Sentences with phrase «to serve as pastors»

Its administrators find that schedule the only way to accommodate students who live in different cities, have families and jobs or already serve as pastors.

I decided not to share the memories of my first congregation served as a pastor until one specific person died.

This time it's the Rev. Michael Walrond, an associate of the Rev. Al Sharpton who also serves as the pastor of First Corinthian Baptist Church.

In all three of the major Anabaptist Mennonite denominations (Mennonite, Brethren in Christ, and Mennonite Brethren), women serve as pastors in various roles.

Blogger and Author Tim Challies worship and serve as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church and a co-founder of Cruciform Press.He love to write about Christian living, theology, and reviews of books that are of interest to Christians.

Believe me, after serving as a pastor for more than 25 years, I've had as much trouble with masculine guys as with scheming women.

Eugene Peterson — translator of The Message and author of all my favorite books — described a period of boredom while serving as the pastor of Christ our King Presbyterian Church near Baltimore, Maryland.

There are one hundred and seven women serving as pastors in our denomination in North America.

«We recognized we could keep polishing up some old tires or we could put new tires on with some tread on them,» said Rev. Copeland, who also serves as pastor of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Rockford.

He presently serves as pastor of the Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland, California, and as adjunct professor of Preaching and Field Education at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley.

Women can't serve as pastors?

Pittsburg, 1972 or» 73: I am invited by two members of the church my husband serves as pastor to hear a well - known evangelist — well - known to them.

During his period in Strasbourg, Calvin served as a pastor to a local French «language church at the invitation of Strasbourg's great reformer, Martin Bucer, who also introduced him to the widow who would later become Calvin's wife.

I was ordained in 2003 and now serve as the pastor of students.

When I came to the community where I currently serve as pastor, I thought about God's relationship with this place.

Sharon is a new writer, recent graduate of Duke Divinity School, a college minister to students from Duke, UNC - Chapel Hill and UNC - Greensboro, and a part of The Summit Church (where J.D. Greear serves as pastor).

For twelve years Barth served as a pastor, first as a pastoral assistant at a German - speaking congregation in Geneva and then as pastor of the Swiss Reformed Church in Safenwil, a small industrial town in the Aargau.

Mark is based out of Atlanta and attends Passion City Church where Louie Giglio serves as pastor.

Asher serves as Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in the small mountain town of Idaho Springs, Colorado.

Evelyn's husband Cariot served as a pastor over twenty years before he was elected to district leadership in their denomination.

Jon Tyson serves as pastor of Trinity Grace, a multi-parish church with over 3,000 weekly attendees.

In her remarks at the Central Florida evangelical mega-church where Joel Hunter serves as pastor, the first lady made the case that religious organizations can be natural partners in her efforts to combat childhood obesity.

Nowhere is the missionary invasion more evident than on the island of Hispanola, where I recently served as a pastor in the Dominican Evangelical Church in the city of Barahona in the Dominican Republic.

With my appreciation of traditional recovery, but a passion for gospel - centrality, I was excited to see the Village Church (where Matt Chandler serves as pastor) create resources for gospel - centered recovery.

Dr. Bartlett recalls that his father served as pastor of two churches that integrated white and black people.

But they do not account for why Obama for 20 years attended Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, where the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright served as pastor, or why he has since worshiped at several churches in Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining the Marriage Recovery Center, David served as a pastor for 20 years, and most recently worked as a prison counselor.

Eugene Peterson — translator of The Message and author of all my favorite books — described a period of boredom while serving as the pastor of Christ our King Presbyterian Church near...

I am happy to give an answer: I stood out of love for the church for which I have served as a pastor for forty - one years and out of respect for the gospel which it proclaims.

A graduate of Duke University's Divinity School, with an emphasis in Ethics and Public Policy, Pastor McBride launched The Way Christian Center in West Berkeley, where he presently serves as the Pastor.

Some evangelical denominations, including Southern Baptists, have recently moved to put more restrictions on women serving as pastors.

He also serves as Pastor of Marriage and Family Ministries in a local church.

Increasingly, they are also coming to serve as our pastors in chief.

BarrysNotes» is the personal blog of Barry Howard who serves as a pastor, writer, and leadership coach in Pensacola, Florida.

One year while serving as pastor of a congregation just outside Indianapolis, I met with a two - member worship committee to plan Holy Week and Easter services.

For as long as I can remember, I have loved this little parish and the clergy who have served it as pastors, and it has always seemed to me that many difficulties between them could have been avoided if both sides could have recognized the basic values of the other.

He served as pastor of the Hollywood United Methodist Church for eleven years and was the first Mexican - American District Superintendent in the denomination.

A couple of years after I accepted my best position as minister, serving as pastor of a church in St. Anne, Illinois, my parents came from Mexico for a visit, During their stay my father, who had recently turned 80, suffered a minor stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body.

He has worked as a carpenter and small businessman and served as the pastor of an inner city church in Montreal.

If you resign as pastor to find work in the community, but you still want to serve as a pastor in the church (just not as a paid staff person), you will immediately encounter a problem.

On board was a young Anglican minister, John Wesley, who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah, Georgia.

I am 60 years old, grew up in a very legalistic cultic church, been part of several church leaderships, served as pastor of a start up church, read and went to many, many, many church growth conferences, wanted to reach the lost, always trying to find the best structures, the best form of church, and what type of bells and whistles will attract people to church.

The first times I always felt I was still in the game, and it was a matter of time before I'd find another opportunity to serve as a pastor.

What I love about April's work is that it is deeply rooted in real - life community as she serves as a pastor to a rural RCA (Reformed Church of America) community in Iowa.