Sentences with phrase «of congregants»

A number of the congregants who expressed ill - feelings when Mr Kyeremanten was invited to speak because of the political implications expressed deep relief and commended him for showing a deep sense of nationalism and patriotism.

But, lets say the bishop of the local Catholic diocese took a public poll during Sunday mass and asked for a show of hands as to how many of his congregants use an unapproved form of birth control?

Marsh was already familiar with the cost - sharing alternative plans from signing off on membership for several of his congregants at Cary Alliance Church.

Only a sober concern for the ways in which the church turns a blind eye to leaders needing accountability and counsel in the name of grace — a brand of grace that frequently seems to grow based on the number of congregants said pastor has gathered.

• 75.5 percent of members of a congregation's largest racial group report having a strong sense of belonging, as compared to 70.6 percent of congregants of other races.

Let's say there is a hetero and same sex couple, both equal in every way, both born - again Christians, they do all the same things are are the type of congregants pastors dream about; are they all going to heaven or is one going to hell or are they both going to hell, why or why not?

«By focusing so intensely on the afterlife,» the authors observed of the congregants, they «seemed somewhat resigned to their earthly troubles.»

«Every week is unique, and pastors are faced with the need to get insight from the Spirit of God to understand the mood and emotional state of the congregants,» said Ríos, citing a rise in depression and marital issues among hurricane victims, as well as concerns over suicide rates and violent criminal activity in the long recovery period.

Their pastor, Stan Weatherford, made the relocation request on behalf of some congregants who didn't want to see the couple married there, according to CNN affiliate WLBT.

Rather, churches are primarily for the spiritual health of their congregants and the building up of communities.

I was looking for any insight I could get into the life of my congregants.

in order to help one of his congregants with multiple personality disorder, father Patrick has been, as Joyce Meyer recommends, «speaking the Word» to his congregant for many years.

So the church offers a visual version of the familiar and comfortable: highly visible parking spaces, a clearly marked entrance and a clear view of the vibrant activity of the congregants.

We conducted interviews in 549 congregations, did more extensive observations and interviews (including a survey of congregants) in 35 of them, and took note of related research in eight denominations.

He said most of his congregants invited friends into their homes to show the video around 1990 and recorded hundreds of «first - time decisions for Christ.»

The makeup of the college skews overwhelmingly European, while the majority of the congregants are increasingly not European.

Ed Zeiders, the senior pastor at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, did not shy away from addressing the conviction of his congregant and friend on child sex abuse charges, asking his congregation to «pray for all of those who are victims and for all of those who are predators.»

«CHRISTIAN» means you follow the teachings of CHRIST - not the bigotted opinions of your congregants.

asked the Hasidic rabbi last Saturday night, on the eve of the wedding of his congregant and my student, when we were overtaken by news of Elie Wiesel's death.

I don't dispute that there are some christian pastors who demand of their congregants that they pay money — that is a poor reflection on them, not on Christ's teachings or his divinity.

Now, few of my congregants are Reformed in background.

After a 16 - week absence he returned to the pulpit July 27 and was warmly greeted by thousands of congregants at Saddleback Church, the Orange County megachurch he founded in 1980.

Even the old national churches have failed to teach significant numbers of their congregants Armenian, Polish, Russian or Latvian.

I suppose likewise the leader may have the similar expectation of congregants and could suffer when that is not met.

He will preach to a group of congregants who faced different struggles in the past decade.

Or is it because the rest of the congregants are ashamed they didn't say something themselves much earlier?

No - one talks about standing beside the people who are having to face the slings and arrows of the public right now, none of the congregants are moving to help shield them.

Can she meet the needs of congregants who make a living by their wits and come no closer than the local supermarket to the ultimate sources of sustenance?)

Rev. Michael Walrond of First Corinthian Baptist Church and many of his congregants also joined the effort to save Wadleigh.

Nassau County police descended on Long Island's largest Orthodox Jewish synagogue Saturday and began questioning its security team just as services for Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath, were beginning for hundreds of congregants.

Rice addressed a crowd of congregants at the Central Synagogue of Nassau County, discussing her thoughts on gun violence in America and the efforts she's taking to combat it.

Likewise, the ornate sanctuaries of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, neither Westminster Abbey in London, nor Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York contain the Holy Spirit without the faith of their congregants.

The black wooden benches were full of congregants — women in Sunday dresses, nude nylons, and high heels, men in cowboy boots and Western shirts tucked into tight jeans under leather belts with big, silver belt buckles.

Given that 20 % of congregants in the east London churches were recent converts to Christianity or had come back to faith, it's clear that church planting can and does lead to people accepting Christ for the first time.

Mahmud said many of his congregants are construction workers from Bangladesh.

Sure there are fundamental values that tie us together, but I am quite Left in my thinking, many of my congregants are quite Conservative (despite the fire risk (just kidding)-RRB-, that adds wonderful colour to our conversations.

This means that half of all congregants are in the largest congregations, while half of all congregations (often churches of under 75) claim only 10 percent of congregants.

The report suggested that around 80 % of congregants in the five east London churches had moved from other churches.

The idea is to get 100 % of congregants to agree and practice what is taught.

It was written on the Facebook wall of one of my congregants.

The night before, pastor Gadiel Ríos prayed and read the Bible during a Facebook Live broadcast with more than 100 of his congregants, asking that God intercede to protect them and allow them to bless their island in the aftermath.

What's really sad is that CNN and others have already interviewed some of the congregants of that church and they fully support everything he said... so sad.