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In 1996, Andrew Meekens, an elder in the international evangelical church of Addis Ababa was onboard a hijacked Ethiopian airliner which was running out of fuel. It eventually made an emergency crash landing near the Comoros Islands. According to some of those who survived the crash landing,
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Baptist
Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 12, 2006
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A woman came to an elder of a congregation in Lubbock, Texas asking if he would study the Bible with her. He gladly studied with her, which resulted in the woman’s salvation. Curiously the elder asked the woman what PROMPTED her to come in and study the Bible. She told the elder over a year ago her
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 17, 2009
"The church is the ekklesia: the group of elders who sit at the city gates, discussing how they
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
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RESPECT YOUR ELDERS
At age twenty-six, Pat Moore performed an unbelievable experiment. An industrial designer, Moore wanted a better understanding of senior adults, so for three years she frequently disguised herself as an eighty-five-year-old woman. From 1979 to 1981, she utilized the skills of a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
George Washington said, “When there is an elder man and a younger man in the same room, the elder man should never mention it,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2001
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Several years ago one of the Elders of the congregation I preached for baptized a particularly large woman. He was concerned about how he would completely immerse her into the water and decided to explain to her how she could help him. He explained, "Now, when we get down into the water this is
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 16, 2007
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Mike Freeman, an Elder here at MCC, shared this with me this past week. When he was finishing up his college he had an opportunity to do his internship at a really swanky resort in Missouri or to do it a children’s camp called Spring Hill in upper Michigan.
The resort was one of these all
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Paul Dietz on Aug 4, 2008
Brethren Elder Peter Nead [1796-1877] was definitely a man of distinction. Living in a time when few Brethren were authoring books, Brother Nead chose to do so. In penning his theological point of views there was evidence in the words and phrases that his writing abilities were a little amateurish;
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*other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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Introduction: Gregory Elder tells of growing up on the Atlantic Coast, where he spent long hours working on intricate sand castles. One year, for several days in a row, he was confronted by bullies who smashed his creations. Finally he tried an experiment: He placed cinder blocks, rocks, and chunks
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Contributed by Scott Epperson on Oct 29, 2006
I have heard stories from the elders that grew up during the “Great Depression” of how they would work all day and never get a chance to play like most kids for the simple reason of survival for themselves and their family. You would ask them but elder when did you get a chance to be a child? They
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Oct 29, 2006
I have heard stories from the elders that grew up during the “Great Depression” of how they would work all day and never get a chance to play like most kids for the simple reason of survival for themselves and their family. You would ask them but elder when did you get a chance to be a child? They
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 1, 2008
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Greg Elder grew up on the east coast. He would spend hours building intricate sand castles. Who cities would appear beneath his hands. One year, for several days in a row, there was a bunch of bullies who smashed his work. So, he tried something: he put cinder blocks and rocks and concrete chunks
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Christian/Church Of Christ
An aged brother told me jokingly one time regarding the difference between the elders and deacon’s use of wine, in 1 Timothy 3:3. He said Brother Freeman: “It’s simple. The deacon can drink, ‘a little wine’; however, the elder can only sip it, swish it around in his mouth, and then spit it out.” He
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 24, 2006
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A pastor thought God gave Him an idea, and he presented it in the monthly elders meeting. After giving his most impassioned plea and really “selling” the idea to the elder board, the board voted and voted down the pastors proposed changes 12-1. The head elder looked at the pastor and said, “Well
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 5, 2009
There was a man traveling through a certain area out west and he ran out of gas. As the economy was bad, he was really struggling. He didn’t have any money and was trying to get home to his wife and kids after interviewing for a job. So he looked in the phone book and called a sister church. The
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Church Of God
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Story: A Korean Pastor told me this story some years ago, when he came to Switzerland.
In the 4th century AD in Korea a man had two sons. The elder rose to become Chief Justice in the land and the younger became an infamous bandit.
The elder brother loved his younger brother but was unable to
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Anglican
Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 1, 2001
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Someone told of a church that believed in sinless perfection once you trusted Jesus Christ into your life and were baptized. A visitor to that church heard this teaching and asked to be baptized. He was tired of dealing with his habitual sin without any success. Unfortunately, it was in the
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*other