Sentences with phrase «acknowledged leaders of the church»
All churches were linked with the mother - church of Jerusalem by a feeling of gratitude, which showed itself in the voluntary contribution of alms (e.g. Acts 11:29 - 30, Rom.15: 26 - 27), and by a recognition of the authority attaching to the original community which contained the acknowledged leaders of the Church (Gal.
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Notwithstanding that I consider that there are some such flaws in the approach adopted by the Judge, I consider it is important that the church does acknowledge, as I do, that we were, and I include myself, at that time only at the beginning of learning how to deal with disclosures of abuse, and leaders such as myself did lack experience and training.
Acknowledging the Church's unique relationship with Judaism, he then met separately with Jewish leaders to whom he offered a Passover message that included the words of Vatican II that the Church can not forget «that she draws sustenance from the root of that well - cultivated olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild shoots, the gentiles.»
Priests, pastors, and lay leaders also need to do a better job of standing in solidarity with couples in crisis, both by explicitly acknowledging they can be found in any local church and by connecting them to professionals and seasoned lay couples who can help them.
I suspect that many church leaders don't even acknowledge the existence of any stages beyond this.
This is why Church leaders who concede the problem of overpopulation find themselves in the losing position of acknowledging a problem for which they must then rule out the obvious solution.
A citation from the Superintendent of the New York Ministers Network of the Assemblies of God Church, Dr. Duane Durst, recognized President Mahama for his exemplary achievements in presidential office, acknowledging «the great achievements in the nation of Ghana and West Africa due to his commitment as a servant - leader to build a just, prosperous and technologically developed nation for the people of Ghana.»