Sentences with phrase «young pastor»

His thoughts and especially his attitudes have accompanied me ever since in my training of young pastors and my work in the leadership of the church.

But when a new young pastor was hired, he wanted a cooler band to get more young people, and the first thing to go were the older women.

Finally, one young pastor agreed to come.

Jeremy, I applaud young Pastor Brown for his desire to reach all kinds of people, as Jesus did, and an ex-stripper is the best kind of person to reach these women.

In early February, we gathered our nearest and dearest and were joined in a truly holy matrimony, this time in a wedding Mass celebrated by our wonderful young pastor, to whom we will always be grateful.

Seminaries do not usually encourage their students toward youth ministry, and most young pastors avoid youth ministry like the plague.

When young pastor Matt Brown announced he was supporting a ministry for women in the sex industry led by an x-stripper, he was expecting applause.

Not surprisingly, problems arose for «innovative young pastors faced with traditional don't - change - anything older adults and new pastors in churches that had just experienced long - gratifying pastorates,» the study said.

Pastor Jones is a TV comedy about a graceful yet flawed young pastor desperately trying to manage his flock and ministry.

Thus, it seems like a lot of young pastors are what I call «aspirational charismatics.»

Karl Barth as a young pastor was frustrated by the church's mentality, which he wrote was:

As a young pastor I tried to maintain control of the congregation and each person in it.

As a young pastor I had a tendency to be overly responsible.

That young pastor, trained in canon law, heard us out and gave it to us straight.

«It's my way of showing my commitment to Christ and from that comes my commitment to give back to the community,» the young pastor said.

To see this, we must understand that Paul was writing a letter to a young pastor named Titus who was ministering in Crete but was facing numerous problems in the church.

The young pastor had been conditioned to assume that real ministry was about «helping people.»

The young pastor patiently went over his reasons: it was a good use of the building, it would attract young families, it was another source of income, and the Baptists down the street already had a day - care center.

Without hesitation the young pastor agreed.

But what surprised me about many of these younger pastors was their complete lack of interest in seminary.

At the fancy wedding, Paul, the young pastor, apparently found the words he needed to express his human passion and he did so in a way which frightened those who keep desire at arm's length.

A friend of mine visited a young pastor in Turkey.

So what did they forget to tell you at the Young Author's Conference (or the «Young Pastor's Conference» or the «Young Teacher's Conference» or the «Young Master's Student Conference»)?

As a young pastor I used to be condescending.

Timothy was a young pastor at a church in Ephesus!)

«It seems be couldn't keep his body and his soul aligned,» the young pastor said, and seemed a little lost for words until he left the pulpit, walked over and opened the casket, took out a harmonica and began to play «Just As I Am» while everyone in the congregation nodded and wept and smiled, some of them mouthing the words of promise and comfort to themselves.

I even heard a young pastor criticize a very intimate Vineyard song saying that we are «losing reverence — that distance between us and God.»

Assuming that the young pastor settles into an appropriate and satisfying professional style, he comes to the third rite of passage about 12 or 15 years into his career.

And as a young pastor in Rockford, Illinois, I found that an American flag simply could not be removed from the sanctuary without splitting the church.

Mawarire's parents lost everything, and the memory of government negligence scarred the young pastor.

He may have despised the simple catechism of his German congregation, just as we «moderns» take offense at the minimalistic theology of many of the folk who inhabit our standard - brand churches, but he knew also that they had a great deal to teach the young pastor by virtue of having surveyed the land «across the river» and having dared to cross the chilly waters of Jordan with a sense of divine protection.

«Tini,» the child of the church struggle, as he was called, was swinging Gollwitzer's big watch on its chain, while the young pastor waxed ever more anxious.

(See Ken Wilson's blog piece «Advice to Young Pastors» for a good discussion of this).

A short time before the depression struck, a young pastor left his parish in Detroit and went to teach at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

25 young pastors were killed at the front.

Carson backed out of speaking at a gathering of Southern Baptist pastors recently, after some young pastors objected to his theology and to having a politician speak at their conference.

In a later letter to the young pastor, Timothy, Paul invited him to watch his life and doctrine closely (1 Tim 4:16).

«As a young pastor, you need to be investing about a third of your time in building your national profile.»

I can think of a prominent example where a well - known pastor blurted out a comment toward a younger pastor that was not well considered.

Being a young pastor at a small church, I didn't want to lose any family over such a things as a Christmas tree, and so I called a few of the elders that afternoon, and we decided that while we could not get rid of the tree (another family had donated it to the church and they would be offended if we threw it out), we could move it into the foyer.

In this second letter from Paul to his protégé, we observe Paul directing the younger pastor to «stay the course.»

At Oakland the Saturday - night talks are devoted to racial reconciliation, beginning with Boone, a thin, young pastor and president of New Generation Campus Ministries in Richmond, Virginia.

I was saddened yesterday by the news of a young pastor's suicide.

A thoughtful, well written, encouraging contribution by this young pastor.