Sentences with phrase «more traditional churches»

I got the distinct feeling that the primary reason some of them were in a house church was because they would not be able to function properly with people in more traditional churches.

Of all my family and friends who are members of the more traditional churches, ZERO of them are open to the LGBT community.

Their presence also encourages more traditional churches to alter their life in small but significant ways.

The changes involved in responding to this gospel opportunity can be uncomfortable, particularly in more traditional churches that often have a clear sense of what church «ought» to look like.

While there is great respect for the traditional liturgy and worship of the Episcopal Church, the place is totally devoid of the stuffiness and stiffness you encounter in some more traditional churches whose favorite refrain seems to be, «we've always done it this way» with a subtle undertone of «please don't break anything.»

However, many of those were older, more traditional churches led by entrenched, autocratic pastors well into their 60s and composed of a congregation and worship style that was far from contemporary.

I have two different church experiences to relate to: One of an older, more traditional church.

Not exact matches

However, like more - traditional churches, the church's programs were advertised, and congregants were reminded to donate.

Meanwhile, over in Europe, we seem to be somewhat more flexible with homosexuals in the church, at least in the «traditional» European churches that focused on the practicality and contexts of the written documents contained within the Bible.

Having lived with a servant of the Word for more than fifty years in three Lutheran churches, I have this question: Why is it that the «white, middle - class, traditional, orthodox theologians» being told that their understanding of the church is no longer relevant, are told this by «white, middle - class theologians?»

More recently, theologians and church leaders from denominations that have historic ties with churches in the north have encouraged African Christian expressions that are free of northern acculturation, are faithful to the gospel and draw upon traditional African

Millenials, and all people, should spend less time worrying about being entertained or finding a more traditional ritual (Catholic church not pretentious?????) and should instead be seeking what the REAL TRUTH is about God in the Bible is.

«So at this point, traditional Mormons, evangelical Protestants and conservative Catholics have more in common with one another politically than they do with the more liberal elements within their respective churches.»

For us, it's a refreshing alternative to the highly - produced contemporary worship services we've grown used to (conversely, folks who grew up with more traditional worship may love the contemporary worship of an evangelical church; with church, we often crave what we feel like we've been missing).

Growing numbers of church people, too, are thoroughly secularized and find their meanings in a technological pragmatic society, and, while continuing to observe the traditional expressions of worship, teaching, and sacraments, these people find their search for meaning more and more unmet by the church's teaching.

These» captured only generally in terms like «Church versus state,» «active dissent versus quiet resistance,» «civic nationalism versus a more traditional ethnic / religious variety»» have been for the last two decades the subjects of dispute in democratic Poland.

Despite the efforts of the Modern Church People's Union and «Sea of Faith» conferences and other theologically radical groups, many questioning followers of Jesus have drifted away from church life, or at least from participation in the church's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional posiChurch People's Union and «Sea of Faith» conferences and other theologically radical groups, many questioning followers of Jesus have drifted away from church life, or at least from participation in the church's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional posichurch life, or at least from participation in the church's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional posichurch's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional positions.

If they were, then the emergent theology could compete on a more equal basis with traditional ones, and the insights and convictions now gathered under the heading of a theology of nature could penetrate more deeply into the life of the church.

Trinity does not believe traditional protestant beliefs, and is more rightly termed as a Liberation Theology Church, than a protestant cChurch, than a protestant churchchurch.

Even more striking is the explicit use of the traditional concept of paideia in a letter written in A.D. 90 by the bishop of Rome, Clement, to the church in Corinth, which was badly divided by controversy.

Yet despite the churches» traditional teaching on the subject, the demand to reject all forms of discrimination seems likely to lead to growing acceptance of different lifestyles and patterns of relationship, although this is already a divisive matter between conservative and more liberal Christians.

The traditional norm for this is «tithing», or giving 10 % of your income to the church, but nowadays this needs to be treated more flexibly in two regards: first, the percentage that you give can be shared with more than just the local church, and perhaps should be.

Healthy congregations in the 21st century will undoubtedly be more «seeker friendly,» but they will balance marketing efforts with a more judicious use of traditional understandings of the church and its ministries.

Churches, please bring back the candles that we get to hold, and sing more of the traditional Christmas songs!

Unfortunately, due to the rise of the more evangelical - style, «southern U.S.» baptist imports, along with other varieties of Baptist churches that are very much untraditional, the traditional Baptist style appears to be dying away and only a few traditional churches remain, most of which probably existing in metropolitan cities.

I am so much more «at home» there than I ever was in traditional churches.

A South Carolina judge on Wednesday (Jan. 23) issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the national church from using the name or seal of the diocese, which espouses a more traditional theology and disapproves of the national church's acceptance of same - sex marriage and gay bishops.

They sense that the church is the place where the fresh air of religious experimentation and vitality ought to be present, alongside the more acceptable and more traditional.

But more important are the changing patterns and attitudes of campus life, the enormously increased and still increasing numbers of young people who are on campuses, and the various kinds of movements that combine to make young people think of religion and the church as false, traditional, or irrelevant.

The truth is that they do» that the pastoral import of the traditional teachings of the churches is more fundamentally positive than negative.

In particular, there are two ways in which churches can serve to expand on the more traditional roles of mediator or advocate.

The distinction between the nuclear and traditional family was also blurred in the recent report on human sexuality by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) titled Keeping Body and Soul Together: «Although many Christians in the post-World War II era have a special emotional attachment to the nuclear family, with its employed father, mother at home, and two or more school - aged children, that profile currently fits only 5 percent of North American households.»

«We are today becoming more like the frontier church, where most pastors had second jobs,» Hobgood said, and alternatives to traditional seminary degrees need to be further developed, and «they need to be accorded real credibility and dignity.»

One that was based on a survey of mainline church members, for example, suggested that identification with the local community served as an important plausibility structure for traditional religious tenets.13 Furthermore, those who made such localistic identifications were considerably more likely than «cosmopolitans» to espouse traditional religious beliefs (controlling for a variety of other factors) and to allow these beliefs to influence their thinking on racial and social questions as well.

The church ought to take existing traditional cultures more seriously, and work for their mutual fecundation.

White tends to be more in traditional old style churches whose style of worship is different from the traditional black churches.

As a result, black churches likely have difficulty attracting white worshipers who are more traditional and have a less animated service.

My old church was more traditional and that didn't work for me (yes it was also mostly black).

I prefer the must more traditional sit - in - the - pews feel to the animated, get - up - and - clap - and - sway feel that is found in many black churches.

But I don't really tackle this with the traditional work associated with my spirituality: fasting, prayer, singing, church, bible studies, go and do, memorize Scripture, and write a few more entries on my list of 1000 gifts.

But some religion and politics experts say that she exemplifies an evangelical feminism that is producing more female leaders in Christian nonprofits, businesses, and education and politics, even as more traditional gender roles prevail in evangelical homes and churches.

I also feel that relationships are more authentic than those found in the traditional church.

The traditional ecumenical goal, «organic unity» among the churches, has fallen on bad days, largely because it is thought to call for a needless suppression of diversity achieved through a generation or more of ecclesiastical self - preoccupation.

Jack Marcum, head of research services for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sees «little evidence of a literal shortage of ministers... We are training more than sufficient numbers of ministers of word and sacrament in the PCUSA to pastor mid-sized and larger congregations and fill other traditional ministries.»

Appearing as they do in the context of vigorous debates among Roman Catholics about Pope Francis's leadership of the Church, Rose's comments are clearly meant to be taken not only as a criticism of Taylor but more specifically as the apology for «traditional» Christianity that Rose «regret [s] to say» he doesn't find in Taylor.

Lisa Crane and her husband Ryan left their more traditional evangelical church for Tidd's church, and have no plans to go back.

Jeremy, Since I left the traditional church to explore more organic forms of church, preaching has been something I've tried to figure out as well.

Players build their personal statements using locations such as «foodbank», «local estate», «school», or «home»; different groups of people such as «homeless people», «my mates» «work colleagues» or «prisoners» and varying actions such as «visiting», «helping» or «baking», as well as more traditional interpretations of mission such as «preaching», «going» and «church».

As the trend continues, we will see the «Nones» continue to grow and the church lose more of its traditional cultural influence.

In fact, some Indian experts think Western or traditional churches trying to impose their cultural form of Christianity could disrupt church growth even more than Hindutva extremism.