Sentences with phrase «of the congregation when»

The Christian minister enters into a distinctive relationship to the Church and to the people of a congregation when he is ordained.

John Leith, in Introduction to Reformed Tradition, writes: «It is probably impossible today to realize the spiritual excitement of the congregation when [under Zwingli] for the firsttime, believers passed the bread and the wine among themselves using wooden plates and cups.»

It must be quite difficult to be in a church as a member of the congregation when you've got used to being the pastor.

A newly arrived preacher attempts to mend his strained relationships with his wife and son, and soon faces the disdain of his congregation when he offers more than they are used to getting on Sunday mornings.

Not exact matches

Summary: «When a group of Burmese refugees join the congregation, the pastor of a failing Anglican church attempts to aid them by planting crops and enlisting the help of the community.»

When a church puts its focus on spiritual subjectivity, or on moral living, or on performing works and rituals with a promise of certain results, the result is a congregation that never gains assurance in their salvation, and they will gradually drift away from God's truth.

If (and when) I believed that, I doubt I could have accepted having someone in ministry in my congregation that I believed was living a lie, accepting something sinful as a central part of their lives and identity.

Bernice had left the church in profound humiliation when, as a little girl, one of the more prominent ladies in the congregation insulted her in the local general store, but near the end of her life she had reconnected with the church of her childhood.

Even the various forms of theological activity can be redescribed in narrative terms, as when Newbigin writes of «the congregation as hermeneutic of the gospel»: interpretation of Scripture for Newbigin is not so much what a particular scholar writes as what a particular community of believers enacts.

They're adults now, but it's not clear if the alleged abuse took place when they were adults or children — the coverage of the third lawsuit makes frequent mention that the accuser was 14 when he joined the congregation, but not why that point is being emphasized.

When no person or team of persons provides leadership, communities and congregations are disabled.

Not much... he could've done the same thing by going in front of his congregation wearing flesh - colored underwear, sticking his tongue out, standing up on the baptistry and twerking... then crying foul when he gets fired... what this tells me is that we're all idiots for being so predictably drawn into these types of stories... this is shameless self - promotion, plain and simple... and he wins because we're dupes...

Even though in many instances denominational structures had not been formed when independence came, invariably there were networks of local congregations ready to become denominations.

When things do not line up this causes friction — usually between the leadership and the congregation they are trying to make fit a mold of Christian character.

Although they say they do not intend for the minister to dictate his aims for the church, the thrust of Leading Congregational Change is that the pastor or transformational leader brings a vision that must be promoted, first to a chosen group of disciples, then to a «vision community,» and then — only when fully developed and plotted out — to the congregation.

Leviticus 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death.

For example, the author had already explained occasions when the altar is incensed and the significance of the congregation's postures: sitting, for example, to «listen attentively,» and standing «out of respect» when the Gospel is read.

So I was at first puzzled when I reached into my file, untouched since the first day of Lent last year, and found that I had scribbled the following: «On Ash Wednesday, the minister who just had to be different slung a shovelful of palm ash at his horrified congregation.

What difference does it make when people leave a congregation over some tiff, join another congregation, and allow us all to avoid the difficult and arguably primary Christian work of forgiveness and reconciliation?

This weekend, 26 people were killed and at least 20 more were injured when a gunman opened fire on the congregation of a small community church as they worshipped during a Sunday morning service.

When the members of the congregation saw me in pain, they ministered to me — not from a distance, but as fellow travelers on the same patch of winding road.

When a church is growing and letting Jesus lead, they demonstrate with their involvement with their neighbors and impact in the lives of their congregation.

He finds the idea of the priest's facing the people a most disedifying factor of the modern liturgy: «How wise the old liturgy was when it prescribed that the congregation should not see the priest's face - his distractedness or coldness or (even more importantly) his devotion and emotion.»

When the congregation I serve initiated a prayer chain several years ago, its participants were amazed at the response: healing intercessions requested for all manner of illnesses and ailments — physical, emotional, 1 spiritual, societal.

Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.

So the question the members of the congregation ask themselves when they are invited to stand and confess their faith is, «Do I dare to say the creed?»

They, the power brokers, would not listen to those outside the inner circle about hiring a new pastor in light of the congregation being less than 200 active members and their want of two pastors, when two families have continually I played catchup with the unpaid bills.

When you speak of faith you apparently picture a church with a congregation of people reciting a creed.

He has convinced his congregation that the fight of faith is a fight for power, that we win when we see God's name on our cash, on our statues, on our idols, and in our legislation.

The practice of psychotherapy as the only real ministry to their congregation has led the Suffragan Bishop of Washington, Paul Moore, Jr., to write: «Too many priests forget their priestliness when they learn some of the basic skills of counseling — or perhaps they have not been trained properly in the use of priestly techniques and therefore are not confident in their exercise.

When it becomes a basic part of our regular worship and educational program, the tension between its implications and the normal life of the congregation, as well as the normal lives of the individual members, will be more keenly felt.

For us at Liberty University, this epiphany came when we were faced with the colossal challenge this week of being a homeless congregation.

Some of us in the congregation are accountants and financial professionals (I'm a financial analyst), and we're all happy to help the less - informed understand what they're looking at when the financial statements are presented to the congregation.

When he tried to enforce the disciplines of the «holy club» on his church, the congregation rebelled.

When he or she grasps the difference between a richly textured communal spirit and mere social togetherness that is the result of sharing the same street address, the possibilities for that congregation's service to the world rise exponentially.

It's a friendly congregation, and the pastors work hard at avoiding a megachurch atmosphere, but, when I was a member there, there were inevitably an awful lot of people I didn't know.

[4] When theological schooling is defined as preparation for filling the functions that make up the role of professional church leadership, graduates turn out to be incapable of nurturing and guiding congregations as worshiping communities, the health of whose common life depends on the quality of the theology that is done there.

I first became aware of the structure of the narratives that express world view several years before the discovery of my cancer, when I began during my sabbatical year to study congregations systematically.

It will run during the harvest and Christmas periods - when churches typically experience a swell in their congregations - to help ensure the maximum numbers of people are involved.

Thus, rather than fragmenting a theological course of study, the three basic theological questions can serve to unify it precisely when it is focused on a genuine pluralism of concrete Christian congregations.

Or consider the array of questions that arise when we ask, «Are these congregations being faithful to their self - described self - identities in their current forms of speech and action?»

When we speak of politics in our congregations, we try to fit our words to specific people.

Two Sundays ago I found myself painfully aware of how no matter the church, no matter the speaker, when I am sitting in a church congregation there is a deep, deep anger in my soul.

The plot thickens, however, when the pastoral preacher realizes that other parishioners sitting in the same congregation have their own distinctive sets of ambivalent tendencies and passions.

Or consider the array of questions that arise when we ask, «Is the Christian thing, concretely present in and as these congregations, true?»

Denominations make the same mistake when they appoint college students to be leaders of congregations.

When I pastored a local congregation I was well aware of the fact that most often the visitors were disaffected members from other churches.

And when one is despondent about one's own St. John's - by - the - Sea, one can turn again and again from that congregation and its apparent failure to the great fellowship through the ages and find in the thought of that fellowship a cordial for drooping spirits.

Consider the array of questions that arise when we ask, «How do we best understand this particular congregation as «the Christian thing» in concreto?»

When the Los Angeles congregation was judged to have become «too Jewish,» the Assemblies of God took their building away from them (Phil Goble, author of a book titled Everything You Need to Grow a Messianic Congregation, had attended that group).