Sentences with phrase «many unchurched»

C. S. Lewis offers a modern example of effective apologetics in an unchurched world.

Wilcox reports that Christian conservative fathers, at least the ones who attend church frequently, are actually far more affectionate with and emotionally invested in their wives and children than are their counterparts among either mainline Protestants or the unchurched.

And the responders are all unchurched.

All the foregoing is why people who are «unchurched» find Christians judgmental, don't you think?

Hill's character is unchurched and agnostic, but wants spiritual power to guide him.

However I find it invaluable as a place to take my pagan unchurched friends and have them taught the word by people more knowledgeable and grace - filled than I. Also as a place to be encouraged to hold the course and not revert to the old me which prefers kicking a ** and taking names over compassion, concern and giving my time / resources to the benefit of other.

Liberals pick up 2 per cent of their members from the unchurched but lose 8 per cent to that group, for a net loss of 6 per cent.

An unchurched inquirer stated meekly, «I have no idea what you'd expect me to say to you... or even to serve you as a snack!»

Churches gain and lose members in two ways: by the natural process of births and deaths, and by luring people from — or losing them to — other churches or the ranks of the unchurched.

What we meant to model was the sending of one of our number to be a foreign missionary — to learn a new language, to understand a local culture, to sacrifice the amenities of affluence and to live knowing that he or she is always being watched by seekers — while the rest of us stay here as lifetime local missionaries, learning to speak the language of the unchurched, understanding secular culture, sacrificing the amenities of affluence and living as a «watched» person in a society that is skeptical of Christian spirituality until it sees the real thing on display.

Yes, our original mission statement appropriately hinted at the need to reach unchurched people.

We had never talked to unchurched people to learn what they were seeking.

They want to plant churches for unchurched people, and especially for those who will not ever go to a traditional church.

The pastor felt that the church was neglecting the unchurched, and he came back from a seminar at Saddleback Community Church with «a clear sense of God's mission.»

In terms of intimacy, I find my closet friends come as much churched as unchurched; but above all that I need to worship to receive and give thanks, in good times and in bad.

My the worship comitte of my congregation has decided to give the «prime spot (9:00)» for services to the unchurched.

Over six years, more than 4,000 unchurched mystery guests visited churches of all sizes across the U.S.. Here's what they thought.

In a smaller than small Vermont town, I was the shy new girl, the daughter of the visiting preacher; she was the bubbly, outgoing girl from the unchurched family.

This this requires that we stop dividing people into churched and unchurched, saved and unsaved, Christian and Non-Christian.

The majority of us are «unchurched.»

If we demand that anyone who enters our church cleans up their language to commonly accepted Christian standards even before they step into the building, we create another barrier for «unchurched» people.

I personally do not see being SBNR as lazy, uncommitted or simply «unchurched».

But the God of the gospel is for them also the God of the law, at work in the secular realm where the churched and the unchurched share a common ground.

I suppose, being raised «unchurched,» I «read» the Scriptures a bit differently than many «people of the Book.»

In Pritchard's assessment, unchurched Harry represents only about 15 percent of those attending Willow Creek on a weekend.

«C3 is an event and an ongoing resource that teaches Christians of all denominations and the unchurched how to create courageous conversations that do not ruin relationships.

Female «pastors / bishops» wrecked the Mainline Protestant Churches with liberal theology and reduced the general population of men extremely selfish, lazy and indifferent or unchurched.

Unchurched Harry is an important guy.

Consequently, the jobless church members and I formed a support group for unemployed people, both churched and unchurched.

The problem of a society rapidly becoming unchurched deserves a radical solution.

I've also told you about my new co-authored book, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and The Churches That Reach Them.

Is this pragmatic, consumer - oriented approach to the unchurched the way of the future for churches in North America?

He is the co-author of Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and The Churches That Reach Them.

He and unchurched Mary personify the baby boomers that Willow Creek is committed to reaching.

Analysis of every level of community, from hometown to global village, targets the unchurched and vaguely churched with as much intention to remedy their deprivation and oppression as do strategies of relief and liberation.

If the reason for all the extra effort is to attract the unchurched and the results are spotty then this approach seems a prescription for burnout.

Parallels with those who leave their own countries to live in foreign lands seem obvious: I just did a little post on this phenomena — «The Awkward Unchurched»

Christians were «so judgemental» however the people that «embraced me» were the «unchurched» through introducing me to therapy with a personal counselor as well a providing emotinal support through checking on me daily or taking care of my home and child when I couldn't.

The unchurched wouldnt even know what an Elder is, except by our heritage standards — that being Native Elders — who I would say lead — hmmmm with a Chief!

The church had little sense of ministry to the unchurched, the marginal, the poor, or to those who were not of northern European ancestry.

I am always amazed at the grace, love, support, and forgiveness that is found among the «unchurched» which is rarely found among those who go to church.

I have to admit, when you said «I am always amazed at the grace, love, support, and forgiveness that is found among the «unchurched» which is rarely found among those who go to church» it struck a chord with me.

Our goal was to establish an atmosphere of hospitality for the unchurched.

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Congregations want to make contact with the seekers, the unchurched but religiously interested.

«One youth leader brought twelve unchurched young guys, one of whom had a particularly difficult home life and responded to a word Ali gave concerning a parent having medical tests in the coming week.

Meanwhile, through conversations with my undergraduate students, I had become intrigued with a movement of churches that had roots in Southern California and was spreading across the country — churches that appealed especially to unchurched baby boomers and baby busters.

And if the church people complain that you are spending more time with the unchurched, here is the simple solution: invite them along.

I might privately believe that my position was the «only» truly Christian one, and I might publicly do all I could to persuade people of its truth, but I would be unjustified in seeking to unchurch or to deny the name of Christian to those who disagree with me.

When I began reading the Bible, I had zero knowledge of anything about Christianity or any faith, because I was unchurched and never read a thing on any religion.