Sentences with phrase «as black ministers»

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Finance Minister Bill Morneau is usually so unflappable, his voice so unmodulated, his black brogues so unscuffed, that it almost came as a relief to hear him sounding more than just exasperated, maybe even a little hot under his well - ironed collar, answering reporters questions after an appearance today before the House finance committee.

I believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme to combat black money and public corruption, while admirable, has only reinforced Indians» faith in the yellow metal as a store of value.

I find most ministers, white, black, asian or whatever have flaws as a man and minister.

If ministers of the gospel indulge in gratuitous virtue - signaling by promoting the worst of black legends, as if the sum total of Christianity's impact on world history were embodied by «the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition,» why would anyone come to their churches or listen to whatever's being offered there by way of I'm - OK - You're - OK therapeutic balm?

The ministers, as well as the black community understood this fully.

Mr. Caldwell, minister of First United Methodist Church, New Haven, Connecticut, also serves as lecturer at Yale University divinity school and as chairman of the board, National Conference of Black Churchmen.

«We had a lesbian - partnered woman as interim, and now we have a [heterosexual] black woman pastor who is a wonderful minister to everyone here,» the lay leader said.

Fry Brown, who is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church, said those numbers seem to be «holding,» even as the role of the black church is changing.

Other ministers spoke of white supremacy, but more as a historical condition, urging white support for black populations until equality had been reached.

The ministers are providing leadership and inspiration not only for Black Americans but for the rest of us as they defend the Christian faith against the heresy of Obama.

Malcolm X taught black ministers and scholars that the identity of African - Americans as a people was inextricably linked with blackness.

Recall the testimony of many an unlearned black churchman who stood before his people to declare to minister and layman alike that «it makes no difference what church or what denomination you belong to, as long as you have Jesus.»

Certainly Minister Louis Farrakhan was pleased; almost as pleased as he had a right to be by the more than 400,000 black men who turned out for his Million Man March.

They have vilified the black minister — respected as the «proper» spokesman for the black community by whites — as a «crook» and an Uncle Tom.

Against a black - and - white spell - out in the 9th June, 2017 letter by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, which ordered the Managing Director of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) to dole out some Ghc10.4 million to McDan, Mr. McKorley's claim that he has no supply contract with the Ghana Cocoa Board hangs out as the alternative fact.

But Hon. Isaac Adongo cast aspersions on the deal as he said Black Star is linked to a Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta's Deputy at the Finance Ministry.

Former Bill Clinton adviser Guy Smith will introduce state Rep. Charlie Stallworth, a black minister from Bridgeport, as his running mate Friday.

Astorino has been trying to duplicate his noteworthy success in attracting minority votes as the Westchester County executive by meeting with influential black ministers in WNY.

Hazel Blears - The former Labour minister claimed second home expenses for three different properties in a single year but the redacted receipts do not show this as addresses are blacked out.

Black rule was inevitable, and Carrington brokered a peaceful solution at the Lancaster House conference in December 1979, attended by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, as well as the key black leaders: Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah TongoBlack rule was inevitable, and Carrington brokered a peaceful solution at the Lancaster House conference in December 1979, attended by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, as well as the key black leaders: Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah Tongoblack leaders: Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah Tongogara.

The Labour leader also appointed Dawn Butler as the shadow minister for black and minority ethnic communities, which means that there are five MPs in the shadow cabinet from the BAME community — the highest ever number.

As one would expect, their figures plummeted during the week of «Black Wednesday», opinions of ministers fell, government approval fell, they fell behind the Tories on major issues and so on.

Prime Minister David Cameron, meanwhile, indicated that public sector pensions would also be hit as the government set about repairing the # 85bn «black hole» in the public finances.

He was speaking after the Prime Minister announced there would be a fresh inquiry into the financial troubles that left the Coop with a # 1.5 billion black hole - and into how the Rev Paul Flowers was appointed as a non-executive chairman.

At that time Verwoerd was minister of education in the Nationalist government and his view was that as blacks were never going to be allowed to compete economically with whites, their education need fit them only for menial jobs.

And it is a rich and layered 71 minutes that Potter spends, in black and white, with a group of highly educated and highly dysfunctional people gathering for an intimate dinner party at Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) and Bill's (Timothy Spall) London house to celebrate Janet's appointment as the shadow minister for health.

The black and white, fast - paced (71 minutes) ensemble film stars Kristin Scott Thomas as the newly elected minister of health.

Black Butterflies (Unrated) bittersweet biopic, set in South Africa in the Sixties, recounting the ill - fated arc of a defiant, anti-Apartheid poet (Carice van Houten) who found herself at odds with her father (Rutger Hauer) serving as the racist regime's Minister of Censorship.

April 11, 2014 • Even as Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was saying he's «very confident» that pings from the plane's black boxes have been detected, the man leading the search effort was urging caution.

Churchill's Black Dog Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), the famous British prime minister who told Hitler «we shall never surrender» during World War II, was not the first to describe depression as a «black dog.&rBlack Dog Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), the famous British prime minister who told Hitler «we shall never surrender» during World War II, was not the first to describe depression as a «black dog.&rblack dog.»

Bukiet's black and biting satirical fiction has been well received, but this is his breakthrough book — a smart, crisp, political page - turner narrated by a blind Russian immigrant who works as a speechwriter for Israel's hawkish prime minister.

The art works include a major new commission by Lili Reynaud - Dewar, a film set in a Palestinian refugee camp by the Otolith Group, and the political murals of Emory Douglas, Culture Minister of the Black Panther Party, as well as artefacts relating to Genet himself.

The way artists engaged with street activism are explored through posters and newspapers, such as the work of the Black Panther Party's Culture Minister Emory Douglas, who declared «The ghetto itself is the gallery».»

Instead, ministers from 25 countries will co-operate to vastly reduce black carbon (better known outside these talks as soot), as well as methane and ozone in the atmosphere — substances known collectively as short - lived climate pollutants.

As the environmental ministers of the Arctic nations, including the United States, meet in Sweden next week, they have an opportunity to show leadership on an important though less well - known climate pollutant, black carbon (soot).

In line with previous efforts by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demonetize lower denominated rupees last year, the committee was formed, according to The Financial Express, based on Indian authorities» apprehension of illicit money being used to trade cryptocurrencies (colloquially referred to as «black money»).

He held many important official positions such as the director of the Aboriginal Legal Service Western Australia; he was a key figure in the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody, and instigated the Inquiry into the Stolen Generations, and held key positions such as advisor to the office of the Commonwealth Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.