Sentences with phrase «ministry in the church»

Certainly, they also provide vision and spiritual direction to the church, but they are not the only ones who speak, or do ministry in the church.

We know there has been tension throughout between charismatic and institutional doctrines of the legitimate ministry in the church.

It was a surprise for me that, when I left a liberal - progressive mainline denomination and became Orthodox, my scope of ministry in the church became much larger.

It existed primarily to prepare young men for ministry in the Church of England, and some 70 percent of its graduates eventually took orders.

If we find the life of the Church a continual support and fulfillment for what the pastor seeks to do, we also discover that the experience of personal and mutual ministry in the Church deepens our participation in the Church's worship, sacraments, and witness to the world.

Therefore, discipleship — in general — and recovery ministry in our churches — more specifically — must begin by laying the foundation of what Jesus has accomplished on the cross for those who believe (gospel truths) and then bid people to live out the call to follow Christ (gospel imperatives).

Certainly no one denied the necessity of an ordained ministry in the church, but at the same time liturgists insisted that the dignitas of priesthood was conferred by baptism and its accompaniments.

The pastor or another staff person always attends, as well as several additional friendly, positive people from the church who share some interests with the new people and who also are involved with ministries in the church that might interest the new people.

I left ministry in a church (ELCIC) that battled over same - sex blessings / marriage for over a decade (until it was finally approved).

Women have obvious difficulties carrying out ministry in church structures which are still heavily patriarchal.

I was told that a homeless ministry didn't fit with the churches vision, that I could expect no support of any kind from the church but if I wished to keep my membership I was expected to volunteer in one of the existing ministries in the church.

Catholics believe that the pope is the successor of St. Peter and that he has a special Petrine ministry in the Church today.

And, just as the Aaronic priests served Israel by serving in Yahweh's house, so the new Christian priestly labor is corporate ministry in the church.

My name is cecile I'm Christian women love the lord god and i am the members of music ministry in our church.

A marriage ministry is one of the most versatile ministries in the church.

The Secret Seductress is an incredible resource for men's groups, Soul Care ministries in churches, individual therapy sessions, and therapeutic groups.

I'd love to hear more about your adoption / foster care ministry as God has been putting the need for this type of ministry in churches on my heart.

Augusta, GA About Blog The Purpose Statement for Westminster is, «To please God as we worship Him, make disciples of Jesus Christ locally and world - wide, equip believers for ministry in the church and the world, and practice biblical relationships as a congregation.»

In Ephesians, when St Paul is talking about the various ministries in the Church, he gives a list in which he seems to place «pastors and teachers» in the same category (Eph 4:11).

They may not have personal experience of what other Christians mean when they talk about «friendship with God,» or of «intimacy through mutual ministry in the church.»

The PD University is a two - day conference designed to equip the church with a clear understanding of why sexual addiction thrives, how to overcome it with biblical principles, and a pathway for launching a recovery ministry in the church.

«Part of the difficulty of ministry in the church is that we so easily lose sight of the theological basis of the task and begin to respond to the unfocused demands of the institution.

Things began to change and, in hindsight, Geoff viewed these first steps along the road to forgiveness as key to his being ready to offer himself for ministry in the Church.

I don't think that anyone (here, at least) would say that there's no room for women in * any * ministry in the church, but perhaps that there are certain ministries that women are more equipped for (both «more equipped for as women» and «more equipped for than men»).

Every year we revise and update a strategic booklet, which includes printed descriptions of ministries and team leader phone numbers for every functioning group and ministry in the church.

It is for family in a consecrated state of loving, and makes that loving an office and a ministry in the Church, in time and for eternity.

If we pay the pastor, what are we telling the congregation about their ministry in the church, for which they do not get paid?

The last two years of my ministry in the church were a very difficult end to a long and challenging...

The anchor which sustained life's purpose in the passage through doubt to a more mature faith has been the Bible, reinforced by a steadfast sense of having been called to a ministry in the church.

As pastors, letting ourselves off the hook by appealing to our sympathy for people's fragility and limits robs us of some of our most rewarding opportunities to confirm our ministry in a church that really looks like a church rather than a social club.

The climactic expression of maturing in the Christian life as the ultimate aim of all ministry in the church comes in Ephesians:

Every now and then I get a disturbing email from a pastor or concerned woman about the women's ministry in their church.

We often hear it said today, and I have preached it myself, that every Christian ought to have a ministry in church.

Maybe some ministry in church is not being carried out the way you think it should.

When people join the church or are ordained for ministry in the church, they almost invariably enter the culture of a specific congregation whose conduct, outlook, and story will occupy most of what their church membership entails.

Either one, I still remain involved in the groups, activities and ministries in church and outside of church because I know that's what Jesus would do and I'm compelled to.

This principle is important in the home, the spiritual quality one means of parents who are the natural and in a sense the hierarchical teachers of their children; for marriage is to be looked upon as a ministry in the Church, and an office in Creation and in the Church.

Thus all ministry in the Church takes its meaning from Christ's ministry.

Specifically, because I recruit both men and women for leadership and ministry in the church, some have argued that I «don't take the bible seriously» and am therefore a heretic.