Sentences with phrase «with congregational»

Using a variant of instantaneous hazard analysis, we have, however, been able to rule out differences associated with denominational family and church polity types — that is, the evidence indicates that denominations with congregational polities are no more and no less likely than denominations with presbyterial or episcopal polities to experience schisms.

That was the case with the Congregational churches in most of New England.

Gwen Kennedy Neville describes forms of «religious familism» and its tension with congregational character in John H. Westerhoff and Gwen Kennedy Neville, Generation to Generation, and again in their Learning Through Liturgy (New York: Seabury Press, 1978).

It begins with a congregational study of the patriarchal origins of Scripture, and of the church, and of the nonmasculine imagery present in Scripture.

Clergy serving churches with congregational polity are finding themselves to be governed by constitutions and by - laws in direct contrast to the monarchical clergy styles of a passing generation.

In 1846 there appeared his first work to get him in serious difficulty with his Congregational brethren.

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Another is an awareness of the overall decline of denominationalism, coupled with a growth of localism and congregational decision - making.

Beginning in the Greater Houston area with a program called «Mission Houston,» they have promoted congregational renewal through entrepreneurial leaders who feel themselves to be Spirit - led.

Our levels of comfort with such talk vary widely depending on our congregational culture, our notions of...

We may also know where we are in our congregational programming, especially with regard to the season of harvest and stewardship.

And I speak and have helped with organizing Christianity21 — a conference Tony runs — because I hope to help create a place where people from diverse Christian camps — such as Tony (who came from the Congregational Church and now blogs for a progressive platform) and me (who grew up in the Southern Baptist tradition who identifies as a moderate) can come and share ideas and interact respectfully.

We may also know where we are in our congregational programming, especially with regard to...

Most congregational leaders are volunteers with limited ministry training.

Congregational programs are shot through with references to «our church family.»

Any exploration of congregational world view therefore requires attention to the way a church sees and deals with its individual members, its corporate body, and the wider world.

It is a congregational service with preaching before the prayer, which is made up of two kneelings.

The administrator - guide may become, with strong congregational maturing, the companion overseer of the ministries of many.

With God the Father setting the pace and God the Spirit enabling as we go, the church in its local congregational expression can become the body of the Son whose full ministry continues to unfold in the congregation's midst, not as our doing, but as Theirs.

Under attack from his Congregational brethren for supporting strange views, he was without definite connections with that Church the last five years of his life.

Long - range planning for preaching can be assisted by formulating an annual grid listing the months of the year along one side and three sets of factors along the other: (1) human factors (personal and public) relating to the seasons of the year beginning with spring; (2) congregational factors relating to the church life cycle usually beginning in September; (3) theological factors relating to the Christian Year, to lectionary selections or lectia continua, and to spiritual and theological themes needed by the church in its life and mission beginning with Advent.

Among the criteria used for selecting parishes: evidence of a joyful congregational spirit; innovative, thoughtful worship; scripture - based teaching and preaching; emphasis on a deep relationship with God; and attempts to boldly confront problems within the membership and the community.

Congregational clergy, along with spouses and friends, are reported to be influential in their decision to attend seminary.

In the not too distant past, clergy were seen as pivotal spiritual and intellectual leaders, and theological schools were seen as providing vital leadership for congregational ministry and for grappling with broader intellectual and social issues.

As I read I found myself comprehending my own history of leadership — in both congregational and institutional settings — with new insight.

We have lowered expectations, and have done a poor job of connecting education in the classical disciplines with practical theological reflection focused on nurturing excellence in congregational life.

Rather, theological educators have no coherent vision of the difference that clergy with pastoral wisdom and imagination can make in sustaining excellent congregational ministry.

We talked with Bell about the importance of congregational singing and the place of song and music in the life of the church.

Irrespective of profound differences in general and special environment, cultural level and religious level, the rites conducted in the «homes» of the American Indian, the Egyptian, the Chinese, or the German or Englishman of the sixteenth century have certain features in common, as compared with public, congregational ceremonies.

While conserving basic Reformed principles, the IPI has begun to dialogue with charismatic groups at the institutional and congregational level.

Part one analyzes the problems with and the possibilities for Hopewell's propbsal that a congregational paradigm be adopted in seminary curricula.

On the positive side, this decision shows a welcome awareness that congregational leadership has to do with more than deciding which brand of paper towels to use in the rest rooms; it aims at developing Christian discipleship in the community.

My working definition of the congregation is this: A congregation is a group that possesses a special name and recognized members who assemble regularly to celebrate a more universally practiced worship but who communicate with each other sufficiently to develop intrinsic patterns of conduct, outlook, and story.9 We can sharpen our appreciation of congregational structure by comparing its thick culture with that of other religious associations.

If a congregation finds that Alpha is compatible with its theology, its congregational style and its outreach vision, then there is post-Alpha to consider.

Our levels of comfort with such talk vary widely depending on our congregational culture, our notions of evangelism and our ability to be self - revelatory.

Congregations with no clear congregational identity have been led by pastors who do not have an explicit, clear focus in their ministry.

Congregations with a loyal membership tend to grow, members tend to give, and there is more congregational activity.

Members of a church may identify the focus of their common hope with the phenomenon of warmth20 and point to specific occurrences of warmth in places or phases of congregational life.21 Members of Corinth Methodist experienced warmth at various physical and temporal thresholds that bound its life to its larger neighborhood.

He identifies and clearly articulates three subcategories: cultural Christians (those who identify themselves as Christian because they view it as synonymous with being American), congregational Christians (those who identify themselves as Christian because they or a family member have some loose connection to a church), and convictional Christians (those who identify as Christian because of the fervency of their religious conviction).

Now that people in the mainline denominations are starting to talk unembarrassedly about church growth and evangelism of a fairly conventional sort, Wheeler worries that the potential exists for any emphasis on congregational studies to be misinterpreted as an outgrowth of the spirit of the times — which views local communities of believers uncritically, as in - arguably good things, and assumes that if there is anything the matter with them it is that they aren't big enough.

Prompted by his continuing experience with the institute courses, he began a serious research effort, convinced of the need «to find new ways to talk about the congregational body that can provide deeper insight into its nature, and enrich conversation with and among its members.»

From the Federal Council of Churches to the Consultation on Church Union (COCU), they have involved themselves in ecumenical relationships; with a restructure of polity during the past decade, they have amplified the connectional dimension of a traditionally congregational ecclesiology.

If only the people who in our age go gadding about with vague talk about the congregational idea were to read the New Testament, they would perhaps get other ideas into their heads.

He and Hopewell, together with Jackson Carroll of the Hartford Seminary Foundation, Loren Mead of the Alban Institute, and Barbara Wheeler of Auburn Theological Seminary, were excited enough by the potential demonstrated in Indianapolis to embark upon a concerted effort to discover the state of the art in congregational studies.

The procedure agreed with the UCC constitution but, contends Schroeder, it showed weak local support in a denomination that so strongly emphasizes congregational polity.

Jeremy, your brave posts are certainly doing much to rattle people's theology of indifference, the theology so many of us grew up with — in one Lisa Robinson's explanation, a theology that simply accepted what one's congregational preachers and other favourite «anointed» televangelists, etc would state the Bible stated.

The vast majority of congregations using and experimenting with computer technology and the Internet are not promoting aberrations of Christian or congregational life.

(Again, in the Pew study an overwhelming 97 percent of respondents from churches with «high access» to Internet communications said that e-mail «helped congregational staff and members stay in touch.»)

Many ministers have experimented with techniques for creating homiletical dialogue, direct feed back, and grass - roots congregational involvement.

The Congregational clergy in New England charged Jefferson and his followers with being Jacobins influenced by the French Revolution.

It combined congregational and presbyterian polity with Reformed, Lutheran, and English Puritan theological antecedents.