Sentences with phrase «avowed practicing»
Ever since the 1980 General Conference declined to take a definitive position on the ordination and appointment of «self - avowed practicing homosexuals,» the 1984 General Conference, which met last spring in Baltimore, was targeted by several groups within the church to accomplish just that purpose.
http://www.religion-online.org/
Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self - avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church.
The group is standing against their denomination's ban on «self - avowed practicing homosexuals,» reports CNN.
Therefore self - avowed PRACTICING heterosexuals are not to be certified as candidates, selected as leaders, or appointed to serve in any capacity in our organization.»
Therefore self - avowed PRACTICING homosexuals are not to be certified as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church.»
Not exact matches
Is America now more morally sensitive, more well structured in its laws and practices insofar as it accepts publicly avowed homosexual behavior; constructs laws that protect homosexuals from the criminal penalties formally attached to homosexual acts; and allows for civil unions or even gay marriages?
As a self - avowed, practicing member of this band, I wonder (as we flee from the wrath that is surely to come) if our work will be a harbinger of renewal in the church or another instance of nostalgia over a religious culture rapidly disappearing.
Their avowed goals include less testing, an end to high - stakes uses of tests (that is, making decisions about students, educators, or schools solely or primarily on test scores), and implementation of other, educationally sound assessment practices.
She is less certain and committed to the religious practices they avow, and seems somehow caught between saving her son and saving her marriage (which appeared to be dependent upon religious practices she was less committed to).