Sentences with phrase «of small churches»

«Of course there is nothing I can do about war,» the pastor of a small church declared.

Members of small churches served by part - time lay ministers are not necessarily worse off spiritually than their counterparts in large churches — and perhaps they are better off.

He writes about church health and innovative leadership from the perspective of small church.

What advice would you give a leader of a small church who doesn't have such strong resources?

I am currently blessed to be part of a small Church that meets in a small rented warehouse space.

This woman is a minister of a small church to which I also happen to belong.

I am an associate pastor of a small church.

He writes about church health and innovative leadership from the perspective of small church.

Synopsis: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul - shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

A few years ago, Swedish pastor Ake Green was sentenced to one month in prison for preaching on the biblical teaching against sexual immorality from the pulpit of his small church in Borgholm.

I dream I'm standing on a stage in the middle of a small church, delivering a eulogy.

Thom Rainer, LifeWay President, will be joining me along with a panel of small church pastors as we talk through how small churches are making a biblical impact in the lives of their members and in their communities.

The fact that St. Andrew's turnaround began with a structural change rather than theological insight is typical of small churches.

But 1,000 or 10,000 people spread out over hundreds of smaller churches and ministries can do just as much ministry (and some of it in better ways, for the reasons you've mentioned) than when we're all clumped together in one big congregation.

In Crooked Heart, a first novel by Cristina Sumners (herself a parish priest), we meet Kathryn Koerney, rector of a small church in a New Jersey college town that resembles Princeton.

Does our enthusiasm to grow our churches lead us to overlook the benefits, beauty and unique missional potential of the small church community?

Similarly, negative preconceptions are often held of small churches.

At this time, around the turn of the century, there arose in America a large number of smaller Churches, such as the Pentecostal groups, the Assembly of God, and others, that relied fully and completely on the extremely emotional revivalistic gospel and the swing of gospel hymns.

His own concentrated study of the dynamics of small churches and churches in changing communities has made him increasingly in demand around the country as a perceptive observer of the dynamics of congregational life.

Harris says he's trying to «have our cake and eat it» by marrying the benefits of small church («intimate, relationally strong, your contribution matters») with big church («finances, staffing, influence»).

The survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors in the United Stated revealed that 39 per cent of small churches (100 to 249 attendees) offer online giving.

I'm not sure what to do but I know of a small church that is being sold and the pastor not only will keep all the proceeds $ 750,000 but a handsome severance pay package and a guaranteed new job at the church making the purchase, this is a pastor that let the congregation die and got the family and friends left over to vote to ok this...

Actually, the problem of the small church was recognized early in this century, even in rural areas (the rural «larger parishes» were an attempt to deal with it).

While a small minority of larger churches do experience some success with this approach, the overwhelming majority of smaller churches attempting to be Hillsong clones continue to haemorrhage members every week because they can not offer the same quality of music, preaching or other services that their mega-mall comrades down the road are able to provide.

You can definitely limit the size of the church (in a healthy way) by making sure that you multiply small groups that grow beyond a specified size (18 - 20 works nice, at that point you are losing a degree of intimacy already) but more important you make sure that you cultivate the gifts needed to lead these groups — otherwise you end up with a bunch of small churches and a burned out pastor.

(And I lost the worship team as well... Ah, the joys of a small church.)

Do think there are lots of small churches that have a goal but are not very successful in accomplishing it and just limping along, but actually doing okay anyway?

Larger churches or clusters of smaller churches might even form special groups for alcoholics, their spouses, or their families.

«Yes, a contractor who has worked and continues to work in Bayelsa State and other parts of Nigeria thought it fit, in fulfillment of its Corporate Social Responsibility, to facilitate the renovation of the small church in the President's home town of Otuoke.

South opens in characteristic Akerman fashion - lengthy, static images of a small church anchored in the lush surrounds of Jasper - succeeded by other images of bucolic Southern repose.

During the seventies, Dean's father had a series of small churches in little towns, and in each church his dogmatism and rigidity created a rift in the congregation.

Armor Hall was perfect for me because it has some of the religious architectural atmosphere of a small church.

However, the requirements severely limit the ability of smaller churches, theologically convinced of the moral parity of same - and opposite - sex unions, to manifest that conviction in their practice: they can witness to equality only by declining to host opposite - sex solemnisations.

When Lehman isolated individual factors, he found that members of large, wealthy multiple - staff churches were more resistant to clergywomen than were members of small churches (which were experiencing financial difficulty).

When Dean was seventeen, his father quit the church on Mayodan Mountain and moved the family out to the eastern part of the state, near Greenville, where he took the pulpit of a small church in the town of Ayden.

Synopsis: The pastor of a small church in upstate New York (Ethan Hawke) spirals out of control after a soul - shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife (Amanda Seyfried) in this taut, chilling thriller.

Bill was the new pastor of a small church in a once - rural area who formed a new Bible study group.

It isn't always so easy to rebrand oneself when you have a 10 year work history as a pastor of a small church, a worthless Th.M degree, mountains of student loan debt, and a family to feed.

Pastors of small churches, mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 7 (the day after Labor Day).

Jack is writing today about an issue that many pastors of small churches must deal with — bivocational ministry.

When I was a pastor of a smaller church, we still spent about 75 % on staff and buildings.

The pastor of the small church, Terry Jones, has written a book titled «Islam is of the Devil,» and the church sells coffee mugs and shirts featuring the phrase.

The pastor of a small church in upstate New York (Ethan Hawke) spirals out of control after a soul - shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife (Amanda Seyfried) in this taut, chilling thriller.