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… violent religious and ethnic persecution that threatened churches, homes, and their very lives. They arrived in the US … it” (1 Cor. 12:26). This is the beauty and mystery of the Church. Confession time: I am not a pastor. Though I aspire …
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… regularly. For each of these sub-cultures within the church, that primary expectation is “normal’ to them. In … the congregation may well be “We like to keep this place safe for all of us of a particular sub-culture.” A pastor …
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… matters to Jesus and to the Body of Christ in the world. Safe Church Ministry seeks to walk in the way of Jesus, …
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… GDP to measuring what really matters – reducing death and safe-guarding life. Christians all over the world – including the Christian Reformed Church – endorsed these goals as “echoing the voice of the …
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… on lament, Soong-Chan Rah, writes that the North American Church has forgotten how to lament, and as a result, has also … devastated by the Babylonian army in 586 B .C. We can safely assert, knowing the behavior of male soldiers in such …
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… member with mental illness. Then parishioners can feel safe to acknowledge their needs and overcome their fears of … contributions people with mental illness can make to the church’s life. Then the ministry becomes mutual and we live …
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… I did a little research and found some guys connected to a church and inner-city ministry I know of saying that Floyd … singled out by police here. The other man told me he feels safe jogging the streets of Antwerp at night, something he … to its current political divide. I will say this, my churches in California were very small, but very diverse, and …
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… past three years, or now in my first “real” (non-student) church position. Barnes’ article runs less than a thousand … interpretive summary is this: Pastors (and by extension, church staff in general) are constantly balancing the line … on my professional life. So I tend to make the safe less messy choice, even if that means a part of me isn’t …
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… It is kept in heaven for you. 5 Through faith you are kept safe by God's power. Your salvation is going to be completed. … the right of God the Father, because he is the head of his church, and the Father rules all things through him. … what you now see and hear. 2 – He defends us and keeps us safe from enemies. John 10:27-30 "My sheep listen to my …
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… a part of our culture, like the air we breathe. We, as the Church, are called to be salt and light in this world of … honored, respected and protected. That’s really what Safe Church Ministry is all about. That’s what was in my mind … And I would have been thrilled to see banners from various churches, and groups of people from congregations, marching …
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… started routinely. My husband and I decided to attend church with my dad, an hour and a half away. Even though Dad was 92, he regularly drove himself to church. That Sunday, though, his car wasn’t at church when we … me—he still thought we were lost and was praying for us to safely find shelter—but a calm presence filled the room. He …
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… were replaced by “We are all Rwandans.” The government and church decided to create an alternative narrative of empathy … scars which gave courage to the rest of us that it was a safe place to birth something new in us. The program was … scars, which gave courage to the rest of us that it was a safe place to birth something new in us. I felt my skepticism …