Sentences with phrase «such congregations from»

Chicago is a wonderful treasure chest of such congregations from all across the spectrum — Catholic, nondenominational, mainline and Pentecostal.

Not exact matches

But removed entirely from the church (even a congregation), such ideas are almost complete abstractions.

Obviously there were countless levels of involvement, ranging from congregations that ignored, suppressed or resisted such issues to a few local churches that took direct action through deliberate corporate strategies.

If congregations are to be such a sign, firstfruit and instrument of God's purpose of reconciliation in any place, it is vital that they have a sense of being one people in worship and service, in association with other Christian congregations in the area — not in isolation from or in competition with them.

With the group there is a distinction between those members who will engage in religious activity from personal choice or in deference to tradition such as converts and parishioners of a local congregation, and those who are actively religious — temporarily or consistently — such as lay - deacons or the participants in a procession.

If you read some of the ancient sermon texts, even from the very beginning of institutional Christianity in the fourth century, you can often read between the lines of these sermons and see that the Bishops and Priests had such people in their congregations, and were cajoling them and guilting them back into conformity, and even sometimes persecuting them for «abandoning Jesus and the church.»

praise music — buttressed by output from Calvary Chapel's stepdaughter, the Vineyard International Fellowship, and any number of praise - oriented companies spawned by evangelical music publishers; by the wildly popular imported oeuvre of Australia's HillSongs Church; and by the work of British praise tunesmiths such as Graham Kendrick, Chris Eaton and the band Delirious — have now conquered thousands of American congregations.

Such a perspective for congregational mission implies that Christ is already present in every community struggle, not just churchly ones, and that the gospel the congregation witnesses to other groups is more likely encountered in those groups» own setting than imported from our parish home.

However, within a congregation of mature christians, why should they be prevented from using such terms?

Such local groups are often deeply implicated in the piety of the state, but nonetheless each congregation retains a culture distinguishable from the pattern of the civil religion.

Such pre-marriage cram sessions may be the best that is possible with couples from out of town or outside the congregation.

These multiple aims of churches and schools are again multiplied as one proceeds from grand statements about the purpose of the large organizations to the specialized goals of boards and departments, of courses and classes, of rural and urban congregations, of ministries of preaching and education and pastoral work and of preparation for such particular functions.

Such an interest has already been barred from our consideration, What we are saying is that particular objectives of Christian action require some technical information, «inside» contacts, some deployment of a core group which opens the way for the congregation to achieve its ends.

A.E. Medlycott points out that the value of the report of Theophilus is its evidence that by the middle of the fourth century India or its adjacent territories had indigenous, worshipping congregations ministered to by local clergy, with customs such as sitting for the Gospel, that were well adapted to the Indian culture though divergent from accepted western practice.

For reasons we shall discuss below, such a group should probably be excluded from the class «Christian congregations» on the grounds that it evidently did not understand what it means to describe itself that way.

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.

Such a grounding casts in new perspective issues that may at first have seemed unwelcome impositions from outside the characteristic life of the congregation and its members.

However, amounts received directly from members of the congregation, such as fees for performing marriages, baptisms, or other personal services, are considered self - employment income.»

Meanwhile, mainline churches struggle to hold their own and often suffer loss, but not all congregations within these bodies experience such loss, and from their experience some of the denominations might take clues for their own future course.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

No exceptions to the strict ban are given even for established donation centers with a healthy track record such as Ohab Zedek, an Upper West Side Orthodox congregation which has donated freshly cooked and nutrient rich foods left over from synagogue events for over ten years.

Natan Moss's photographs from his journey across America incorporate vignettes such as empty playgrounds with abandoned toys, symmetrical stacks of hay alongside the highway, and a congregation of houses after a rainstorm.