Sentences with phrase «when other church members»

Not exact matches

I didn't need to turn back to the church when I lost two close family members within a year of each other, I had friends, and I had other family, to help me.

Have you and your church, or any of the other christians heaping scorn upon the WBC in this blog, issued a public statement condemning your fellow christians at WBC for their behaviour, as many christians have demanded that muslims do when members of their tribe behave contrary to the declared principles of their myths and your expectations?

EVERYONE takes turns helping to clean the church buildings, EVERYONE gives sermons, or teaches classes, or helps with music if they have a musical background, helps prepare and send meals to members who are sick, helps other members when they move, helps set up the tables and put the food out for gatherings, visits other members on a monthly basis to find out if they need help with anything.

That said, I don't think that should give us an excuse to stand aside as a fellow church member is gossiped about, or when a colleague is ostracized or bullied, or any other of the plethora of destructive behaviors.

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When I pastored a local congregation I was well aware of the fact that most often the visitors were disaffected members from other churches.

The unanimous 1987 decision in Corporation of the Presiding Bishop v. Amos revised a lower court's holding that Congress violated the establishment clause when it permitted churches to hire their own members in preference to others for nonreligious jobs, a form of religious discrimination prohibited for other private employers.

so we can all stop judging eachother and start encouraging others starting with our own family, the word does say that you and your household will be saved, but thats to much like work its easier to play christian around your church you belong to and play follow the leader and go around telling people that God loves them tell them all about how they are sinners you know the bit, an thats it go home and freak out on your famliy members because their not save like you maybe they are and you cant even tell because they do nt measure up to your churches standards even though God says we have all fallen short and that our rightousness is filthy rags, we need to stop useing the word of God as though we think we know what were doing, do you really think that when God said I will give you all authority He ment you?

Pastor Bhim Nayak, head pastor of Banjara Baptist Church, and fifteen of his church members were singing Christmas carols and visiting with other Christian families when they were attChurch, and fifteen of his church members were singing Christmas carols and visiting with other Christian families when they were attchurch members were singing Christmas carols and visiting with other Christian families when they were attacked.

On the other side, 15 years ago when we left a 12 thousand member church that took in millions a month, we had no idea where Father was taking us.

We look to the member churches of the National Council to encourage the establishment and maintenance of clinics and other appropriate therapeutic facilities when competently conducted, for the victims of alcoholism... - The churches should disseminate such sound information as is now available concerning the understanding and counseling of persons with alcohol problems.

I believe that you consider both «non-Catholics» (I prefer «Noncatholics») when referring to other Christians, and «Catholics» when referring to members of the Catholic Church, to be offensive.

(Ephesians 4:1 - 7, 3:16) On the other side, when a member of the Church has to suffer for the good cause, he can say «I am making up what is lacking of Christ's sufferings on behalf of His body, which is the Church».

When the Mormons gave black members the same rights as their other members in the 70s, wasn't it God telling the prophet of the Mormon church that it was time?

The Pentecostal churches are also strategic in combating poverty when they motivate members, especially men, to give up alcoholism and other vices for family life.

For example, when the Mormons gave black members the same rights as their other members in the 70s, wasn't it God telling the prophet of the Mormon church that it was time?

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?

My beginnings were in New York, and having studied with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Mary Anthony, and many others, my life took a big turn when I became a member of the Judson Church Movement

No provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit the performance of activities of a rabbi, priest, minister, or member of the clergy of any religious denomination or sect, or use of the terms «Christian counselor» or «Christian clinical counselor» when the activities are within the scope of the performance of his or her regular or specialized ministerial duties and no compensation is received by him or her, or when such activities are performed, with or without compensation, by a person for or under the auspices or sponsorship, individually or in conjunction with others, of an established and legally cognizable church, denomination, or sect, and when the person rendering service remains accountable to the established authority thereof.