Sentences with phrase «person as my pastor»

But, either way, the sarcastic shots at many men who honestly just want to see God work in the lives of people and who pour their lives into people as pastors and leaders is not constructive.

Not exact matches

I had one person who approached me as a Pastor and wanted to be part of my board.

Some people say I'm very freeing and liberating as a pastor, and that I refreshingly hands - off with people and programs.

From two guys who serve as volunteer campus pastors to a team of men who now care for the yard and landscaping so we could cancel the lawn contract, I am seeing that many people are hungry to offer themselves for the Kingdom.

I have so much hope these days as a pastor that people genuinely desire deep and meaningful friendship.

Nevertheless, this current situation described earlier makes us reflect, and, as pastors, we are worried about the fact that many people who contract marriage are formally Christians, since they have received baptism, but are not practicing the Christian faith at all; not just liturgically, but also existentially.

Everything for me as a pastor is about creating environments for the Holy Spirit to move people along in their journey so that they become dependent on the life of God and not the organization of the church.

Thanks for the insight, I pray that when I finally make into the ministry (as a pastor), that I don't fall into the trap of, «people - pleasing».

Why when it's a pastor, people always take that as a reason to insult Faith and the church.

There is also a huge difference in tone between the hate used by some people and what Nated Pastor is doing here, I don't see it in anyway as making him or commentors look as bad as the patriarchy views.

I don't identify with the victims, the Islam ladies, the quivering question marks, the short people, the homosexuals, all the persecuted Naked Pastor exposes so as to reveal the horror and the agony.

When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.

Do you ever feel that as a pastor or a Christian leader most people can't understand what you go through?

They fail to distinguish two types of religious persons who may be part of this group: the first, who depend completely upon the literal interpretation of Scripture and tradition by an authoritarian pastor, and second, those who undertake rescue activity as the command of God, based upon a thoughtful and self - ratified interpretation of the ethical imperatives of the gospel.

He's watched seven pastors come and go, as well as many people and families.

Bruce praised voluntary groups such as Christian charity Street Pastors, who regularly work with people who've consumed large amounts of alcohol at night.

What is the balance, if any, of a pastor having a «vision» for the church as though God only speaks through him and the team fulfills that vision with their gifts and abilities, and with the church working together under the direction of elderS (plural) for all people to use their gifts and abilities for God's vision for all people?

Many years ago I was added to the listserve for a group of Evangelical pastors, though not a pastor myself, and one day one of them asked the group about using stories or quotes in sermons without telling their people they were using them, that is, presenting the stories as their own stories and the quotes as their own creation.

The Bully Pastor delivers contradictory / mixed messages constantly, such as imploring people to «follow their calling» or to «become more involved» creatively in ministry.

I grew up in a bully pulpit church and no one ever referred to the pastor as anything other than «Pastor» in person or «The Pastor» in the 3rd ppastor as anything other than «Pastor» in person or «The Pastor» in the 3rd pPastor» in person or «The Pastor» in the 3rd pPastor» in the 3rd person.

People also don't want to obey God's leading in their life, and get offended when their pastor calls on them to do what they agreed to as part of the covenant of God and surrender their life.

I was eventually laid - off to due to «lack of funds» (which I have in writing) it seemed as though people in our congregation began fleeing contemporary church and we couldn't pay me and the Lead Pastor (who sat in his office day in, day out)... I won't settle for another stagnant «building - pastor» gig, I prPastor (who sat in his office day in, day out)... I won't settle for another stagnant «building - pastor» gig, I prpastor» gig, I promise.

As a naive voting pastor, I expected people to thank me for questioning their values, beliefs and habits, and I was perplexed by just how tough and dangerous that can be.

In some recently published research on American pastors losing their faith, none talked of missing God as a person.

Of the three pastors I've seen talk about this, all of them exhibited many of the same narcissistic behaviors and referred to people that leave as excrement.

So this is why people should pray for their pastors: so that they will preach the Word, and preach it boldly, and especially preach the gospel so that the Kingdom of God can advance and grow as people hear the Gospel and believe in Jesus for everlasting life.

So, there are two factors - is the pastor mature and does he see all people as being in two groups - saved and unsaved.

the scriptures do not claim as you state «infallible word of God» ------ Well, this is something I've been hearing for years, in church from pastors and in person from christians.

As a young pastor I tried to maintain control of the congregation and each person in it.

But another side to the failure of so many pastors is that pastors are undergoing incredible amounts of spiritual attack, and the people of their church are not lifting and supporting their pastor in prayer as they should be.

And yes, I will be in much prayer that the impact remains positive in my roll as pastor to my people.

The pastor or another staff person always attends, as well as several additional friendly, positive people from the church who share some interests with the new people and who also are involved with ministries in the church that might interest the new people.

Yes, as a pastor, I did deceive and manipulate people.

I viewed the relationship between the people in the pew and the pastor in the pulpit as mutually beneficial.

As far as the jackass Chhristian pastors go, I sure wish people would up and leave those jerks for authentic Christianity, where the works of Christ are focused on and not the works of Joe and Mary PewsitteAs far as the jackass Chhristian pastors go, I sure wish people would up and leave those jerks for authentic Christianity, where the works of Christ are focused on and not the works of Joe and Mary Pewsitteas the jackass Chhristian pastors go, I sure wish people would up and leave those jerks for authentic Christianity, where the works of Christ are focused on and not the works of Joe and Mary Pewsitter.

As a pastor in a confessional and evangelical tradition, I want the people I counsel and lead to trust in the sufficiency of Scripture, the power of the gospel, the regular graces of gathered worship, the preaching of God's Word, and the Lord's Supper for spiritual growth.

I am neither, but I did marry a mentally ill person who has abused his position as a chaplain and as a Pastor just as Danielle Shroyer, Brad Cecil, Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren, Mike King and Mark Scandrette did by aiding in this spiritual abuse and diabolical behavior.

As blogging and Facebooking become more and more the norm, what, if any, responsibilities rest with both clergy and lay people in the transmission of their ideas?How do you respond when your pastor holds a position with which you don't agree?

My experience as a priest — people do take these things very seriously which is precisely why the Pope is writing to pastors and Catholics to help them understand how better to discern.

Way back in the thread, I said that some psychopaths don't go around killing people, they just get jobs as CEOs and pastors.

It does seem that pastors who decide which theology to tell a person are really almost setting themselves up as God by determining what «truth» the people need to hear.

Although acknowledging that pastoral counseling had the same ultimate aim as other dimensions of pastoral work — that of bringing people to Christian faith and the Christian fellowship, where those goals were «relevant» — Hiltner defined the special aim of pastoral counseling in more flexible terms, virtually indistinguishable from those of secular counseling: «The attempt by a pastor to help people help themselves through the process of gaining understanding of their inner conflicts» (Pastoral Counseling, 1949).

This is, I think, one of the most important lessons I've learned over the years as a person, and it's being a pastor that help me learn it: I will either love and be loved completely, or I won't at all.

Pastors need special sensitivity about the sign value of every aspect of the rites, not as a fussy rubrical matter, but as genuine pastoral concern that people better perceive and express what is ultimately real for them.

The good pastor is teacher, just as the good teacher is pastor (insofar as a good teacher loves his or her students, and is concerned just as much as the good pastor with the well - being of their whole person, not just their minds).

As a Christian pastor who has faced this problem with people many times, I would say that the following guidelines are absolutely essential.

Thousands of pastors know that if they accept LGBTA people as equals, key donors will stop supporting them.

I began this chapter by stating that through my experience as a pastor I have been moved out of a rigid, moralistic legalism into what I believe is a more loving and more compassionate attempt to discover the best alternative within the particular circumstances of each person's life.

This does not mean, as many pastors preach, that the people in the pews are more blessed when they give to the church than when they receive from the church.

She has also given her time as a street pastor helping to keep local streets safe, and as the organiser of regular events and lunches for elderly people.