How similar are elders and members in how they perceive the health of the congregation?
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How similar are elders and members in how they perceive the health of the congregation?
To appreciate what hope means, we need a word of wisdom about our human condition that is more ancient than our American culture in the 21st century.
Our speculation fascinates us because we will feel confident if we can be certain of the correct worship procedure that pacifies God.
Very often people talk about being surprised. There is something about hearing a woman speak a prayer from a place of reverence and faith that feels much more right than wrong.
The Time: Sunday Morning. The Scene: A buzz fills the room as people exchange pleasantries. The lead pastor/minister takes the stage.
The ideal purpose of the bulletin is not only communication but also the promotion and facilitation of spiritual formation.
Worship is a divine mystery. When we participate in leading the community in worship, we are drawn into a holy encounter.
There are plenty of epiphanies in this season called Epiphany, plenty of “aha” moments when God breaks into everyday life and reveals that he is up to something that will change everything forever.
Churches have followed the few commands that silence women, but ignored the material that shows God intends for women to have complete involvement in every aspect of church life.
Christmas on Sunday puts church leaders in a Solomon-type predicament where we fear our only option is to make people decide between Christmas at home or keeping their commitment to church worship.
I will submit to the importance of the entire body of Christ (yes, this includes children), meeting on a basis that is in congruence of the health of the congregation.
With perspective we gain the insight that what is old was once new; what is new will one day be old. However, Christ is still Christ; he always has been and always will be.
It’s not the feet of Jesus crushing Satan this time. It’s “your” feet. Our feet. The feet of all those in that church directory. The feet of those sitting beside you on Sunday morning.
Our lack of familiarity with true royal experience keeps us from fully appreciating the royal language of Scripture and worship.
There are two ways of discovering the places that are sacred in our life. One is a church, and the other is to have places designated as sacred for us because of the way God makes himself known there.
I have noticed a trend toward equating "prophetic preaching" with a confrontational, rough and tough style of delivery.
The purpose of vision is to lead us on a journey of lessons more than it is about reaching a destination. May we as leaders see a vision for ourselves first.
Foundations provide support for structures, but that does not mean that the structures will look like the foundation. A house does not look like a basement.
Greeting others when we gather for worship may seem unimportant, but it participates in the substance of who we are as God’s family.
These crosses make an imaginative declaration of faith: through the cross we have given up our sins, entrusted our struggles to God, and submitted our identity markers to our identity in Christ.
