Sentences with phrase «other church communities»

I tried other church communities which did not look at all like the one I had left, and I tried no church community at all.

People burdened with a past may begin to seek out some other church community that, following a venerable precedent, «welcomes sinners and eats with them» (Luke 15:2).

Not exact matches

We were a nation of joiners, sewing clubs, bridge, girl and boy scouts, church or other religious groups and bingo nights at the local community centers.

Whether they're churches, sports teams, unions or other local groups, they all share important roles as social infrastructure for our communities.

Deena Scott said the man she met all those years back has always been focused on giving back to the community, whether volunteering at their church, mentoring others or helping fold socks at a relief center.

Lichtenfeld covers all the basics: stay active and healthy, exercise, play sports, eat right, socialize a lot with family and friends, meet new friends, keep learning, do volunteer work, be involved in your community, run for office, attend church or other religious / spiritual activities, read books and newspapers, check your email and text your friends.

Finally, it bears mentioning that while all adults (our parents included) truly do make it up as they go along, for better or worse, traversing our world as young adults can present to us positive opportunities — opportunities that allow us to shepherd and encourage others in our churches and communities, even the wee ones or our own children who desperately want to grow up.

It's so sad that so many North American churches are still acting in hostility towards the «other» being a part of their religious community.

It's not * wrong * or «creepy» to spend a lot of time in church activities, especially considering how many people today lament the end of community integration, where people used to know each other and plan activities together.

No less important, he said, the Catholic Church also claims an «authoritative teaching authority not made by other Christian communities, and certainly not by the NAE.»

But when those who care about the community gathered together last night, all those phantom rumors evaporated in our mutual love for God, each other and the church.

I can't easily offer face to face meetings being on the other side of the Atlantic, however, these «celebrity» preachers impact people in the Churches and communities I serve.

2) Make it clear in public that if you don't like the rock and roll, there are plenty of other churches, with hints that this decision is a moral choice which reflects badly on you, not the community.

But that sort of behavior goes on in WAY too many churches for the case to be made that church community is the only place to live out a love for God in service with and for others.

Since the fundamental and indispensable unit of Christian community is the Church, these trends in general intellectual culture have in the last fifteen years stimulated a great deal of ecclesiological reflection: one can draw an interesting line of influence from MacIntyre and Habits of the Heart to Stanley Hauerwas and then to John Milbank and the other proponents of radical orthodoxy, all of whom tend to be pronouncedly ecclesiocentric in their thinking.

But while our communities and churches certainly benefit from photographers, artists, writers, musicians, artisans, chefs, carpenters, fire - fighters, hard - laborers, entrepreneurs and small - business owners, those who have found themselves in a corporate gig have just as much to contribute to both the Church and the Kingdom as any other talented individual.

Those that form church communities around deciding certain stories within the canon are more important than others or certain interpretations of the stories are what God really wanted to communicate.

Ben Rogers, East Asia Team Leader at advocacy charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide, told Premier: «The Islamic Defenders Front, they for years have been pushing this agenda, trying to shut down churches, attack the Ahmadiyya community - who're a sect of Islam that other Muslims disagree with - and also often raided nightclubs and bars and want Sharia law to be established.

Even people in Churches (in community) hide their opinions and deep thought from each other.

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

Churches in the inner city have been there for people when the government has disappointed them and other citizens fled for greener pastures in the suburbs; they continue to be a crucial part of organizing and ministering to needs in the community.

I have scripture, church, community and other things to help guide me.

It seems Jesus spent a lot of time in the communities, not safe behind church doors or in meetings and counseling sessions with «other Christians».

Stop the Traffik is a global coalition which already numbers more than 350 organisations including churches, community groups, other faith groups, businesses and NGOs (including Oasis Trust, Salvation Army, Tearfund, World Vision, JFCI, Christian Aid, Bible Society and Spring Harvest).

Knowing his religion raises a red flag that make most cringe once they learn the truth about this church, they believe in overpowering others and controlling the community.

The words used by Pope Benedict and others in responding to the Church's ever - deepening s - exual abuse crises reflect a sickness that is not unique to the Catholic community.

At a certain church I use to go to, one of the elders has a life group called «Get - R - Done» where he «assist single moms, widows, and others needing help in our church and community.»

As the church in Africa faces these and other significant issues, it does so as a robust community.

Which again is is right, but not a priority of the church over matters that affect everyone like poverty and other areas of community service.

This is why we are inviting you as individuals or churches or other communities to contribute to this effort.

Indeed, the first round of treaties, from 1842 to 1844, stipulated that Westerners be permitted to build churches, schools, and other community buildings in five key coastal cities.

i have been following your reply and responses to others saying that people arent really leaving «Church Fellowships» to follow Jesus in a better more organic reaching the community way.

John Piper and John MacArthur for example are doing some incredible things as are other Calvinists and though I no longer teach Calvinism I still acknowledge their enormous contribution to the church community.

Every year, millions of people abandon the institutional way of doing church, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the Church, but because they find that intimate relationships with others and loving service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His discchurch, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the Church, but because they find that intimate relationships with others and loving service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His discChurch, but because they find that intimate relationships with others and loving service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His disciples.

-- like the Republican evangelicals who all think their church is the most Christian, the most right, the only ones going to heaven yet ignore the real teachings of Jesus by judging others, ignoring charity and the needs of their community, not understanding when the Lord's Prayer begins with «Our» Father — the «Our» is not just white people.

Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

It was that quality of the church's life that set it uniquely apart from all other attempts at creating community.

Now that we know something of these other religious communities and their quality of the lives they engender, we can not suppose that a gracious God would punish their saints for failure to join the Christian church.

It also means helping family members and other people within church communities to understand the right way to confront and help their loved ones dealing with addiction — even if it feels uncomfortable.

It was because we were advocating for other victims of sexual assault within the evangelical community, crimes which had been perpetrated by people in the church and whose abuse had been enabled, very clearly, by prominent leaders in the evangelical community.

I think that true and deep discipleship is not happening in a church unless the needs of the congregation and the community are being met, and I think that one of the best ways to disciple believers is to get them serving in the community along side each other.

Though a lot of church leaders would love for it to be otherwise, this is real communion and community with each other.

They introduced us to the various new movements in the Church such as the Emmanuel community, the charismatic renewal, Opus Dei, and many other initiatives that have kept the Church alive.

But we're doing more than meeting needs: we're equipping and empowering the persecuted church to be the church, reaching out in love and compassion within their communities — whether those communities are comprised of other Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Yazidis, or those belonging to another faith or no faith at all.

Second, their deaths «afford church communities the chance to recognise in each other what all Christians regard as the truest devotion to Christ - following him in his death on the cross.»

I am not certain how others do it, but here is a brief summary of what it looks like for my family and me to be the church in our neighborhood and community.

Many of them are at least as committed Christians, serving the seminary out of love of the church, as are any other members of the community.

And I encourage others to do the same, including our church community.

This person had no idea how much hell I've taken from people in my evangelical community for writing about my doubts, my questions related to heaven and hell, my views on biblical interpretation and theology, and my support for women in ministry and other marginalized people in the Church.

Sunday morning, a weeknight for small group, regular service on a ministry team, occasional church projects and retreats... Add the expectation to be friends and find community with other church members beyond the organized settings, and I have little time left for my neighbors.