Sentences with phrase «christian education ministries»

A committee of six was formed: two deacons, two trustees, and two from the Christian education ministries.

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This perspective has ramifications for the counseling ministry of the church, for sermons and Christian education and for the life of Christians in communities of faith.

program, students can continue their contextual education through a variety of internships, including clinical pastoral education, campus ministry and Christian education, as well as in other ecclesial settings in the U.S. and abroad.

In May 1988 the Network Center for Study of Christian Ministry utilized a grant from Trinity Grants, New York City, to host a four - day consultation of ministry - based programs in seminary education from across the country.

The essential task of theological education at Candler is to intensify a student's reflection on the nature of that commitment to Christian life and to the practice of Christian ministry.

Traditional ways of segregating age groups from one another can lead pastors or Christian education committees to overlook some viable alternatives to traditional ways of organizing educational ministries.

Unfortunately, many of us in the ministry are not well - equipped to be «teachers of teachers» in the sense of being knowledgeable concerning recent developments or even basic principles of Christian education.

I have a problem with churches owning so much money, property and buildings; I question liturgy and orders of worship; I struggle with the one - man monologue sermon model; I have always wrestled with «full - time paid ministry» pastor positions; I disregard Sunday dress; I don't like the control of worship music by a select and talented few; I don't believe in tithing; I question the sacraments, formal Christian education, and our whole approach to the New Testament.

(0ne school characterizes its attitude toward other denominations as magnanimous; another recognizes only two church bodies — one of these in Europe — as soundly Christian; some denominational programs for the development of theological education move easily from praise of the ecumenical spirit to exclusive concern for the advancement of the denominational ministry.

First, people think of Christian education as a ministry for children.

Training in divinity was no longer essential to those studies constituting a liberal education but had become the course of studies appropriate for those entering into a specific profession, the Christian ministry.

There are high opportunities in vocations of Christian leadership such as the ministry, the mission field, and Christian education, and many more young people should be entering them; there are also rich opportunities for Christian service and witness in an endless number of occupations to which God calls the layman.11

12) with its emphasis on the layman's ministry to the world, gives both worship and Christian education a fresh, practical relevancy.

If the Church is deeply engaged in the civil rights movement, if it is struggling against right - wing misrepresentation of Christianity and of civil life, if it finds itself in a new phase of the Church - State relationship, if it is deeply involved in urbanization and in the passing of previous forms that once marked the so - called Christian epoch, then all these factors must have a profound impact upon theological education and the preparation of men for the ministry.

Indeed, it may be well to reiterate that the whole enterprise of Christian education is of quite special importance today if we wish to have an informed laity and if we wish to secure for the preaching office of the ministry that particular place which belongs to it and it alone.

Under the conditions of the frontier, where the population was widely scattered and revivalist movements became the dominant form of Christian religious experience, especially where the Methodist movement was influential, persons were appointed to circuit riding ministries before their «theological education» was completed.

Daniel Day Williams participated with James Gustavson and H. Richard Niebuhr in an extensive study of Christian ministry and its implications for theological education.

There are 10 academic schools and colleges offering a variety of degrees: the college of architecture visual arts and design, college of arts and sciences, college of engineering, college of health science, college of nursing, school of behavioral science, school of business, school of christian ministries, school of education, school of music, and the online and professional studies.

• Researched and presented appropriate curriculum development that focused on youth ministry and Christian education.

Before deciding to pursue my career as a Christian counselor, I taught music education in public schools and worked in various ministry support roles.