Sentences with phrase «why conservative churches»

As far back as 1972 Dean Kelley, in his book Why Conservative Churches Are Growing, outlined the traits of what he called «strong religion.»

Twenty - one years ago, Dean Kelley began this reassessment in Why Conservative Churches Are Growing.

The books are familiar: The Gathering Storm in the Churches (Jeffrey Hadden), Why Conservative Churches Are Growing (Dean Kelley), Where Have All the People Gone?

In the present decade, while the Christian Church has slowly declined to 1.3 million members, the Churches of Christ have achieved a membership of approximately 2.5 million; the two wings of the «Reformation» seem classic examples of the contrasting religious patterns assessed by Dean Kelley in Why Conservative Churches Are Growing (Harper & Row, 1972).

Yet this very analysis of why conservative churches are growing assumes the presumptions of liberal social theory and practice that I am suggesting is the source of our difficulty.

Dean Kelley's 1972 book Why Conservative Churches Are Growing contributed to the debate by providing other data for the dissenters.

I mean, obviously, to support those who think of the future usefulness of these bodies, and of their federative structures, in «gathered - church» more than in «churchly» terms — at that juncture I agree with Dean Kelley (Why Conservative Churches Are Growing [Harper & Row, 1972]-RRB- To put this concretely, let me offer just one example.

Richard John Neuhaus notes that the decennial study of church membership conducted by the Glenmary Research Center and sponsored by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies has confirmed the phenomenon highlighted in Dean Kelley's 1972 Why Conservative Churches Are Growing (While We're At It, January).

This gained currency with the late Dean Kelley's 1972 book, Why Conservative Churches Are Growing.

National Council of Churches staffer Dean Kelley in 1972 produced a best - selling analysis, Why Conservative Churches Are Growing.

Not exact matches

Why the issue of homosexuality has posed such a problem for conservative churches relates to their understanding of Scripture.

The purpose of my project was to unpack and explore the phrase «biblical womanhood» — mostly because, as a woman, the Bible's instructions and stories regarding womanhood have always intrigued me, but also because the phrase «biblical womanhood» is often invoked in the conservative evangelical culture to explain why women should be discouraged from working outside the home and forbidden from assuming leadership positions in the church.

She explained to me that when she went to college and began attending a conservative complementarian church with her friends, she felt ill - prepared to explain why she supported women in ministry.

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Even most of the highly devout christian conservatives understands why putting the church in charge of the government is a bad idea.