Sentences with phrase «with other congregations»

For pastors and churches, this means encouraging loving, open - minded dialogue not only within your congregation, but with other congregations as well... For all of us, productive dialog means reaching out to people whose views and experiences are different from our own and having the patience to really listen to them with a goal of better understanding them and their worldviews.»

Or merging with other congregations to get critical mass and reduce expense.

Not exact matches

In his conclusion, he calls for additional studies of other orders and congregations in the church: the Benedictines, Dominicans, Franciscans, Pallotines, Ursulines, and others with similarly proud stories of heroism and resistance yet to be told.

Jesus appears to have been followed by a core group of around seventy for at least some of His ministry, but His relationship to this larger «congregation» contrasts with that of the twelve which He lived with for some three years (and others — some of whom only met Him perhaps once, but clearly understood and accepted His care and counsel).

I think the other issue is that a lot of Christian ministers suffer from mental health problems but feel unable to share those with their congregation or even more privately.»

We are suggesting (with George Lindbeck and others) that it is the task of those committed to the theological enterprise to develop the linguistic skills that can help congregations better understand the common but no less theologically significant activities that constitute their lives.

In this chapter, he writes about how he left the church in order to find the church — not in a building with clergy and a congregation, but in life lived together with other people.

This, I learned, happened with other women in the congregation in addition to myself.

While these authors approach congregations with the semidetached perspective of concerned observers, other writers seek to present paradigms for transformation and renewal.

Thousands of congregations around the world — from Lutherans to Anglicans, to Presbyterians, to members of the United Church of Christ and other denominations — stick with this calendar as a way of pulling the days» focus around a common theme.

My question is this: what would it take for the American church at large (American church in this case meaning mainline denominations, other individual sects like the Mennonites with their huge variety of conservative to liberal congregations, nondenominational churches of all sizes mega and not, etc.) to make a concerted effort to call out abuse demonstrated by clergy in both church, public, and private settings?

Often times the congregations of different churches can't even get along with each other.

Other churches are fighting on different fronts: Beacon Church Brixton has seen many young men give their lives to Christ and come off the streets thanks to the passion of a teacher in their congregation; Ecclesia Church is partnering with an education charity to provide support for young people excluded from school; and Emmanuel Pentecostal church has organised successful youth events where Christian ex-offenders share their testimonies.

Pastors and congregations whose world views differ significantly may instead express their discomfort with each other in ad hominem conflicts.9

The passages cited in this section are also characterized by their positive, optimistic tone, a tone less familiar to readers who frequent congregations with certain other orientations.

Remember that the congregation is idiomatic; it constitutes itself by a very distinctive language whose indicative aspect identifies a world in some ways allied with metaphors widely employed in the culture but in other ways peculiar to that group alone.

Great congregations form where people with a dizzying variety of backgrounds and experiences take an interest in the mystery and the mess of each other's lives.

In other words, if the church has lost its purpose, the best thing may be for it to give up its facility and let somebody with a purpose use the space for the glory of God in a new congregation.

Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church «with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings.»

For instance, the congregation might pray for anonymous victims of domestic violence, for those trying to make difficult decisions in their life, for family members who are disagreeing with one another, and for those members of the congregation touched by the hurt or despair of others.

Christian congregation; some have seen a theological school as distinct from but interrelated with congregations in ways analogous to the relation in the Reformed tradition between the congregation and its clergy; others have seen a theological school as related, not to congregations, but to a cadre of active clergy for whom it provides «in - service» or «extension» education.

Schuller's Garden Grove Community Church, on the other hand, is a full - service congregation with an extensive adult education curriculum that traditional churches would be proud to claim.

Certain correlations appear between a member's world view position and other church activities: a. Constant attendees highly correlate with the mean orientation of the congregation.

It is imperative that preachers and congregations, who together have the responsibility of representing the gospel in the world, should help each other with their defensive reactions to anxiety in order that they may become more open in their communications with one another and with the world and thus more perfect instruments for the diffusion of the Word of God.

He relates the story of a minister who, in a sermon on marriage, shocked his congregation with the frank acknowledgment that, yes, the grass is greener on the other side.

Or a rabbi poses this problem, «With all the other things I have to do, how can I guide my congregation to gear into local mental health strategy?»

And on the other hand, we see congregations so completely manifested in the Spirit that they intimidate newcomers with prophecy, gold dust and slayings in the Spirit — churches so focused on the Spirit that they forget the importance of the Word.

It's startling that Volf neglects to consider the theological dilemmas associated with locating a congregation (free church or other) in specific and variegated sociocultural contexts.

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.

But it would require accepting others» authority, just as your authority is accepted in your congregation, to manage their churches in accordance with their beliefs and faithful to their understanding.

It includes contacts with congregations, individuals and pastors in the homeland or in other parts of the globe, spread in a sort of diaspora.

On the other hand, members of a congregation may credit a pastor with far more specialized knowledge than is really the case.

If, on the other hand, being Christian continues to mean little more than being predictable middle - class liberals with a tinge of something called spirituality, then the few exceptional things that congregations occasionally manage to perform ethically will lack any foundation in repentance and faith.

Considered autonomous churches, these congregations freely associate with the SBC (a national body), other national Baptist bodies, state bodies (generally known as state conventions), and local bodies (generally known as associations).

I'm going to tell you a little about myself by way of introduction and how I happened to get into the work that I do - of working primarily with congregations and occasionally with other religious organizations around issues of human differences.

In general, churches choose to associate with the SBC (or any of the other Baptist bodies) because it allows them to cooperate with other autonomous congregations to accomplish shared goals: mission efforts, public witness, theological education, etc..

I'm going to tell you a little about myself by way of introduction and how I happened to get into the work that I do — of working primarily with congregations and occasionally with other religious organizations around issues of human differences.

Others tend to emphasize the centrality of the congregation as the evangelizer, with the pastor in a facilitating role.

all I can think of today is what I saw in yesterday's news, about the former paratrooper turned preacher at an Independent Fundamental Baptist church just outside Ft. Bragg, N.C., that told his congregation they should break their sons» wrists if they catch them doing the «limp wrist», or give him a good punch... and all the kids that have committed suicide because other kids have picked up on messages like this and bullied them till they couldn't stand it anymore... we are the only bible some folks will ever read, and if they get this kind of message, well, who'd want to be with a group of people where you are grudgingly tolerated, if not outright hated, and all this in Jesus» name... it also says that the churches will do just about anything to keep people obedient and unquestioning, so they will continue to give, and so the big donors will continue to give, so that the doors at Monster Megachurch can be kept open, and the lights on... David, this is one of your «less is more» toons here... a minimum of elements that says so much....

That's what I used tell crowds and congregations as I stood up with microphone in one hand and my Bible in the other.

Other churches such as Santa Maria dei Miracoli, having lost their parishioners or religious congregations, have dispensed with the daily or weekly mass altogether and have become galleries of sacred art, with the occasional Vivaldi concert or upper - class wedding.

My own congregation, like other UU congregations, is made up of diverse people with a wide range of beliefs — Christian, Pagan, Humanist, Atheist, Agnostic, Buddhist, Jewish, etc...

BTW I'm a pastor and I'd rather have a congregation of people who are out there taking on the difficult issues with the love of God than a huge congregation of people who like to sit around blessing each other with their songs of platitudes waiting for God to yank them away by the hair.

The mediator then told me that not one of their accusations showed any truth and he advised the pastor to cut ties with this group and said that the congregation was getting the impression that he was favoring one small faction of the church while disregarding others.

Finding opportunities to work with other churches — and particularly churches whose congregations are vastly different than our own — might be a good place to start.

While congregations and other types of society possess obviously different intentions, they nevertheless work through analogous forms of culture in which a local church might recognize its deeper solidarity with other human groups.

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.

It is, of course, easier to spot in others than it is to spot in ourselves... so, despite my frustration with his irresponsible interpretation of the text, I'm going to cut Driscoll some slack and assume that, this time, it's based on misguided attempts to make the text relevant to his congregation rather than misogynistic inclinations.

Maybe she will share with your congregation how the very first missionary front is the home front, and how the entire world would have been converted by now if parents had just brought up their children at home to love God and love others.

Perhaps our version is less authentic than others yet to be told, but only in relating it does the congregation begin to come to terms with its symbolization of the way things have been for it.