Sentences with phrase «most religious organizations»

Most religious organizations have their own rules that go directly against the teaching of the bible.

Not exact matches

«Banks and financial organizations — perhaps because that is where the money is — and nonprofits, including religious organizations, probably due to their weak business controls environment, are most often the victims of this type of white collar crime,» said Christopher Marquet, CEO of Marquet International, in a statement.

This is the most recent salvo by religious organizations against the Affordable Care Act's mandate for comprehensive health care coverage, which includes some forms of birth control.

After a back - and - forth with a variety of Christian leaders, most notably the Catholic Church, the rule was amended and some religious organizations were given an exemption.

Second, most of this article focuses on the social and interpersonal aspects that religious organizations provide to / for their members.

Expect religious freedom advocates to respond this week, but so far most of the organizations» Web sites don't have anything.

«[N] on - state actors, including rebel and terrorist organizations,... committed by far some of the most egregious human rights abuses and caused significant damage to the global status of respect for religious freedom,» according to the 2014 IRF report.

Religious organizations have until August 1, 2013 to comply with the decision — a year longer than most other employers.

Almost all religious organizations except the newest and most effervescent are struggling, and even new organizations encounter difficulties as soon as the process of institutionalization begins.

But he writes to American Christians, and to those who identify with the American religious right — most of whom, at best, think of the Church as a «voluntary organization» or, at worst, hardly think of her at all.

I consider myself a christian, with religious knowledge and general knowlege, however I do not hold to a set of views dictated by an organized religion, I believe the organized religions are where we have gone wrong, as someone pointed out earlier to most «religious people» to question ones faith or organization is wrong but that is exactly what the bible tells us to do... test ALL things to see what is true.

Then again, most of my family is atheist, along with my friends, and I don't work for a religious organization.

That is what I expectfrom someone who is from the most corrupt religious organization in the world.

While most kids are probably pre-programmed by their parents to follow the chosen family tradition, many kids are indoctrinated through community programs established by various religious organizations.

«Removing even a nod toward «religious liberty» from the platform puts Democrats at fundamental odds with the many religious organizations whose mission is nonviolence and protection of the most vulnerable,» wrote executive director Kristen Day and Fordham University professor Charles Camosy.

I don't know how you can be at the top of a business - based religious organization and not be an atheist; I'm quite certain most of them are.

«Particularly ominous,» says Mr. Rich in tones most ominous, «are the many ideological and financial links between the PK hierarchy and organizations that are pushing the full religious - right agenda of outlawing abortion, demonizing homosexuals, and bringing prayer and the teaching of creationism to public schools.»

This is the fate that has befallen the Catholic Church and most Catholic institutions in America: Our institutional heritage has been reduced to just another university, just another charity, or just another religious organization.

I should note that most of the teens in my study had some religious affiliation, which makes these findings all the more interesting and provocative for current leaders of religious organizations.

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

The Court conceded there was a compelling state interest in providing contraception; however, because the ACA has a number of exemptions and accommodations, most notably excusing non-profit religious organizations from the contraception mandate, forcing the plaintiffs to provide contraception coverage was not the least restrictive means to further the compelling interest, i.e. the HHS could have allowed the plaintiffs the same accommodations available for non-profit religious organizations.

A review of the research suggests that the most effective uses of television in relation to those outside the normal reach of the Christian faith lie within the areas of imparting information about religious issues or organizations, the suggestion of religious questions for consideration by the viewer as applicable to his or her life, and the maintenance of a positive image in relation to general or specific religious issues or organizations.

The adoption of this intensive audience solicitation within the organization enabled the program to expand to such an extent that in 1971 it was the third most widely syndicated religious program in the country.

Several Jewish religious organizations, most notably Chabad - Lubavitch, a pietistic Brooklyn - based sect with a highly developed and zealous outreach program, are currently challenging the American Jewish consensus on public religious invisibility.

Or one of the biggest, most egregious exemptions found in our laws, the tax exclusions that these religious organizations benefit so greatly from.

Most contentious is Ball's argument that individuals and businesses - not just religious organizations - who oppose gay marriage should also be exempted from the state's discrimination laws.

Most churches and religious organizations do bible studies or other group classes at least once a week and have activities going on several times a month.

The fact is that there are a host of religious and nonprofit organizations in most minority communities supporting families to overcome the challenges they face.

That's because most states allow these organizations to be «mission - based,» working with schools of a particular religious denomination or educational philosophy like Montessori schools, he said.

Hundreds of private philanthropies together spend almost $ 4 billion annually to support or transform K — 12 education, most of it directed to schools that serve low - income children (only religious organizations receive more money).

The least restrictive Blaine Amendments, such as the one in Kentucky, forbid only direct funding of religious education; the most restrictive Blaine Amendments, such as those in Florida and Georgia, prohibit both indirect and direct funding of any religious organization.

In particular, the study found severe accountability problems with both programs, most notably: they do not serve students in rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SOs.

Most of the organizations that offer these loans are religious in nature, such as Pathways for Little Feet, a Christian 501 (c)(3) organization.

TThe group behind the advert is SOS Mata Atlantica, a 23 year old Brazilian non-profit private organization, with no political or religious affiliations, which works for the protection of the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlantica), one of the richest sets of ecosystems in terms of biodiversity, and also considered one of the most threatened with extinction on the planet.

Religious organizations, most nonprofit schools and colleges, charitable hospitals, and some library organizations are exempt from this requirement.

And nonprofits make me think about religious organizations, which are the nonprofits I've studied the most in the context of bankruptcy.