Sentences with phrase «as the minister in»

Figures like these convince me that the standard proposal of church leaders — that seminary faculty regularly spend sabbaticals or other periods of leave as ministers in congregations — is misguided.

And instead of going back to Cambridge, I went on to serve as a minister in one of the churches where I had worked with youth.

In - Pastrix, she examines her own vulnerabilities and prejudices, as well as her trials as a minister in a newly formed church.

Faith has stood me in good stead over the last 25 years, especially the last 18 as a minister in Santa Fe.

The church authorized the ordination of women as deacons in 1910, as ruling elders in 1930, and as ministers in 1956.

Part of my job, as a minister in The United Church of Canada is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ (and Jesus» Good News, at least as expressed in scripture, has something to do with God).

Part of my job, as a minister in The United Church of Canada is to celebrate the sacraments of baptism (in the name of the Trinity, in fact, we still have to use the traditional trinitarian formula, even if we wish we could do otherwise) and communion.

As a result, he formally resigned as minister in July of 1858 and moved to Madras where he worked as minister of a church supported by the ABCFM Madras Mission.

In a metropolitan model, the Presbyterian and the Methodist see themselves primarily as ministers in a local community, co-laborers with the Lutherans and Pentecostals and Catholics on the next block, working together to build a semblance of the city of God within the city of man.

Elite theological schools would be able to «train» their students to fulfill their functions as ministers in just that spirit.

Israel as a whole is a «kingdom of priests» (Exodus 19:6), but within Israel Yahweh chooses Aaron and his sons as ministers in his house.

Ezekwesili however regretted that similar initiative conceived for primary schools in the country was abandoned after she left as minister in 2007.

The Benue South Progressive Forum has appreciated President Muhammad Buhari for nominating Chief Audu Ogbeh as a minister in the impending cabinet.

I quite understand that, as a Minister in the Ministry of Justice, he can not be involved, but I hope he hears my argument and acts on it.

Mr Mercer is a «very talented MP» and could return as a minister in a Conservative government, Mr Cameron said.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, says he will resign as a minister in the next two weeks.

The more respectable parts of the Brexit programme, such as the ministers in government who campaigned for Vote Leave, would never repeat his slurs and nor would they think them privately.

«Even Fayemi that boasted of having N8 billion to spend on the election, can the APC point to one benefit Ekiti has derived from his position as minister in charge of solid minerals?

Lord Heseltine, 83, who served as a minister in the Thatcher government, said he was informed by the Conservative chief whip in the Lords he was to be sacked «from the five jobs with which I have been helping the government».

In January 2013 Loughton was involved in a political dispute involving his earlier work as a minister in the Department of Education when he compared the role of Education Secretary Michael Gove to «Young Mr Grace» from the British sitcom Are You Being Served?

As does Harriet Harman: «We're all getting on with the job as ministers in the government which Gordon Brown leads.

«We're all getting on with the job as ministers in the government which Gordon Brown leads.

A Conservative backbencher suggesting a pact with UKIP said Nigel Farage has got «a lot of talent» when asked if the smaller party leader could serve as a minister in a Tory government.

Atiku also congratulate him on his appointment as Minister in the current APC - led Federal Government of Nigeria saying «I think every Nigerian who pays attention to public affairs rightly believes that it is a well - deserved appointment.»

«As a Minister in the First Republic, he was one of those who assisted our Founding Fathers, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello and Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, to fashion Nigeria politically and lay the grounds of national co-existence.

Last week, just before the wedding raid, he was promoted back into government as a minister in the Department of Work and Pensions.

Dr. Nduom, who was originally a member of the Convention People's Party (CPP), once served as a Minister in the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, before forming the PPP, after he fell out with the CPP.

What he has done, is — he's an expert in this area and served as a minister in this area, in pensions — and he's come out with a very reasonable report.»

Cameron says he was present when Strathclyde attended his first meeting as a minister in 1988.

The Conservatives» only MP for a Scottish constituency, David Mundell, who served as a minister in the department from 2010 - 15, takes this position.

Tony Benn served as a minister in the 1960s and 1970s but moved to the left of the party in the 1980s.

A former minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has disclosed that former president Goodluck Jonathan begged her many times to serve as a minister in his...

As further allegations surfaced in the wake of Johnson's death, Shapps resigned as a minister in November over his appointment of Clarke; he denied wrongdoing but said «responsibility should rest somewhere».

«Given the very serious nature of what has subsequently occurred I can not help but conclude that the only right course of action is for me to step down as Minister in your government.»

A few days after the nuclear crisis began to unfold at the Fukushima power station in Japan, Singh, who also serves as minister in charge for atomic energy, ordered a safety review of all 20 nuclear power plants and a half dozen research reactors owned and operated by the government.

As biographer Graham Farmelo shows in Churchill's Bomb, Churchill managed to redeem his faltering performance as a minister in the first world war by elevating the «atomic bomb» from a neologism created by H. G. Wells to an existential risk in one deft essay, «Shall We All Commit Suicide?»

He was last seen onscreen in an uncredited role as a minister in Elmer Gantry (1960).

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Royal Jet is chaired by His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who also serves as Minister in the UAE Federal Cabinet.

He was a member of Cabinet for all 10 years, serving as Minister in 5 Cabinet posts: 4 years as Attorney General, as well as Labour, Training Colleges and Universities, Aboriginal Affairs, and Energy.

My twenty five years as a Minister in the Presbyterian Church have given me a unique theological perspective as a Therapist.

Before being involved with Imago, he was ordained as minister in the Dutch Reformed Church.

Since becoming a Country Liberal Party Senator for the Northern Territory in the Australian Parliament in October 2001, I've been privileged to hold a wide variety of portfolios as both a Minister in the Howard Government and as a Shadow Minister in Opposition.

Not exact matches

And Varadkar hosted his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, in Dublin, as his first official guest as Prime Minister.

There's even a chance the dreamy Prime Minister will provide some free publicity, as Justin Trudeau did for Microsoft Corp. when it opened an office in Vancouver last year, for example.

But Bernier's 18 - month tenure as industry minister stands in retrospect as a golden age for this government's business policy.

Defence Issues Minister Paul Papalia says Western Australia has been dudded in the federal government's $ 89 billion naval shipbuilding plan, of which WA will receive just over $ 3 billion of work, while the prime minister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalisticMinister Paul Papalia says Western Australia has been dudded in the federal government's $ 89 billion naval shipbuilding plan, of which WA will receive just over $ 3 billion of work, while the prime minister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalisticminister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalistic».

In the aftermath of the referendum, Tsipras decided to present the head of his finance minister as a symbol that the Greek government was serious about negotiating in good faitIn the aftermath of the referendum, Tsipras decided to present the head of his finance minister as a symbol that the Greek government was serious about negotiating in good faitin good faith.

BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industry is being welcomed by environmentalists and, with some reservations, by industry players, as a key step in fighting climate change.

Newly appointed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waves as he leaves the Presidential Palace in Athens, on January 27, 2015.