Sentences with phrase «churches ended their support»

As a result of our inclusion in the responsible investment index FTSE4Good in 2011, the United Reformed Churches ended their support for the boycott.

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What I have to wonder is, if we, as a Church, trust God to work and bring people to Him, or if we feel like we have to «help» by providing all these material possessions (which in the end are meaningless, the money spent on them might be better spent on improving the community, providing food for hungry, support for ministers and overseas missionaries).

Buttressed by such a phalanx of support Leo XIII ended his encyclical with a ringing exhortation, «We exhort you, Venerable Brethren, in all earnestness to restore the golden wisdom of St. Thomas, and to spread it far and wide for the defence and beauty of the Catholic faith, for the good of society, and for the advantage of all the sciences» [6] It was an exhortation that was welcomed and followed by many in the Church so that it has been written «We are accustomed to consider Saint Thomas, Thomism, and Aristotelianism as the predominant points of orientation and the most favourable to the Church.»

A series of meetings organized by the Full Gospel Church in Kenya (FGCK) at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, ended with leaders of the church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party,Church in Kenya (FGCK) at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, ended with leaders of the church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party,church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party, KANU.

The Bishops started last September with «little support for changing the Church of England's teaching on marriage...» (para 18) They ended with the same «let's not go there» recommendation.

If the day of the formally established church ever ends once and for all, then transnational religious movements may be increasingly valued and supported and perhaps can be more effective as peace agents if they remain institutionally poor and weak.

The church certainly has a long history of using legislation to gain its ends and now Sam Harris is saying that the church should not have special support, either socially or otherwise, but be subject to the same requirements for merit as other institutions.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I do it because i realized i wasted decades of my life and tens of thousands of dollars of my money believing in God and supporting my church, getting in return the never - ending reminder that i was nothing but a sinful cretin unworthy of God's benevolence.

Without support from the congregational end, the churches inevitably are weakened.

Some members of my local church knew just how bad things had been and were generous with their loving support and prayer while I ended this tired partnership and began looking for premises.

But it is historically absurd of Barton to dismiss the separation of church and state as a myth, given that the founders expressly intended to end state support for a specific church, The founders were, on the whole, less religiously orthodox than the average American.

If Christians were more confident in the moral ends of punishment, then perhaps churches could do a better job of providing support for prisoners after their release.

Going to church but not being such a fanatic is still supporting this mental illness and the end of our species on the planet.

Does this represent a shift from a passive - leaning to active - leaning role in the continuum starting with «support the church from the outside» and ending with «proactively campaign against the church»?

A number of other significant stakeholders had already ended their support for it, including the General Synod of the Church of England...

A number of other significant stakeholders had already ended their support for it, including the General Synod of the Church of England, the Royal College of Midwives, and the Methodist Ethical Investment Committee.

At the end of 2013, a newly formed group called Missourians for Children's Education — backed with $ 300,000 from the Catholic Church, and with the support of the Show - Me Institute — began circulating petitions to put a tuition tax credit measure on the ballot this year.

Pam actively supports her communities by serving on the boards of the Fairfax - Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness, the Council on Legal Education Opportunities, Inc. (CLEO), Shelters to Shutters, and N Street Village.