Sentences with phrase «as members of the clergy»

I continue to serve gratefully as a member of the clergy of that body.

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Significant numbers of women clergy now see opposition to their intellectual positions as ineradicably linked to right - wing Christianity or as inextricably tied to a backlash on the part of white male members in the church.

[2] In recent years many lay individuals have received professional training in chaplaincy and are now appointed as chaplains in schools, hospitals, universities, prisons and elsewhere to work alongside or instead of official members of the clergy

Claiming Romney and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints are non-Christians is an insult and it should not be encouraged by other Christian clergy as is so often is.

Although he sympathized with the civil rights movement and actively opposed the Vietnam War» he was (with Richard John Neuhaus) a member of the steering committee of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam» he felt increasingly alarmed at the radicalism of the Movement, which reminded him of the street violence he had witnessed as a child in Nazi Germany.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

I also agree with you that we face a new challenge as clergy: the day when it was assumed you were a participating member of a parish is gone.

Turning to Christian tradition, we may note that the Fathers and Doctors of the Church are virtually unanimous in their support for capital punishment, even though some of them such as St. Ambrose exhort members of the clergy not to pronounce capital sentences or serve as executioners.

Church members and older pastors think of youth ministry as «entry - level» work, which only encourages younger clergy to climb the ladder toward something worth their time.

Its program of service and ministry has demonstrated that the clergy can be trained for a special ministry to alcoholics, provided there are more institutions that can use their services as active members of the staff cooperating with others.

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.

To do so, both clergy and lay members must look beyond parochial institutional concerns and deliberately develop a broader view of the world and the role of the Church as a transforming agent.

In Power and Privilege Gerhard Lenski identifies clergy as members of the «retainer» class, buffering the ruling elite from the peasants.

That said, the reason many Old Catholic and Independent Catholic denominations have avoided the pedophilia scandals has more to do with the form of governance (synod - based decision making, laity inclusive or laity directed), recognition that clergy are mere humans with a special calling and ministry (as opposed to «always to be obeyed» representatives of the «monarchy» / Vatican and king / Pope), clergy are often members of the community at large (married or not, they have homes, careers, and lives outside a rectory), and the fact that clergy have not been brought up in seminary / parochial schools as young boys where they learned how to be abusers because they were abused themselves, but in homes.

How complimentary is it to refer to the members of a church as a flock of sheep, and how appropriate is it to speak of clergy as pastors?

As an authorized spokesperson and member of the clergy of the Church of Satan I am writing to respond to the articles about the inmate suing the prison in order to be allowed to practice «Satanism.»

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.

After 25 years of being brought up brain - washed I freed myself and now I look at all clergy as the most corrupt members of society.

What has been the experience of a government addiction program in its use of clergy as members of the professional team?

Always, however, as heretofore, members of religious orders were supposedly more fully committed to Jesus and to the Christian faith than were the rank and file of the laity or even of the secular clergy.

When the work of conversion was completed, in theory the missions were «secularized» — that is, the missionaries, most of whom were «regulars» (members of orders), were required to give place to the «secular» clergy, and normal parish administration, such as existed in districts longer under European rule, was introduced.

I am a scholar / practitioner who is often torn between my academic interest in ritual performance and my responsibilities as a member of the Christian clergy and am myself ordained to perform Christian rites and rituals.

As members of Christ's Body, all Christians, clergy and laity alike, are to pray for one another.

Clergy have filled prominent roles as officers and board members of mental health agencies and associations; most boards include one or more clergymen.

The material in this chapter is based on the author's experience as a clergy staff member of the Community Services division, Nebraska Psychiatric Institute.

First, as already noted, the purpose of the hierarchy of the clergy is not to dominate, but to divinise all the members of the body of Christ.

Conservative MP Chris Davies welcomed the progress the Church had made increasing female clergy members, but added: «What steps are the Church taking to ensure the diversity of those being considered for ordination better reflects the country as a whole?»

There are no professional clergy in the Baha'i faith but in areas where there are a large number of the faithful, members elect a national spiritual assembly who provide guidance and perform religious ceremonies such as weddings and funerals.

It is surprising, given the events of the last year, to imagine that some members of the Roman Catholic clergy actively seek to be ordained a bishop, and even regard their path towards this office as an ecclesiastical «career.»

If the church, taken as a whole, is at best irrelevant and at worst a training center for hypocrisy, indifference and callousness, it is unlikely that the clergy — members of the religious Establishment — will be the ones to initiate the program of radical change that seems to be called for.

Canon Alderton - Ford told Premier church members can help their clergy as they deal with the pressures of the job in a number of ways: «One is be an encourager.

Perhaps by acknowledging them and understanding them better, we can reduce our sense of isolation and guilt and prevent these feelings from festering into a basically destructive relationship — not only for the clergy spouses but for all members of a parsonage family, and for the church as a whole.

As with the Protestant alienation a century earlier, the severance of formal ties has been the achievement of enlightened and observant clergy, or members of religious orders, acting in order to shelter their upgrading institutions from church authorities who were seen as anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governancAs with the Protestant alienation a century earlier, the severance of formal ties has been the achievement of enlightened and observant clergy, or members of religious orders, acting in order to shelter their upgrading institutions from church authorities who were seen as anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governancas anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governance.

It is commonly supposed that these forms of clothing were deliberately chosen to mark the individual as a member of a particular order of clergy and to set the clergy apart from the laity.

The staff members of the centers generally recognize the potential of the local clergy and the churches as community resources but express bewilderment as to how to relate to the various clergy and local congregations in a manner that will be mutually helpful.

«the law's effectiveness is yet to be tested, in part because of protections it gives to «confidential communications,» as well as a vague definition of who should be considered a member of the clergy.

I make no judgement about something which, as a non-member, is no concern of mine; but if I were a member, then I should be forced to say that, in my opinion, if men were to be stationed at the doors of churches with whips to drive worshippers away, or inside the religious orders specifically to discourage vocations, or among the clergy to spread alarm and despondency, they could not hope to be as effective in achieving these ends as are trends and policies seemingly now dominant within the Church.

The detention of several powerful Saudi figures and members of clergy, can not only be seen in terms of domestic reforms and consolidation of power intended by Mohammed bin Salman, but also as giving him more room to manoeuvre in developing closer ties with Israel, given the hostility Saudi regime would have faced from actors that are anything but pro-Israel.

On Thursday, Sistas and Brothas United (SBU) as well as members of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition dropped off signatures urging the passage of the Dream Act, which opens tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

Diaz, the entire Bronx Council delegation, along with members of the Northwest Bronx Comnunity and Clergy Coalition and the city's biggest retail workers union, fought for living wage jobs as part of a Community Benefits agreement with the developer, the Related Companies, but a deal couldn't be worked out.

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.

Mr. Julius Debrah made the call when he interacted with the members of the clergy in the Volta Region as part of his campaign tour of the region.

«With 2013 as my last year of annual appointments, I am proud of the enormous strides we have made to strengthen Community Boards as the first line of defense for Manhattan neighborhoods,» Stringer said in a statement Monday announcing the members, which also include NYCHA residents, housing advocates and clergy members.

Employing admirable restraint while focusing on the crack team of Boston reporters who exposed the pedophilic crimes being committed by members of the clergy, this riveting film ends up being about the awful abuse of power as much as about that last - gasp period before journalism shifted from being a conduit of reliable information into a circus act of celebrity reporters riding unicycles of distortion and deceit.

The housing allowance provided for a member of the clergy as a part of their pay is not normally included in taxable income, but it is reported as a part of their net earnings from self - employment.

And when a 41 - foot - tall inflatable version traveled to Venice as part of Mr. Quinn's 2013 retrospective show at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, The Telegraph reported that members of the Catholic clergy had complained, arguing that the sculpture was «out of place» situated directly beside the church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

More specifically, although this section provides a special rule for members of the clergy, it does so as an accommodation to patients who seek to engage in religious conduct.

As South Floridians mourn the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, specialists from the Israel Trauma Coalition have come to Broward County to share their expertise with teachers, counselors, clergy members, first responders and other community «helpers,» according to a news release.

Use friends or members of the clergy only as a last resort.

• Organized worship services in innovative and ecumenical ways • Offered religious and divine guidance to patients, residents, employees, and managers • Participated in groups and conferences to enhance the continuity of care to patients • Established constructive working relationships with all members of the health team in addition to the volunteers • Kept records as required • Started and maintained contact with area clergy through discussion