Sentences with phrase «members of the clergy often»

Members of the clergy often counsel couples, though not all have formal training or education in the field of counseling.

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Claiming Romney and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints are non-Christians is an insult and it should not be encouraged by other Christian clergy as is so often is.

That said, the reason many Old Catholic and Independent Catholic denominations have avoided the pedophilia scandals has more to do with the form of governance (synod - based decision making, laity inclusive or laity directed), recognition that clergy are mere humans with a special calling and ministry (as opposed to «always to be obeyed» representatives of the «monarchy» / Vatican and king / Pope), clergy are often members of the community at large (married or not, they have homes, careers, and lives outside a rectory), and the fact that clergy have not been brought up in seminary / parochial schools as young boys where they learned how to be abusers because they were abused themselves, but in homes.

I am a scholar / practitioner who is often torn between my academic interest in ritual performance and my responsibilities as a member of the Christian clergy and am myself ordained to perform Christian rites and rituals.

Clergy are often among those guilty of making comments to patients and family members that are more harmful than helpful, the most maddening of these is «What has happened to you is God's will.»

Clergy are, unfortunately, often among those guilty of making comments to patients and family members that are, I believe, more harmful than helpful.

«They are called «clergy killers» — congregations where a small group of members are so disruptive that no pastor is able to maintain spiritual leadership for long.And yet ministers often endure the stresses of these dysfunctional relationships for months, or even years, before eventually being forced out or giving up.