Sentences with phrase «not evangelistic»

It is not an evangelistic tract telling people how to get to heaven when they die.

Silk Road is not an evangelistic effort, though there is a notice in the playbills welcoming patrons to the «historic Chicago temple» and a few people have migrated from the theater to the pews on Sunday.

Luke is not an evangelistic book.

They just do not know of it, since UUs are not evangelistic.

The project partners with local services to offer practical support and Sally is clear it is not an evangelistic tool.

The EC is not an evangelistic movement.

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Sister Rachelâ $ ™ s traveling pipeline revival, spanning these last two weeks, may not have effected any conversions among the fossil fuel haters or political blockers; her evangelistic efforts are unli...

Take a look at the many charges against Evangelistic Christianity in the military — these events haven't been devoid of attempts to proselytize or really voluntary at all.

Here's where the evangelistic atheists all predictably come out and say «NEITHER CUZ THEY RE NOT REAL LOL!!!

As Allen recognises, the change of the last quartercentury is not only due to papal leadership under John Paul and Benedict but is joined and reinforced by a resurgence of new publications, renewal movements and catechetical and evangelistic programmes strongly attuned also to young Catholics.

We never quite get around to believing that something doesn't need to be explicitly evangelistic to still be missional and have worth.

The Emmanuel workers recognized that evangelistic approaches have value for some alcoholics; they also saw that many alcoholics can not be reached by those approaches.

He suggests that critics, Jews and non-Jews alike, complain of SBC evangelistic practices not because they are objectionable in themselves but because they might be successful.

It sounds like, if you don't mind me saying, an evangelistic strategy.

It is fascinating that the movement would arise in the American branch of the Hebrew Christian Alliance (HCAA), an organization that has consistently assuaged the fears of fundamentalist Christians by emphasizing that it is not a separate denomination but only an evangelistic arm of the evangelical church.

It is not uncommon for our church to be asked why we do not do altar calls or hand - raising type evangelistic efforts.

It is evidence of the fact that God is not left without a witness in the world even if the church itself has turned to another evangelistic agenda and style.

But is the «ministry» that goes along with them still «evangelistic» in the old missionary sense, i.e., actually uneducated in a pastoral sense and not properly connected with the other dimensions of mission?

Preaching became associated with the context of worship; so that it takes a strong reminder that preaching may also be evangelistic, i.e., the message addressed to those who do not share the assumptions of the preacher.

Contextual evangelization means letting the evangelistic approach be decided upon in the light of the actual situation and not simply according to the perceptions that U.S. churches have of it — or worse yet, in terms of the North American situation.

Billy Graham is on record saying that great evangelistic gatherings to which he has devoted his life will not do the job, but one on one will!

It strikes me that an incarnational humanism of the kind posited by Crosby (and a position articulated by many thinkers of the Reformed persuasion) need not threaten in the least the evangelistic fervor of those of us who count ourselves among American evangelicals.

Other tasks, too, besides interpreting Scripture face theologians, tasks both intramural (dealing with the church) and extramural (dialoguing with the world)- tasks of phenomenological analysis of theologies past and present and of apologetics, philosophical, evangelistic, and defensive - but these can not be spoken of here either.

Those in the episcopate are looking not only for pastoral solutions but also for evangelistic outreach.

The evangelistic mandate recorded in the twenty - eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew does not, and should not, issue forth in a devaluation of the terrestrial.

But the evangelistic impetus alone does not explain why Pentecostals have had such extraordinary success, Shaull says.

He doesn't put this down to a fault in his team's evangelistic ability, but rather the way the women view themselves: «We put on events for them to try and get them down... we've even had our volunteers try and pay for their time... [But] they won't even do that.»

It was a sort of covenant between Christians and the nation - on the part of Christians that they will not use their numerical strength for the purpose of their communal interest in politics and on the part of the state that it would not restrict their evangelistic freedom and the growth of the Christian fellowship through inter-religious conversion undertaken through genuine conviction.

Evangelistic meetings, evening non-sacramental worship, outdoor preaching (as in London at the Tower and in Hyde Park), and similar times and places may very well include an address whose main purpose will be the presentation of the reality of Jesus Christ to those who otherwise would not know about him.

Liturgy, education, social ministry may have evangelistic elements but they are not evangelism.

What is fascinating is that we don't try to be evangelistic.

I am not saying this for evangelistic reasons.

Evangelistic preaching not infrequently centers in «getting right with God» before death overtakes us.

The former is not, as is commonly assumed, an evangelistic method, but a comprehensive teaching strategy for church planting.

Well, not surprisingly, representatives of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association expressed bewilderment over the alleged comments.

While the loss of nearly 4,600 baptisms was not as steep as last year's drop, the continued decline (full stats below) is still enough for LifeWay Christian Resources president Thom Rainer to tell Baptist Press, «I am grieved we are clearly losing our evangelistic effectiveness.»

The graffiti can be a good evangelistic tool if not used to vandalize:

While most of our evangelistic efforts try to simplify things so it's easy to digest, I feel like the sole focus on salvation isn't probably what God had in mind.

In the classical sense revival is not, as some of our American brothers would regard it, a series of evangelistic meetings, but rather a phenomenal sovereign intervention from God which starts in the Church, often leading to profound repentance and fresh encounters with God.

They ranged from the sadly irresponsible to one that was a careful analysis of Church growth in the United Church of Canada and the Church of South India and a conclusion that Church union does not of itself ensure evangelistic passion.

We are sustained in the evangelistic task not only by the horror of a world without Christ, or by gratitude, but above all by the all - powerful intercession of him who prays, «That all may be one that the world may believe».

I don't know whatever became of Tyler, although years ago somebody told me was a drummer with an evangelistic musical group that played the Southwest.

Although this cartoon is about evangelistic insensitivity, it is true for many Christians (and non-Christians) who are not formally considered evangelists.

And could it be that if we have missed the entire point of the Gospel, then our evangelistic appeals are not really evangelistic after all?

The lack of emphasis on a single religion does not stop Disney from taking up a catechizing role, Pinsky notes, «In the Western world in particular, the number of hours children spend receiving moral instruction in houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successful.

The Gospel message of Evangelistic Crusades is not biblical.

Further, most lay people in Pentecostal churches are committed to evangelistic and missionary activities, and many are not even aware of the ecumenical movement, much less of developments in the ecumenical world.

Harvey Thomas, who spent 15 years working on Graham's evangelistic events around the world, told Premier: «Billy would not want any kind of physical memorial in that sense.

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada did not change the lineup.

But, they don't have an evangelistic alternative — all they have is an evangelistic angst.