Sentences with phrase «small churches play»

I understand that small churches play an important role but isn't it a problem if it is not making disciples that make disciples.

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I guess I'm also trying to account for how similar patterns get played out on a much, much smaller scale in local churches the world over.

Like Chuck's comment, I agree that mega, small and house churches all have a role to play in the body of Christ.

As a small girl, the Presbyterian church in the midst of the city intentionally provided a safe place to play, off the streets.

Robert C. Leslie identifies these salient points at which small groups played a vital role in church history: Christ and his disciples, the Apostolic church, Montanism, monasticism, the Waldenses, the Franciscans, the Friends of God, the Brethren of the Common Life, German pietism, the Anabaptists, the Society of Friends, the Wesleyan revival, the Great Awakening, the Iona Community, the Emmanuel Movement, and the Oxford Group Movement (from which came Alcoholics Anonymous).

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

Meanwhile, revivalism continued to play an important part in American Protestantism within the larger Churches and also as a fruitful source of smaller «holiness» groups.

(The FAITH Movement is quietly proud of having played its own small role in telling the truth and was privileged to be the publisher of one of Daniélou's noted works on the Church).

In order for the charismatic gifts to play a more vital role, the larger churches must found smaller churches.

A 5 year old choked on a small block of wood he and his playmates found on the play area while his parents and everyone else were in church just 20 feet away.

On the Republican side, there's real estate executive Paul Massey Jr., who has spent more money ($ 2 million) than he has raised ($ 1.6 million); Michel Faulkner, who played one season as a defensive lineman for the Jets and is now the pastor of a small Baptist church in Harlem; and Darren Dione Aquino, an actor and an activist for the rights of the disabled.

Instead, they have fun with it all, thanks in no small part to hilarious supporting performances by Stanley Tucci and New Orleanian Patricia Clarkson — playing perhaps the coolest parents in the world — and Thomas Haden Church as Olive's English teacher.

Publish small pieces: magazine or newspaper articles, church play scripts, Sunday school curriculum and / or take - home papers, compilation pieces, etc..

I live in the sunny Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, where I attend a small church with a focus on Jesus, the Bible, community outreach, and I play horn in the local brass band.

It is an old story playing out around the world; churches are big while congregations are getting small, so they sell out to developers who build them a smaller church and give them a whack of dough that covers operating costs.

A niche app - controlled PA system that's great for small bands that play cafes, galleries and churches.