Sentences with phrase «several local congregations»

It's unusual to have such a progressive conference in this part of the country, and I've heard of pastors from several local congregations preaching passionate sermons against the emerging church in response to the event.

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Common as they are in several religious traditions, congregations have never dominated the totality of the world's local religious organizations.

Of the several recent schemes that assess and promote accomplishment in the local church, the church growth movement has best captured mechanist hopes for competent congregations.

I realized this most clearly when, long before the election, I invited several Indianapolis community leaders, including local clergy of all races, to discuss congregations» capacities.

The analysts later compared their findings in several conferences and finally recorded them in a book.1 Because a consciously multidisciplinary approach to comprehending the life of a congregation had never before been attempted, the book, Building Effective Ministry, represented an important advance in the study of the local church.

I have noted several different ways of understanding congregations — as textures, machines, organisms, and idioms, all necessary approaches, and none diminished by the emphasis this book places upon the last image, that of the local church as a dialect.