Sentences with phrase «christian ordained ministry»

I have ventured to quote this in full, because it can be useful for those who are familiar with this charge to read it again, while for others it provides an admirable outline of what Christian ordained ministry both means and establishes.

I hope also that what is said may be helpful to others to whom has been committed this exacting aspect of Christian ordained ministry.

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A profound Christian revival of local congregations might be too much to hope for as a consequence of coming to grips with inclusive language, if there were not another factor common to most of the churches that have taken inclusive language seriously: they are also the churches most likely to be open to the ministry of ordained women.

Over 60 years ago when it was still extraordinary for women to work out of the home in this country the mainline was making the theological case for women in ordained ministry against the overwhelming opposition of most Christians throughout history.

It will be about God and his Church; to be called to serve them in love and humility through ordained ministry is a privilege beyond imagination for a Christian, and I hope and pray that my future service to all God's people will reflect that trust.

The one side argues that a Christian woman in today's society should be ordained to ministry if she possesses the gifts and has the training.

This book is a discussion of preaching, one of the central responsibilities of the ordained ministry of the Christian Church.

Ordained ministering is in no way separate from the wider ministry of Christian people; it is «distinct» from that wider ministry, in that it functions for as it also represents the service which is proper to all who belong to the Church.

But without a specifically «ordained» or authorized ministry, composed of persons who have been «duly called, examined, and found qualified» to act for (but not instead of) that wider ministry of all Christian people, there would be lacking a sharp edge, a vivid and vital expression, of the more general mission and ministry.

As «ministry» has become increasingly the task of all Christians, Trotter explores why the church ordains ministers, and how this relates to the unity of all Christians.

The church also has a ministry of ordained persons which can trace its historical development back to very early Christian days.

The dualism of separate but equal roles associated with men and women in ministry is perpetuated in denominations where pastors are ordained, but Christian educators are consecrated.

The separation of Christian nurture and teaching from the role of the pastor has greatly diminished the importance of the teaching office of ordained ministry.

Scholars agree that the general structural form of what we now call the «ordained ministry» — according to which a particular person is given general oversight of all the activities of a particular Christian community — did not emerge in the church until early in the second century.

In the Catholic tradition an ordained person is commonly known as a priest; in the Reformed communions he or she is called an elder or presbyter; in all Christian thought he or she has been known as a minister, with duties that are distinctively his or hers through having been «set apart» to act representatively for the wider ministry of all Christian people.

In the history of the Christian Church prophets have appeared from time to time, sometimes of course from the ordained ministry but more frequently without the benefit of such authorization to act on behalf of the community.

Within such an approach, several themes would play especially important roles: pastoral care as the ministry of the whole congregation in the world; the identity of the ordained minister in his or her pastoral office as both enabler and representative of the calling of all Christians to minister in the world; and a threefold focus of pastoral care, including the person or persons in need, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the faith of the Christian church as represented in Scripture and tradition.

The primary ministry of the ordained is to equip and sustain persons for ministry and to form Christian disciples.

One of the factors contributing to disease in the life of many congregations is our confusion about the respective roles and functions of ordained and lay Christians, all of whom have been called to ministry.

I am an ordained Christian minister and part of my ministry has been getting rid of spirits / ghosts from people's homes or buildings so the occupants will no longer be harassed and even injured by the spirits.

I am an ordained Christian minister and part of my ministry has been getting rid of spirits / ghosts from people's homes