Sentences with phrase «are in church leadership»

Those who have been or still are in church leadership: please accept my warm invitation to join us!

And chances are very good that other children have been abused by these two, especially if they are in church leadership positions.

As you were once, I too am in a church leadership role and there have been times of great struggle, poverty, confusion, heartache, pain, anger and loneliness.

Not exact matches

Some segments were very specific to servant leadership in churches, education, etc..

With this being the belief in the church and the family, why would someone raised with these beliefs practice differently in the leadership of our country?

In this regard, patriarch Bartholomew and metropolitan John Zizioulas are notable exceptions, who staunchly oppose Orthodox fundamentalism and manifest a greater openness of the church leadership to the world.

I'd rather continue to attend, to be involved in leadership in my church, and try to contribute slowly, patiently, to change.

Today he's considered «first among equals» in the leadership of the Greek Orthodox church, and is the spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians around the world.

There are individuals, yes, who do hold beliefs not in line with Church teachings — I was stunned, for example, when I was 18 to hear the leadership chastising members for not allowing their children to play with «nonmember» children, because «they don't have our standards.»

I was amazed at first, then after several hours, my amazement turned to disappointment, disappointment that — I had never known that what I was experiencing was experienced by every man in the church, including the leadership.

We're talking about love relationships not the titillation of nerve endings As to who can or can not hold a leadership position or who can or can not teach in a church, I think it comes down to morals not legality.

The government feared that if it permitted the mourners to enter the cathedral» as sacred to Orthodox believers as St. Peter's is to Roman Catholics» that it would be accused of taking sides in the battle for church leadership.

But this guy was advocating for gay leadership in his church.

But as the sex abuse scandal continues to embroil the Roman Catholic Church in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadeChurch in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadechurch in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadership.

They can also be found (although not in the same abundance) in mainline Protestant churches, because those churches continue to foster family - friendly activities and because many individual mainliners are more theologically and socially conservative than their leadership.

Mayne's appointment may have generated attention, but he's not the first gay Mormon to assume a leadership role in the church.

In mid-August he was selected, or called (as Mormons say) by local church officials to serve in an LDS Church leadership position in San FranciscIn mid-August he was selected, or called (as Mormons say) by local church officials to serve in an LDS Church leadership position in San Franchurch officials to serve in an LDS Church leadership position in San Franciscin an LDS Church leadership position in San FranChurch leadership position in San Franciscin San Francisco.

I know I have a gift for leadership of some sort — my personal opinion is this will never be realized again in the church environment — because of theological differences alone.

It may be, however, that the opponents of his way of thinking, who seem to have the upper hand in the church leadership, are a step ahead of that complaint.

As a person who has been in churches with tepid, indecisive leaders, I can tell you that leadership is very important.

Yes, ironic... ironic that the fellow who is on the slow train to hell, who she was warned by the pastor not to get involved with because he was an atheist, the fellow who has never had anyone in the church leadership say more than a sentence to when he did go with her to church, is the minister behind the minister of coffee.

But then again, it wasn't until the 1970s (I think) that AfricanAmericans and / or people of color were permitted to hold offical leadership roles in the LDS church.

In fact Gen. Bruce Carlson was a four - star general at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, and now is in the upper leadership in the LDS (Mormon) churcIn fact Gen. Bruce Carlson was a four - star general at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, and now is in the upper leadership in the LDS (Mormon) churcin the upper leadership in the LDS (Mormon) churcin the LDS (Mormon) church.

«The main attraction is to be able to contribute to the Church's role in helping people find meaning in the love and life of Jesus Christ, generating and maintaining funding for the Church and guiding its leadership role in the ethical and responsible investment of its assets..»

These churches are unable to register with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and acquire legal status, but they are a first step toward Christians assuming leadership in the development of a Chinese civil society independent of government control.

The couple, who are both involved in church leadership, share how their lives were turned upside down when their two children unexpectedly...

Fact is many men who are in leadership or positions of power in Church, business, entertainment, sports, etc., feel it is their unilateral right to have access to sluts, regardless of what the Bible says or any other moral teachings.

Perhaps good will come of it, though, if bishops conferences are reminded that there are also very practical perils in suggesting that they are the real leadership of the Church.

If I walk into a church service pretty much anywhere in America and ask people to raise their hand if they have been hurt by a church (specifically the leadership of a church), nearly everyone will raise their hand.

We are in the process of finding a non-Calvinist church (at least among the leadership) and I am finding out what a strong segment of the church population is now Calvinist.

CNN: American nuns come out swinging against Vatican in face of «radical feminist» accusations The leadership representing most of America's nuns came out swinging Friday against the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, in the face of charges from the Vatican that the nuns are espousing «radical feminism» and straying from church teaChurch, in the face of charges from the Vatican that the nuns are espousing «radical feminism» and straying from church teachurch teaching.

Perhaps most of all, the expansive growth of the church in developing countries, which Wilson had determinedly fostered, had created an internationalization of the denomination that needed to be matched in leadership.

If you see a recurring defensiveness in the leadership of a church when asked about mistakes, it should certainly be on your radar.

In the Church it's important that the leadership operates as a team.

Having been part of church leadership for many years (in the past), we have seen these things get buried when reported to an individual or members of church staff.

At a leadership conference in Oslo, Norway, where I was speaking, a pastor there shared how a well - respected businessman in his church was healed while listening to one of my sermon CDs.

As I mentioned before, I am not in church leadership.

These are two basic professional requirements for people in church leadership and every leader needs them, married or unmarried.

In his resignation letter, Kensrue said that the authority of church elders to correct leadership at Mars Hill «is trampled under the man - made hierarchies and «chain of command.

However, constituency meetings, especially those at the higher levels of the organizational pyramid, have proved unlikely to act independently because the system for choosing delegates (who are appointed rather than elected) has ensured that the vast majority hold leadership positions in the church or other church - paid positions.

I am not in church leadership and therefore do not make the call from the pulpit how the issue will be treated amongst us.

Jesus doesn't say, «it should be different» in church leadership, he says «it will be different.»

And to those of you crying that this «shining the light on church leadership douchebaggery» is only hurting the church, I refer you to Jesus tossing the tables in the temple and calling out the Pharisees on several occasions.

In the book, Wisdom of Psychopaths, the number 8 position that Psychopaths are drawn to is church leadership.

he said there is a place for women in the church, it's just not in leadership positions.

Adrian Reynolds is part of the leadership team of The Proclamation Trust and serves as associate minister at ELT Baptist Church in Mile End, London.

The majority of the book is written in the first person, inviting the reader to share in the honest and sometimes deeply moving accounts of the journeys taken by each woman to her current position of church leadership.

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.

You lead by consensus — something that is both a gift and a problem in church leadership.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.