Sentences with phrase «needed by the congregation»

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Each reader, whose technology is run by the London - based fintech company SumUp, needs a «merchant», most likely a Church worker, to input each transaction, and a probable scenario will see members of the congregation walking past a manned device as they enter or leave a service or event.

The pastoral leader will always need to teach in learning groups geared to discipleship because the authority that the clerical leader bears at this stage can not be duplicated by another member of the congregation.

The minister would need to serve the traditional congregation well, while maintaining his / her integrity by not saying things he / she didn't believe.

By this he means the tendency to center both practical theology and theological education on the skills that professional ministers need in order to run local congregations effectively.

There is a kind of research and development climate produced by continuing to seek better answers to, How can this church meet the growth - healing needs of its congregation?

By saying this, I am trying to differentiate mission with the general understanding of the ministry of the church, which is «to provide for the inner needs of the congregation» [3] Thus, while ministry is understood broadly as that which the church provides for its members within its borderlines, mission concerns those beyond the church's boundaries.

The generalized aim to spread the love of God and neighbor is too vague.12 The metaphor should also provide a reference by which the minister can strike a satisfying balance between what the congregation wants of the minister and what the minister needs in order to satisfy a sense of calling.

Mühlenberg decided at once that the greatest need of the Lutheran congregations was not for some vague union of all Protestants but for adequate pastoral care by devoted ministers.

«In short, I am a completely devastated man, utterly broken by my sin and in need of deep healing,» said Patrick in an apology to his 3,000 - person congregation.

A study published in 2000 by the ELCA revealed that of the cohort of newly minted pastors, 71 percent placed constraints upon where they could move due to the needs or desires of a spouse; 58 percent restricted their first call to a location in or near a large city; 36 percent were opposed to serving in a small congregation; and 32 percent were opposed to serving in a rural setting.

«What we discovered was that the local church had a culture of its own and that seminary graduates needed to be prepared to cope with the congregation as a very complex social reality with deep structures and metaphors by which it lives and moves, a social reality which is affected by forces and dynamics of which we know almost nothing.»

It is difficult for congregations to recognize the variety of needs experienced by people who are single again, especially those of a single parent.7

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.»

So, as governments oversee matters of security, we will care for the hurting, calling Christians to embrace refugees through their denomination, congregation or other non-profits by providing for immediate and long - term needs, such as housing, food, clothing, employment, English language classes, and schooling for children.

And I tell you, if some man comes to my congregation, needing everything spiritual and having nothing of the same; and should a woman be present who is gifted by the Holy Spirit to teach, then she will be allowed to teach.

so if God tells you to pass around your daughter to be used by the congregation to fulfill there need that's for your and her own good

This way of doing college and university ministry will require rethinking not only by campus ministers and their boards,, but by local congregations and judicatories, all of which need to understand that the church on campus is an extension of — not an annoyance to or a competitor with — the local church.

They attend to scripture; struggle to discern the gospel's call and demand on them and their congregations in particular contexts; lead worship, preach and teach; respond to requests for help of all kinds from myriad people in need; live with children, youth and adults through life cycles marked by both great joy and profound sadness; and take responsibility for the unending work of running an organization with buildings, budgets, and public relations and personnel issues.

Indeed, the minister does not need the congregation's permission; it is his or her solemn duty, by virtue of ordination, to preach the truth.

It would need to attend to the more broadly shared features of a congregation's practice of worship by comparative study of congregations in the same culture and cross-culturally (synchronically) and through history (diachronically).

The pastor's need for a metaphor for ministry which provides a sense of meaning through all the personal crises of passing decades as well as the continual need to balance the demands of the congregation with maintaining the integrity of the «call» can be met by the New Testament based metaphor for ministry as being a «prophetic guide to maturing in the Christian life.

We need to identify criteria by which to judge which groups belong within the circle of Christian congregations so that we can tell concretely just what it is that we recommend theological schools select to focus their studies.

The Church is constituted by the Word of God as the congregation of the elect, and the proclamation of the Word is not a statement of abstract truths, but a proclamation which is duly authorized and therefore needs bearers with proper credentials (2 Cor.

In all of my years as a member of the LDS church, and attending church in many different countries, we have always (as a family and a congregation) fasted and prayed for those in need and those directly affected by natural disasters.

But many persons firmly believe that the majority of local congregations, though moribund, are constituted by mission - oriented Baptists; probably the only way to awaken them is to offer them new responsibilities, authorities and powers at the most immediate locus of need.

On a personal level, people need to be informed — but, and NP may not have meant it this way, but I took it that way, there is no room for teaching in the congregation by false prophets or false teachers.

They can increase the outreach dimension of marriage by developing a «couple investment plan» — a strategy for responding to particular marriage and family needs in the congregation and community.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

The delayed payoff for a heteroclite rabbinate now is that 18:22 need never be heard by its congregations.)

In an unprecedented appearance, First Lady Chirlane McCray will address the congregation at St. Patrick's Cathedral this weekend as part of #ThriveTogether: A Weekend for Mental Health, a nationwide outreach effort by over 2,000 faith and community groups in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. to highlight the need for education, compassion and open conversations about mental health and addiction.

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With The Lazarus Foundation losing members to a new congregation headed by a former Satanist, Dennis Fontaine (Will Forte, Last Man on Earth, Nebraska), Lazarus needs some physical evidence to woo the current membership and bring in younger people.

Then I began to list it, family by family, and the congregations that were seeking my opinion for their building / endowment funds, and / or borrowing needs.

Our Mission is to seek the fullness of life in Christ for all people by, worshiping and praising God - supporting, nurturing and equipping each other and our congregation - serving people in need in our community and world - witnessing to all in the name of Christ.

The Counseling Ministry exists to meet many of the relational, emotional and spiritual needs of the First Baptist Woodstock congregation and community by providing professional Christian counseling and reliable referrals to other local Christian professional providers.