Sentences with phrase «as clergy leaders»

The decision came a day after Parker met with Houston pastors (including Chris Seay, who wrote about the subpoenas for Leadership Journal), as well as clergy leaders from across the country who have defended the subpoenaed pastors» religious freedom.

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It's about all of these community groups, these activists, these non-profits, these local leaders as clergy saying, «Forget about Krasner.

And especially after the Noachian Flood, did false religion take a leap, with false religious doctrines and practices such as the trinity, immortality of the soul, that God torments people in a «hellfire», the establishment of a clergy class, the teaching of «personal salvation» as more important than the sanctification of God's name of Jehovah (Matt 6:9), the sitting in a church while a religious leader preaches a sermon, but the «flock» is not required to do anything more, except put money when the basket is passed.

This all began back in 2011 when the FFRF leaders gathered to argue that «as leaders of a freethought organization, they are similarly situated to clergy» and should be able to take advantage of the same type of allowance.

(CNN)-- As the city of New York prepares to remember the 10th anniversary of 9/11, religious leaders are raising concerns over the lack of clergy participating in the anniversary events.

As a social media consulting endeavor, Digital Formation looks to help clergy and lay church leaders work their way through the ever - changing world of social media.

In 2013, Pastor McBride was selected as the # 9 Top Clergy Leader to Watch in the US by the Center for American Progress.

In the not too distant past, clergy were seen as pivotal spiritual and intellectual leaders, and theological schools were seen as providing vital leadership for congregational ministry and for grappling with broader intellectual and social issues.

We need to think about new models of organization which are not so bishop or rector centered and which support and enhance the clergy role as spiritual leaders within the Church and which call all the members to a new sense of discipleship.

«Clergy psychologists and others who have to deal with clergy health problems and burnout» now strongly caution pastors that to enhance their overall physical, mental and spiritual well - being and maintain effectiveness as pastoral leaders, they must learn to maintain boundaries, particularly between church work and private time.&Clergy psychologists and others who have to deal with clergy health problems and burnout» now strongly caution pastors that to enhance their overall physical, mental and spiritual well - being and maintain effectiveness as pastoral leaders, they must learn to maintain boundaries, particularly between church work and private time.&clergy health problems and burnout» now strongly caution pastors that to enhance their overall physical, mental and spiritual well - being and maintain effectiveness as pastoral leaders, they must learn to maintain boundaries, particularly between church work and private time.»

And though Stalin executed priests and other clergy that he perceived as a threat to his power, later when he, like many political leaders, saw benefit to be gained by using religious beliefs to enhance his own power, he made an alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, just as Putin has done today.

There is no ordained clergy in Islam; they have as leaders men who have established their ability to guide by their learning and piety.

But it is crucial that local leaders — lay as well as clergy — begin to lead churches in an enlarged ministry, one that takes full measure of the age structure of the congregation.

Perhaps clergy should stop seeing themselves as leaders or teachers, and settle into the more appropriate role of facilitators and moderators of the discussions, and of other aspects of the learning process which is the basis of the spiritual quest.

Despite an enthusiastic response from many of those to whom they preached, the Wesleys also met heckling and abuse, as well as opposition from some clergy and church leaders.

Further, experience has shown that theological education defined as clergy education suffers from the «happiness paradox»: that is, just as we can not achieve happiness by a course of life defined by the pursuit of happiness, so we can not achieve the education of superlative church leaders by a course of study defined by the roles and tasks of church leadership.

Leaders from nearly 90 evangelical seminaries, publications, ministries, and churches — as well as Catholic and Orthodox clergy — signed a statement last month rejecting any legal efforts to protect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).

Its guidance to church leaders says: «Clergy credentialed by the ECC may attend the wedding or blessing of a same - sex couple... but may not participate in the service other than as a participant with the congregation.»

The Waldenses were in the tradition of earlier twelfth - century leaders, such as Peter of Bruys and Arnold of Brescia, who led a life of poverty, denounced the clergy for unworthy luxury and grasping for political power, and condemned many of the current customs of the Church.

At 11:30 a.m., clergy, faith leaders and criminal justice advocates will deliver a letter to legislative leaders supporting the Prioritized Platform for Challenging Incarceration in New York as part of a statewide day of action for prison and parole justice, War Room, state Capitol, Albany.

In his role as a leader of the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force, John brought prosecutors, police, clergy, community leaders, and neighbors from differing backgrounds together to successfully reduce violence crime and improve the quality of life in targeted neighborhoods within our community.

An «election» could, however, include a situation like that surrounding the adoption of the Magna Carta or the assembly of representatives of the various estates that was convened by the monarch shortly before the French Revolution in which the franchise is quite limited (e.g. limited only to aristocrats, or to elders, or to clergy, or to members of a political party, or to members of a particular tribe or caste, or to a council of leaders of tribes or castes) who are not all members of the incumbent's extended family and whose appointment was not primarily within the control of the incumbent as a practical matter.

De Blasio insisted that the two matters were unrelated, noting that the process involved working with the clergy, elected officials and community leaders as part of a «neighborhood policing philosophy.»

According to a press release his office sent out on Friday: «New York City tenants, housing advocates and clergy and community leaders [will be]... chanting slogans, waving placards and criticizing so - called advocacy groups as being out of touch with the needs of tenants in poor and middle class neighborhoods.»

Cook touted her work as a small business owner, clergy member, community leader and work as a religious ambassador for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — and she said her political commitment was personal as well.

Buffalo schools open in a month and a large group of clergy, activists, parents and school leaders turned out Monday night in Friendship Baptist Church for an emergency meeting to discuss what they see as an educational crisis.

For me personally, last year during the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization's Banquet, I introduced Chuck Schumer as the next Majority Leader of the United States Senate.

Sure Francoist Spain (alternatively and more historically called Nationalist Spain) had Francisco Franco as the leader of Nationalist Spain, but the generalissimo had the Falange, the Alfonsine and Carlist monarchies and most of the Catholic clergy behind him.