Sentences with phrase «of young church»

Among the 700,000 or so Dreamers are plenty of young church leaders, students at Christian colleges, and even members of World Relief's own staff.

Pastors of an older generation might be scandalised at the admission, but 34 - year - old Smith is at the forefront of a new wave of young church leaders who have grown up alongside a digital revolution where it's ok to be human.

Is it not true that Paul's «purely» theological insights are, on closer inspection, responses to the cultural crises and life situations of young churches facing concrete problems, and that his «purely» practical advice has within it a theological dimension?

As a leader of a younger church in Asia said the other day, «if the World Council of Churches does not take mission seriously, it is not worthy of its name».

In our time through the growth of the younger churches, through a discovery of our evangelistic task in many countries, the Spirit makes us aware of the great need to grasp and clarify the essential connection between the missionary function of the Church (its apostolate) and its obligation to be one (its catholicity).

As Leslie Newbigin pointed out, the problems posed for missions by the rise of the younger churches, the end of colonialism, and the development of inter-church aid on a massive scale were questions about the forms and patterns of missionary action.

There was also greater recognition of the younger churches as the «Body of Christ» in their respective places and to which, all Christian activities in that place, were to be ultimately related.

By 1928 the reality of the «church» in the existence of the younger churches as the fruit of the missionary activity, had forced itself upon the attention of the missionary movement.

So from the beginning it was determined that the central theme of the meeting should be the building up of the younger churches as a part of the historic universal Christian community.

In Jerusalem, much more than in Edinburgh, the relationship between the older and younger churches, and the development of younger churches, became serious concerns.

In this view, pastors and leaders of the younger churches try to interpret and apply the gospel appropriately in their respective cultures.

But even in Edinburgh there was a general recognition that «the Church of Christ in each nation or tribe is the supreme instrument for its complete evangelisation».45 In Jerusalem, there was a greater recognition of the place of younger churches in mission.

Although Madras announced at the outset that its purpose was to consider the building up of the younger churches, and although the Conference gave much thought to the development of younger churches, it was the political, cultural and theological developments in Europe, and the concerns of the older churches, that influenced the thinking and assumptions of the Conference more than the situations of the younger churches.

Hiebert's concern at this point is to bridge between the universal gospel of Scripture and the particular cultures in which missionaries and pastors of younger churches live and labor for Christ.

In many cases the political emancipation of the countries from colonial rule had expedited the process of younger churches gaining independence from mission control.

From the point of view of the younger churches we can not artificially create an indigenous church.

It was also a step in the direction of discovering their true relationship.2 One principal factor in the discovery of the relationship between church and mission was the growth of the younger churches.

Not exact matches

A young woman strides through floodwaters on her way to church on a Sunday morning in Igbogeni in Bayelsa State, one of the 14 states affected between July and November 2012 when Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in half a century.

Alaina was the youngest of four, «the light of that family's life,» said Stephen Smith, an area stake president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints.

When you see younger people enter your church for the first time, do you go out of your way to introduce yourself and ask them to sit with you?

I believe in separation of church and state and like to think that young people, even those who firmly follow a religion, also believe in the separation of church and state.

* * * Built on the Rock the Church shall stand, though earthly temples be closing silenced are voices of evil men, but God's voice still is calling... Calling the young and old to rest, calling the souls in darkness to Himself, calling to life everlasting!

I have a couple of young adults in my church that were so excited to know that God could actually HEAL THE SICK and had never really experienced it... they drove all night to florida from Brantford Ontario for 1 day and then back (this was between school and their summer classes).

Valparaiso University's venerable president, O.P. Kretzmann, responded positively to our proposal that the university send annually a team of students for year - long service, so each of our churches hosted young volunteers who helped us expand our work with children and their families.

I am one of the RCIA team leaders in my church and there are strong conversions among the young University students that desire to enter the Catholic fold.

And don't forget all the victims of Christianity's own Jim Jones... I'm certain you and all you Christian Extremists are in your churches, always trying to find ways to brainwash everyone into committing suicide like Jim Jones and have plans to blow up buildings like Timothy McVeigh and think about as well as act upon your perverted thoughts by molesting young boys... don't you?

I'm just enraged that this so - called church (read: cult of hubris, like Romney) would do such an atrocious thing to Anne Frank - a courageous young woman who died because of her religion.

I think it is very important that we remember that what Christians think should really not matter — what happened to separation of church and state — if anything, this is a state issue and not a federal govt issue... but since it has been brought up, i'll chime in on something — I bet when the Reverend was young and he was told to sit in the back of the bus, he didn't like it and did nt» think it was fair... neither do I...

The leaders hide church history from its members, when we find it, we take it to them, and of course are called aposates, there are so many mental systems in place at every level to control the people and there thoughts and actions, at a very young age.

Does your church go out of its way to seek and cultivate a young congregation?

The Youngs say the church has been silent about the issue of sex for too long and that they believe the issue should not be so taboo.

«It's time to put the bed back in church and God back in the bed because God is the one that thought sex up,» says Ed Young, senior pastor of Fellowship Cchurch and God back in the bed because God is the one that thought sex up,» says Ed Young, senior pastor of Fellowship ChurchChurch.

A South Carolina church has sheltered hundreds of young children after a shooting at their primary s...

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All those things are worthwhile and good goals, but looking around my church at the twentysomethings who are making a lot of big life decisions, rarely do I see an example of a young millennial who has gone the traditional route of a four - year college degree to find themselves in a cubicle on the 11th floor — or at least who are happy being there.

Sawyers Church currently ministers to children, young people, the elderly and those with learning difficulties and it hopes Pete's walk will raise # 50,000 of the # 2.7 m needed for the new church building, which already has planning permiChurch currently ministers to children, young people, the elderly and those with learning difficulties and it hopes Pete's walk will raise # 50,000 of the # 2.7 m needed for the new church building, which already has planning permichurch building, which already has planning permission.

Bishop Eddie Long, the Atlanta pastor who has received massive media attention since four young men accused him of sexual coercion last September, is entangled in a dispute with an entrepreneur over $ 1 million in investments that Long wants returned to his church members.

At 43 years of age, I was the youngest person — apart from the family — in the church.

Yet some of the most substantive theology being written by Baptist scholars today comes from a little - known circle of mostly younger moderates who have shown a surprising interest in quite traditional themes such as the deeper meaning of baptism and the Lord's Supper, the covenantal disciplines of congregational life, and the positive role of creeds and confessions in the life of the church.

The catholic church has the largest collection of perves in existance.The church used to be a secret club to molest young boys... Not know more, you pedos got caught with your pants down

«What it means» is that there's one more guy they can prop up in a dress and funny hat to draw news for a while and draw attention away from RC problems such as that church's now well docu - mented hiding of child molesters and the decline in young folk amongst the RC sheep set.

A South Carolina church has sheltered hundreds of young children after a shooting at their primary school.

another passing tought most of the cardinals electors are in their 60 or 70 years old according to the cannon law they could elect someone from the archbishop branch I am sure there is a younger and stronger priest that will have the courage and the strenght to clean and stear the barc of St. Peter and he will make the church stronger by correcting the wrongs of the past and mending and shapping the future of the church otherwise stay tuned for another older cardinal to be elected pope and wait another 8 years and we will have this very unsettleing situation once again.

Although I am not Mormon, I give full credit to that church for its accurate handling of familial records for this entire United States in Salt Lake City — keeping the history of our nation defended in its library for our younger generations.

The famous church of Mont Saint Michel in France was a sacred place for female druids who sacrified young men from the height of the hill and now it is one of the most important Church in Fchurch of Mont Saint Michel in France was a sacred place for female druids who sacrified young men from the height of the hill and now it is one of the most important Church in FChurch in France.

(a) Small children, too young to know that is silly (b) Delusional schizophrenics (c) The Mormon Church; or (d) All of the above

Until there are stronger practices of friendship and community and hospitality in the church, I feel an enormous amount of anguish and frustration when I tell young gay Christians that, yes, I do think, on the authority of Scripture, that God is asking you to live without gay sex.

People have the right to leave church and organized religion, they have a right to question an institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have issues with girls - my mom when to an all girls» Catholic school in the 60s and talks about how many of the priests used to «hang out» with the young girls out and girls have been abused), churches that are not practicing social justice.

Mormon fundamentalism (also called fundamentalist Mormonism) is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of Mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century, particularly during the administration of Brigham Young, an early president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints (LDS Church).

How is could the Catholic Church (as stated by the author) meet the needs of young people today... there is no welcoming of gay people etc.?