Sentences with phrase «sought by the congregation»

Not exact matches

Will congregations that seek to rout sexism by reaching for inclusive language be energized by that pain for a divine purpose?

I found myself almost paralyzed by fear one Sunday as I told the congregation as lovingly as I could that seeking racial justice was a part of the Christian calling.

As I have read, ruminated, and wrestled with this I see the trend of Original Sin — that compulsion to seek godliness on our terms & not God's — evidenced in the history of secular humanity and borne by believers, the faithful as well as heterodox, into the congregation.

It is ground owned by a congregation that, in the past, has acted in ways that made the racial tension worse; they are now seeking to change that dynamic.

There is a kind of research and development climate produced by continuing to seek better answers to, How can this church meet the growth - healing needs of its congregation?

Of course, some ministers have sought to break the monotony of the usual outline, but these refreshing alterations have been so rare that the minister has been self - conscious about the change and the attention of the congregation has, been stolen by the novelty of the sermon.

And the researchers sought to overcome this deficiency by including a large number of racial and ethnic congregations in the site visits to effective congregations.

In another I suggested that, since it seemed likely that little could be done to bring about reconciliation — the other party had left the church — and since the church remained a source of pain because it had failed to minister when the crisis erupted, the person might consider making a fresh start in her Christian life by seeking out a congregation of another denomination.

One was the work of a sociologist, Earl Brewer, who, with the aid of a theologian and a ministries specialist, sought by an extensive content analysis of sermons and other addresses given in a rural and an urban church to differentiate the patterns of belief and value constituting those two parishes.67 The second was the inquiry of a religious educator, C. Ellis Nelson, who departed from a curricular definition of education to envision the congregation as a «primary society» whose integral culture conditions its young and old members.68 James Dittes, the third author, described more fully the nature of the culture encountered in the local church.

The study team that seeks to identify a congregation by its character must, like the researcher looking for setting or world view, assume the role of observing participant, a posture that takes nothing for granted.

A team that seeks to characterize a congregation by narrative begins with methods of observation and interview.

Our proposal is that what makes a theological school theological is that it seeks to understand God more truly by focusing study of these matters through questions about Christian congregations.

This is of crucial importance, for when we seek to place preaching within the context of the «wider community,» meaning by that both the local community in which a congregation exists and the global community, part of what we seek is a theological understanding of that context.

Contradicting the contextual interpretation of the congregation is the mechanist understanding that seeks to revive the physical, tangible church by scientific techniques.

This was in distinction to the so - called «witty» preaching which sought to impress the congregation by a display of erudition, making extensive use of classical allusions and delighting in literary flourishes.

A Westchester rabbi who sought to diversify his synagogue was panned by its «racist» board members for turning the congregation «Spanish and Black,» according to a federal discrimination complaint.

Then I began to list it, family by family, and the congregations that were seeking my opinion for their building / endowment funds, and / or borrowing needs.

Our Mission is to seek the fullness of life in Christ for all people by, worshiping and praising God - supporting, nurturing and equipping each other and our congregation - serving people in need in our community and world - witnessing to all in the name of Christ.