been ferment in evangelical congregations in recent decades calling for a warrior kind of Christ - one that cuts down sinners with a flaming sword - that kind of thing.

In 1987, Peter Gillquist, a former leader in Campus Crusade for Christ, and 200 others in a single evangelical congregation made national headlines when they were chrismated (or confirmed) into the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

As we, his family, felt the sweet sensitive boy of his childhood slip through our fingers we gladly prostrated ourselves at the altar of anyone who claimed wisdom — first and foremost our local evangelical congregation (more on that later).

Indeed, an argument could be made that at no time since the First Great Awakening have so many churches of disparate denominational, theological and stylistic approaches been so united in terms of their music: one can now walk into old - line Pentecostal churches, small - town evangelical congregations, mall - like suburban megachurches, and many a mainline Protestant sanctuary across the country on any given Sunday morning and hear the same hymns and choruses done in approximately the same musical styles, with similar settings and instrumentation.

20 evangelical congregations during the period 1966 to 1970, they found that over 70 percent of the new members in these evangelical churches came from other evangelical churches, largely because of geographical or social mobility, while 20 percent of the new members were children of existing members; two groups which the mainline churches found difficult to hold.

Still, Jesus did bless the meek but, for the life of me, I really don't see them represented in most evangelical congregations.

I suspect that the growth of many evangelical congregations has more to do with how members of those congregations relate to each other than with what sort of theology gets preached from their pulpits.

«It seems to me that most evangelical congregations make a sharp divide between the sacred and secular realms,» says Lindsay, «so that church is the last context where you'll see women in ordained roles.»

His fervent sermons, coupled with his magnetic personality, have turned the Pentecostal church into one of the fastest - growing evangelical congregations across the globe.

Does this «new breed» exist equally in Catholic and Protestant circles, in mainline and evangelical congregations, in black and white settings?

Not exact matches

Evangelicals maintain that the one Church becomes visible on earth in all local congregations that meet to do together the things that, according to Scripture, the Church does.

Some Evangelicals see the communal office of discerning and teaching the truth in the covenanted congregation of baptized believers, while others see it in a wider synodical or episcopal connection.

It is going to take a lot of personal income away from the evangelical leaders so no doubt they are going to go out and scare their congregations with Mormon's are cults and not Christians.

The Lutheran groups most likely to identify as evangelical are small and functionally free - church (the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ).

Similarly to the article, and how George W. Bush used his presumably Evangelical faith to benefit his campaign, every interpretation of the bible has been used to the advantage of those who will benefit the most within the congregations walls.

Standing in front of his congregation at Ecclesia Church, a congregation he admits is different - more diverse, more urban - than many evangelical churches - Chris Seay encouraged them to do so something he said combines the ideas of sacrifice and devotion that mark the Lenten season, the 40 - day lead up to Easter.

Washington (CNN)-- With the world facing «perilous times» and «anxiety stemming from economic challenges,» evangelical leader Franklin Graham is asking congregations to pray for President Barack Obama, even though Graham endorsed the president's opponent in the 2012 election.

Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.

But while that certainly may be part of the story, those leaving their congregations aren't all evangelicals.

David, perhaps if you «had a charismatic personality, was a motivational speaker, kept the ship running tightly, was orthodox, held to traditional morality and adhered to the middle road of evangelical conservativism» you'd have a vibrant and growing congregation.

Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church «with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings.»

I listened in on a conversation recently on «the worship wars» in evangelical - style congregations and I heard some interesting observations.

To the collective gasps of their congregations, pastors are misrepresenting the study's findings by making claims like, «most Americans are universalists» or «a majority of evangelical Christians no longer believe Jesus is the only way to eternal life» or «most Christians think all paths lead to God.»

It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on evangelical social witness, annual conferences for pastors to explore avenues for the involvement of congregations in community justice issues, and the formation of vocational task forces among evangelicals in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.

Tietjen observes that «pastors who wanted to join [the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches] could not bring their congregations along because they had neither properly informed them about the events in the Missouri Synod nor adequately prepared them for the formation of a new church.»

The NALC officially formed in 2010 from congregations, laypeople, and clergy that broke away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (and of Canada) over issues of scriptural authority.

Conservative churches turn out to be indirectly ensuring the survival of liberal churches this way a proportion of their ordinands become more liberal and go on to pastor liberal congregations, or turn evangelical churches into liberal ones.

The building is the envy of the numerous congregations in the neighborhood, including two that have exchanged their denominational labels for more jazzy names and logos — one Southern Baptist (now River City Church) and one Evangelical Covenant (now City Church).

If «church theology» means the theology expressed in the preaching and worship of most Christian congregations in this country today, then a Gestalt of church theology would be appropriate for conservative evangelicals, but not for us.

Many of its members are evangelicals who originally joined a parent congregation of the same name in 1978 in Gardena, California.

Evangelicals say that Mormons are not Christians because they are afraid Mormon missionaries will come and take away their congregations (and hence their livelihood).

And while some evangelicals retain a belief that scripture prohibits women from either teaching or leading church congregations, most no longer object.

Although Catholics believe that the Church is visible in its universal dimension and not only in local congregations, we as Catholics and Evangelicals together affirm the statement of Amsterdam 2000:

Among the evangelical independent churches (sometimes referred to as New Independent Churches or NICs), it is not unusual to find congregations numbering in the thousands.

praise music — buttressed by output from Calvary Chapel's stepdaughter, the Vineyard International Fellowship, and any number of praise - oriented companies spawned by evangelical music publishers; by the wildly popular imported oeuvre of Australia's HillSongs Church; and by the work of British praise tunesmiths such as Graham Kendrick, Chris Eaton and the band Delirious — have now conquered thousands of American congregations.

Being Italian, my mother just knew I was going to burn in hell for leaving the Catholic faith, just like every Evangelical knows that everyone outside of their congregation will burn.

The congregation is somewhat evangelical in theology.

And now, signs of new ventures — such as congregation - based teaching and related counterinstitutional forms — are questioning both oldline and evangelical teaching habitats.

Conducted by the Minneapolis - based Search Institute and funded by the Lilly Endowment, the study surveyed 11,122 people in 561 congregations in six denominations: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Southern Baptist Convention; United Church of Christ; and United Methodist Church.

Christians with an evangelical spirit, who are confidant of their calling and willing to take risks in leading a congregation into ministry are the kind of pastors who find members responsive to their leadership.

Most evangelicals commune almost as seldom as the congregation of a medieval cathedral.

A consultation convened by the WCC in cooperation with the Innere Mission of East Germany's evangelical churches issued this statement: «We affirm the continuing need for institutions in which the most severely disabled experience help, protection and care, even while at the same time we call for the integration of the disabled and the able - bodied within the local congregation.»

From that shocking conviction of faith, Luther was able to go forth teaching, preaching, raising a family, running from authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theology.

Among people lauding the TNIV New Testament in press releases were popular evangelical author Philip Yancey, Pastor Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, and Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing congregations in the denomination.

It is the evangelicals who power massive communities like Willow Creek in Chicago and the Vineyard Fellowships with all their huge appeal to the young, as well as what is claimed to be the largest single congregation not just in London but even in Europe - Kingsway International Christian Church.

«There's a real sense of conflating Trump with evangelicals,» which doesn't go over well in liberal Vancouver, said Ken Shigematsu, pastor of Tenth Church, one of the largest and most diverse congregations in Canada.

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