Sentences with phrase «as clergy person»

In addition to his work as a therapist, Gordon is ordained as clergy person (vocational deacon) in the Episcopal Church.

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No, women may not control their bodies, and 1898 was a good year when people knew when to tug their forelock to their societal betters such as the clergy and local mill owner and obeyed without question.

leprosy is an infectious deisease and you will not find the pope or any catholic clergy going near such people and so because this was an act the word leprosy is given a misleading meaning so people think that the pope is doing what God wants of him, but he is not, its a deception and the article is written as such to maintain the deception and so mislead people.

Dear Reality; Speaking as one who has had many, many clergy serving the needs of many people over a century I must take issue with you on your «no clerics, no nuns, no bibles» etc..

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.

I am looking for authenticity, relevancy, no ovewhelming bands that take away from the experience of worship, clergy who are willing to answer my hard questions, who understand doubt is a stepping stone to deepening my belief, who accept everyone as Jesus did (and we know Jesus was a rebel who accepted and led all sorts of people), who don't feel the need to try to be hip, who speak about things without inserting politics, who are wiling to trash the temple to bring us back to the truth, who will step out of the box of comfort and be real.

For some reason it never seems to occur to the clergy person (s) to ask whether the accuser (s) have first personally confronted the defendent, as instructed to do by Scripture, before appealing to an authority figure.

Clergy have to accept the fact that they are human beings with the same basic social needs as other people, and to take those needs seriously.

They long for that intimate setting where everybody has everything in common, where people get to share as the Spirit leads, and where there are no professional clergy, choirs, or classes.

As blogging and Facebooking become more and more the norm, what, if any, responsibilities rest with both clergy and lay people in the transmission of their ideas?How do you respond when your pastor holds a position with which you don't agree?

As Christian clergy we proclaim the Good News concerning Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons and publicly apologize where we have been silent.

Behaviour considered idolatrous or potentially idolatrous may include the creation of any type of image of the deity, or of other figures of religious significance such as prophets, saints, and clergy, the creation of images of any person or animal at all, and the use of religious symbols, or secular ones.

In short, in order to impose their views on the church as a whole they have insisted on centralizing authority in the national church and using that authority to demand that many — bishops, clergy, and lay people — act contrary to their consciences.

And at Connecticut's Fairfield University, scholars, clergy, and lay Catholics recently discussed the implications for the church of having many gay and lesbian people, both in and out of the closet, in roles as priests and ministers.

In practice the Government played the role of a presbytery or a synod in administering rebukes and discipline, which the clergy decided was necessary against such people as Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, or Robert Child.

Rather than staying becalmed in the sacristy, the sanctuary, and the presbytery, the clergy of his day, he urged, should lead a demanding, Gospel - centered life of proclaiming the Word and celebrating the sacraments, nourishing their people with the tangible realities God had entrusted to human hands as pathways to the Trinity: the Bible and the Eucharist.

Theological schools are usually classified as «professional» schools whose overarching purpose it is to educate persons ready to fill with competence the roles of the professional clergy.

As regulations grew in severity, the Puritan clergy rallied the people, and revolutionary agitators such as Samuel Adams cried for actioAs regulations grew in severity, the Puritan clergy rallied the people, and revolutionary agitators such as Samuel Adams cried for actioas Samuel Adams cried for action.

Negative attitudes toward the idea of women as senior pastors are well documented in Edward C. Lehman, Jr.'s, sociological study Women Clergy: Breaking Through Gender Barriers (Transaction, 1985) The author analyzed detailed responses from 1,720 Presbyterian lay - people and 1,143 Presbyterian clergy concerning a wide range of attitudes toward women in minClergy: Breaking Through Gender Barriers (Transaction, 1985) The author analyzed detailed responses from 1,720 Presbyterian lay - people and 1,143 Presbyterian clergy concerning a wide range of attitudes toward women in minclergy concerning a wide range of attitudes toward women in ministry.

Dr. King began his civil rights crusade as pastor of a local church, and some of the key people in Clergy and Laity Concerned have been local pastors.

Some say the clergy should develop more self - esteem, be more assertive, learn to say No, demand a day off — in brief, become as self - centered as many of the people in their congregations.

The objectives are stated as: (a) increasing the awareness of mental health professionals and the clergy of their common interest in helping people, (b) exploring the ways in which these groups could assist each other in dealing with mental health problems in the community, and (c) stimulating the development of a framework and atmosphere of cooperation which would lead to an ongoing program of education and communication.

Until recently, people have assumed that clergy are members of the professional middle class and can accumulate the same assets as other professionals — including some property — and pass them on to children.

He said: «It's encouraging that clergy are among the five most trusted groups especially as most children don't see much of them with just 2 per cent of people going to church on a Sunday.

As Christian clergy we proclaim the Good News concerning Lesbian, Gay, Biseixual and Transgender (LiGBiT) persons and publicly apologize where we have been silent.

Half of clergy felt, as pastors, they must deal with persons» religious and psychological needs together.

When asked how the glossary will help he said: «People will sometimes have particular words they struggle with but on the whole this will be a helpful school in parishes and sometimes with clergy as well but it's part of the wider training to enable people to use this liturgical tool and explore the riches of the prayer book going forward.&People will sometimes have particular words they struggle with but on the whole this will be a helpful school in parishes and sometimes with clergy as well but it's part of the wider training to enable people to use this liturgical tool and explore the riches of the prayer book going forward.&people to use this liturgical tool and explore the riches of the prayer book going forward.»

I would describe it as a kind of unspoken contract whereby ordained clergy take leadership responsibility, and lay people defer to that arrangement, too often in a childlike way.

Effectively, though we have given the Bible back to the people in their own language, in actual practice we have maintained the power, position, and authority of the priestly / clergy / pastoral class as the accurate interpreters of Scripture.

Correction, bible described the earth as a sphere suspended by nothing, clergy lied to the people, something they are still doing to this day.

I think a lot of people expected him to be more liberal than he has been, but he sees his role as keeping the church together when it divides on controversial issues like women priests and gay clergy.

The clergy and people of Rome, who desperately wanted Gregory as pope, seized him bodily it is said, and carried him to the basilica of St. Peter.

As well as increasing the number of black and minority ethnic (BAME) clergy, the church also wants to attract more women and younger peoplAs well as increasing the number of black and minority ethnic (BAME) clergy, the church also wants to attract more women and younger peoplas increasing the number of black and minority ethnic (BAME) clergy, the church also wants to attract more women and younger people.

Now, the Church has tried (and sometimes succeeded) in fighting these injustices — such as clergy from around the nation peacefully protesting the death of Eric Garner — yet Christians will find it increasingly difficult to remain apathetic to these cultural imperfections as more and more people walk away from a version of religion based solely on doctrine and not actions.

The town of Llandrindod Wells is hosting the historic occasion as bishops, clergy and lay people representing all six dioceses in the Church of Wales are locked inside Holy Trinity Church.

This meant for the earliest disciples a basic renunciation of the struggle for existence, implemented by a complete break with the power structure of society: the automatic prerogatives of the chosen people, the security of the holy tradition, the comfort of established religious organization and clergy — all such props, controlled by man and as a result constantly available to him for securing his existence, were in principle eliminated.

But in the ninth century, as the expense of financing all these churches and clergy became enormous, some local governments began to excise additional taxes on the people, which went to help cover the costs of maintaining the church buildings and clergy.

Could this be because people see clergy / ministers / pastors / add - title - here as tools, not people?

By and large, most earnest Christian people — and we must here include the clergy as well as the laity — are not very well equipped in this respect.

About a dozen Christian clergy and other people of conscience were arrested as they did a sit - in (or a «pray - in»).

It's terrifying that this guy says he has tried to help people for years in his position as clergy.

What began as an effort by legislators to expand judicial accountability for sexual abuse by Catholic clergy has grown to cover people in every walk of life.

In time, English people became used to the Prayer Book, to receiving the cup as well as the bread and to clergy who were married.

He himself, although chosen by an assembly in Germany at the instance of Henry III, refused to assume the functions and title of Pope until after he had entered Rome garbed as a humble pilgrim, his election was confirmed, according to long - established precedent, by the people and clergy of the city.

Whatever the means, the subject must be brought into the open, where people can deal with it, rather than fear it: Clergy can also work to make the church facilities architecturally accessible by installing wheelchair ramps as well as making bathrooms accessible to wheelchairs.

Boff certainly does not mince words, and in one place even offers a kind of Marxist analysis of institutional church life, citing «the expropriation of the religious means of production» (forgiveness, sacraments and so forth) as means by which the clergy deny power to the people.

And until you aquaint yourselves with it... 99 % of clergy are ignorant as well... you will never have a satisfactory (to any thinking person) answer to the question.

I wish these people would do some BIBLICAL research as opposed to just listening to whatever their clergy tells them.

This short introduction to the Old Testament is designed for colleagues in teaching as well as formal and informal students including working clergy persons and lay persons.

The Roper people and their proofreaders get things a bit mixed up as they deal with two «Morvarians,» one «Evengelical Mennonite,» five «Advent Christians» — want to bet the latter were Seventh - day Adventists, who have eight times as many clergy as Advent Christians?