Sentences with phrase «other small churches»

This year, the FIEC is launching a Church Revitalisation Initiative for its smaller churches and hopes that in time it might become the go - to for other small churches seeking revitalisation.

Not exact matches

In like manner, if I could not continue to unite with any smaller society, church, or body of Christians, without committing sin, without lying and hypocrisy, without preaching to other doctrines which I did not myself believe, I should be under an absolute necessity of separating from that society.

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.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

Our love of the past conflicts often with your plans for the future; our love of order does not show up on abstract statistics; our tendency to look to each other for affection and support stands against a minister's wish to obtain emotional support away from the small church.

One other thing - I believe actually if churches were smaller, more focused on doctrine and becoming stronger disciples this emphasis on externals would take its proper shape.

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.

Maybe to say «that is a good question but I cant give you a satisfactory answer» maybe put the ball back into his / her court by offerring an invitation to the Alpha course or to come along to a small Bible study group st your home or an invitation to a non Church tyoe activity with other Christians, walk, bike ride, five a side football or other sporting things, befriend them and truly love them without an agenda.

370 is not a large number for a European conference, with over 50 from Oasis Church itself, but the group is perhaps like the Toronto church itself - in being small but bringing large blessings to many other chuChurch itself, but the group is perhaps like the Toronto church itself - in being small but bringing large blessings to many other chuchurch itself - in being small but bringing large blessings to many other churches.

Though located only a block apart in a small town, each drawing members from the same social and economic stratum of the town's population, the two churches were strikingly different from each other in ways their Baptist and Methodist affiliations did not explain.

Our churches, whose steeples dot every cityscape and small town in the land, are exempt from paying taxes, and unlike many people of other faiths, we don't have to worry about fighting with our employers to take time off to celebrate our religious holidays as they are largely taken for granted.

7, the proliferation of small groups in churches all over this country and in many other parts of the world shows that this exciting development is already well along.

One day the pastor took me on a journey one day through the swamps and bayous until we came to this small church in the wild where he was to speak along with other preachers.

In addition to general cultural dynamics, there are other reasons why large churches are more resistant to women's leadership; these reasons are related to some of the basic differences between small and large churches.

Aside from one or two, the vast majority of these house churches sound almost identical to any other church, except they are much smaller, meet in a home, and don't have a pastor.

Having been involved in church planting, I have seen how communal small churches are, how much the members have access to each other.

For example, the bishops maintain that the first use of even the smallest counterforce nuclear weapons is always wrong, but they recognize that others within the church community might come to a different conclusion.

More Christian diet groups have emerged and gone national, including Houston - based First Place (founded in 1981), with programs in nearly.5, 000 churches across the country and in 13 other nations, and smaller programs like Jesus Is the Weigh.

But a church's smaller groups are the settings in which lonely people can best experience the reality of religion as creative relationships — with self, others, and God.

A man opened fire inside a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing 26 people and wounding about 20 others in what the governor called the deadliest...

The mediator then told me that not one of their accusations showed any truth and he advised the pastor to cut ties with this group and said that the congregation was getting the impression that he was favoring one small faction of the church while disregarding others.

The church split certainly became a defining moment of my spiritual life as I unhappily bounced between churches for the last 9 years, praying all along to see an official forgiveness session, watching with hope as small acts of kindness mended some wounds... noting as well how others remained gaping obviously.

Catholic and mainline Protestant congregations, on the other hand, contain a smaller proportion of the church - going population than they did when baby boomers were in Sunday School.

To maximize the fulfillment of human potentials, the organizations of a community — schools, churches, agencies, and others — should develop small groups designed to meet the growth needs of persons at each of the eight life stages.

In these settings a small corps of priests or other functionaries, or perhaps a single religious leader, provides ceremonial proficiency and continuity for a larger lay populace whose participation, while not casual, tends to be more occasional and informal than the ordered activity of church attendance.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

David N. with «What Unity Means When You Have No Other Choice» «In our rural small town of Greenville, Ohio we don't have the luxury of leaving a church when we don't agree with its teachings in favor of going to the trendier church across town.

In smaller communities with few other public facilities, churches are a vital resource in that they provide a meeting (dare I say congregating) place for the locals.

In many parts of the world today, the Church represents a relatively small minority, participating in the struggle for the future of man alongside of other religious and secular movements.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

This has troubled the consciences of Christians and others in richer countries and the churches have shared in the voluntary efforts to send aid to victims of emergencies and to assist small - scale development projects.

It may be that the church's role will be much smaller than that of others.

Pick a book to go through with some of your friends from church (or some of your friends who go to other churches — chances are, their small groups are on break, too).

In a plant like ours, we are small and simply don't have enough mass yet to do very many things, and so I have been doing some teaching on the universal body of believers, which is call «Big C Church,» and how we can be involved in other churches in town to get what we ourselves can not offer.

And, of course, while the encyclicals are central, they are but a small part of the many other teaching initiatives of this pontificate, including the production of the monumental Catechism of the Catholic Church.

In addition, brochures and small business - size cards have been used and distributed by churches and other groups.

Yet these churches, many small, non-denominational, mission - minded storefront places, were mostly unaware of each other's progress.

My small group leaders and then other leaders in the church I grew up going to (which was as relaxed in their preaching as you can find (Presbyterian)-RRB- would confirms this to other high school guys and girls my age that unless he chose to believe in Jesus as the Son of God by the time he died on his deathbed he wouldn't join my Mom and sisters and I in heaven.

The law would in effect make it illegal for smaller churches to meet in homes or other buildings.

Although some free - church denominations have been ordaining women for over 100 years, they have done little to help place women in other than small, out - of - the - way and marginal pastorates.

Faith Community sent polite but firm letters to families who attend church services and «freebie events» but never volunteer, never tithe and do not belong to a small group or other ministry.

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.

Churches must help other groups in society which are pressing for these new kinds of «small media.»

I went to a smaller church, to be known and to know others, not be at some mega church, to have connections and a sense of belonging.

Their two reasonable and constructive essays are supplemented by readings from other American thinkers on the nature of church - state relations and a small selection of relevant court cases.

The smaller the church, the more likely the pastor and other church leaders, like a staff member, elder or deacon, will be present at all or most events and ministries.

After pastoring a small church in Hemet, CA, for six years and teaching at another seminary for five, these days I'm a youth worker for a church here in CO, an assistant professor at Rocky Mountain Bible College & Seminary, and a bus driver (the last pays for the other two.)

Unlike the other converts, Gerald Schlabach does not come from a magisterial Protestant tradition of state churches — though some other Anabaptists, like Yoder, have argued that the Mennonites also pursue a catholic (small «c») vision of the church.

But the small, i.e., the true Christian ban is this that one must not permit apparent, obstinate sinners to partake of the sacrament and other common acts of the Church, unless they mend their ways and avoid sin.»

Our assembly as the Body of Christ is primarily a spiritual gathering into Christ, and so whether we gather in large groups or small, we can still know that we are assembled with all other saints around the world and throughout time (For more on this understanding of church, see my book, Skeleton Chchurch, see my book, Skeleton ChurchChurch).