Sentences with phrase «acting on behalf of the church»
Well then if you and your members ARE the church, you then by extension have supported child mol.e.sta.tion by hiding p.e.d.o priests and allowing them to continue acting on behalf of the church while doing so.
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On behalf of Christians all over the world, we condemn this man, and I vow if I ever hear a fellow Christian in my church speak out in favor of any violent act like this I will stand up to that person.
It is the notion of the ministry as representative and functional, standing for, and acting on behalf of, Christ; yet standing for Him and acting in His behalf as Christ Himself acts in the Church which belongs to Him.
And insofar as the concern for the oppressed means acts of compassion, there is hardly any controversy (one may think here, for example, about the work of the churches on behalf of refugees or in the alleviation of famine).
In the history of the Christian Church prophets have appeared from time to time, sometimes of course from the ordained ministry but more frequently without the benefit of such authorization to act on behalf of the community.
In this representational sense the Church is that part of human society, and that element in each particular society, which moves toward God, which as the priest acting for all men worships Him, which believes and trusts in Him on behalf of all, which is first to obey Him when it becomes aware of a new aspect of His will.
On the requests put before the President by the Acting Moderator of the Church, Rev. G.O. Kwapong, on behalf of the Church, President Akufo - Addo assured that «in due course, you will know my response, and it will be positive.&raquOn the requests put before the President by the Acting Moderator of the Church, Rev. G.O. Kwapong, on behalf of the Church, President Akufo - Addo assured that «in due course, you will know my response, and it will be positive.»n behalf of the Church, President Akufo - Addo assured that «in due course, you will know my response, and it will be positive.»