vision of the perfect church, but the perfect churches share a number of characteristics. Some are filled with people on fire for Christ who put selfishness, politics, and personal agendas aside for the glory of God and His purpose. They treat their pastors with respect and pay them fairly. They give generously, evangelize tirelessly, and teach truthfully. They are a joy and blessing to every member and visitor, and they serve the communities faithfully. One more thing the perfect churches have
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Christian Practices in the Baptist Church In the Baptist Church we have certain things similar to sacraments, we have different names such as: Baptism, Holy Communion, Christenings, Pastor/Reverend, Reconciliation (sinner’s prayer), Tithes and Offerings, and Unction (The sick and shut-in). Most people in our church don’t get baptized until they understand what baptism means. The first step is to confess your sins and give your life to Christ. Next you go to what is called new member classes where
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worth of food that morning. With out much time left before nine everyone started heading back upstairs to get their seats to start the service. After the pastor had everyone seated we started saying prayers and reading from the bible. It was very interesting speaking all together in sequence to sound as one as we repeated after the pastor. It was like one deep unified voice it was like we all came together as one that day. During the first five minutes younger boys probably ten years of age
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Many churches and individual Christian used to undertake these work for the needy. But pastoral care of the sick is an important part of the work of every pastor. The pastors visit the sick and pray for them. Charismatic or faith healing reflects the healing ministry of Jesus himself. God uses all means to bring wholeness to people lives. The pastor encourages using of all means for God’s healing power to become real in people’s lives. It is a responsibility of Christian minister (counselor) should
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back because I felt that It would be more comfortable. And also because I could get a better view of the Church members and Pastor. We ended up arriving a few minutes late for the 11:00 AM service. By the time we walked in the Pastor was already speaking. The Pastor is Jesse L. Davis and he was speaking about how this Church has a purpose that God wants us to fulfill. The Pastor then prayed to God that if their is anyone here who doesn’t accept you as their savior may you allow them to get rid of all
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directly with this organization. I have been with this program since 1998 and I have seen how this is being used by God to equip and train pastors and church leaders not only in the Philippines but also in many parts of Asia. The mission and vision of FCL give a clear perspective of what is it all about. The mission of FCL is to encourage and equip pastors and lay leaders who have little or no formal training in the essential knowledge, skills and
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example of one such incident would be the burning of the Quran by Terry Jones. Terry Jones, now 60, is the pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida. The topic of burning the Quran stirred outrage from millions of Muslims and others throughout the world after the pastor’s church threatened to destroy a copy of the Quran in September 2010. The uproar cooled over after pastor Terry backed down, but
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(gotQuestions?org, 2012). You can see that the elders make decisions in the church. The are right after the Pastors when it comes to making decisions in the church. The elders are senior advisors are ahead of everyone and right behind the pastor, and assistant pastor. The have a lot of power in the church and are very respected by the congregation. Whenever a conflict arises and the pastor and assistant pastor is not available the elders are next in line to come and make that decision. The second duty of an
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including the children. The Pastor allowed whoever wanted to stand and testify the opportunity and the time to speak whatever they had to say. The members had received the message that they needed to hear before the Pastor stood up to speak. Therefore, she dismissed the congregation, without prolonging the service any longer. Afterwards, the congregation went to a nice restaurant and had a light meal, where we talked about the service for a few hours. The Assistant Pastor kept commenting on how pleased
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will do after 10-20 years b) A senior pastor with SHEPHERD’S HEART: Acts 20:20-35, Matt 11:25-30. Health and growing church is very depends on Pastor. (if you lose half on your leadership , the pastor should leaves) and also you need a prayer partner cry together and laugh together. c) A clear long term strategy owner by leadership team and by the whole church. d) A united leadership team same vision same mission same core values with the pastor. e) An undivided leadership team and
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