Sentences with phrase «by leaders in my church»

Those abused by leaders in churches.

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«I accompany with prayer the positive success of the Inter-Korean summit last Friday and the courageous commitment assumed by the leaders of the two parts to carry out a path of sincere dialogue for a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons,» the Catholic Church leader told pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday.

An Australian church leader has published his reasons for participating in the controversial consecration of a missionary bishop for Europe by the conservative Anglican group, GAFCON.

Notwithstanding that I consider that there are some such flaws in the approach adopted by the Judge, I consider it is important that the church does acknowledge, as I do, that we were, and I include myself, at that time only at the beginning of learning how to deal with disclosures of abuse, and leaders such as myself did lack experience and training.

The ordained leaders of the Church, and the laity who are Christ's principal witnesses in the public square, do not enter public life proclaiming, «The Church teaches...» When the question at issue is an immoral practice, they enter the debate saying, «This is wicked; it can not be sanctioned by the law and here is why, as any reasonable person will grasp.»

There was still silence when, at around the same time, the sons of pastor Alexander Pavenko of the charismatic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord were murdered by separatists in the city of Slavyansk, when the priests of the Patriarchate of Kyev and the Muslim leaders were expelled from Crimea, and when Greek Catholic priests were tortured by the «Russian Orthodox Army.»

I will add that these early church leaders of the Latter Day Saints, that I have mentioned, engaged in this brotherly goodwill long before it became in vogue and popularly accepted by the general population of the United States.

Though I am not attending churches run by those manipulative leader types any more, the memory of it lingers long in my life.

ACN is helping local Church leaders to stand up for people's rights by providing support at the Inter-Religious Dialogue Centre in Khulna.

Results released overnight reveal Australians have resisted pressure from Church leaders by voting in favour of legalising same - sex marriage by 61.6 per cent to 38.4 per cent.

I myself am a survivor of multiple incidents of spiritual abuse by leaders in a range of evangelical, moderate, conservative, and fundamentalist churches and parachurch settings over the past 40 years.

And in the biggest apology ever for Christian persecution by other Christians, 145 global church leaders met in Albania last year and said they were sorry for having abused each other.

Chandler had previously apologized — without mentioning Hinkley by name — during a sermon at the Village Church in late May, saying that church leader counseling had turned into «control.&Church in late May, saying that church leader counseling had turned into «control.&church leader counseling had turned into «control.»

It was because we were advocating for other victims of sexual assault within the evangelical community, crimes which had been perpetrated by people in the church and whose abuse had been enabled, very clearly, by prominent leaders in the evangelical community.

The Orthodox church's late leader, Patriarch Abune Paulos, was hailed by Lee and many Ethiopians as a champion of ecumenism, serving as a president of the World Council of Churches until his death in 2012.

Hyeon - Soo Lim, leader of 3,000 - member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in suburban Toronto, has been held by North Korea since January, and allegedly confessed in August to conspiring against the government of Kim Jong - Un.

Last week, Kong Hee and five other leaders of his 17,000 - member City Harvest Church (CHC) were found guilty by Singapore's charity commissioner of siphoning $ 35.9 million in church funds to support the singing career of Kong's wife and church co-founder, Sun Ho, in the United States andChurch (CHC) were found guilty by Singapore's charity commissioner of siphoning $ 35.9 million in church funds to support the singing career of Kong's wife and church co-founder, Sun Ho, in the United States andchurch funds to support the singing career of Kong's wife and church co-founder, Sun Ho, in the United States andchurch co-founder, Sun Ho, in the United States and Asia.

Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), a network of Reformed church plants in 21 countries still dealing with the aftermath of an internal investigation of founder and president C. J. Mahaney's leadership, now faces allegations that its president and board chairman, among other leaders, covered up child sex abuse by church members.

«I beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of Church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves,» Francis said in the homily, according to a text of the statement provided by the Vatican.

Wow, was that a trigger to some nasty flashbacks... I went back to the survey I filled out in 2008 for Barb Orlowski's doctoral research on church and ministry leaders who'd been subjected to authoritarian control / abuse by other leaders.

Saul of Tarsus was not just some ordinary person he was a Roman citizen, educated by the finest scholars of his day, a zealot for the Jews and you want to make believe he fell for myth, Jesus who his fellow Sanhedrin leaders hated and crucified was a myth, Saul was dispatched to kill those who believed in a myth, Saul witnessed Stephen filled with the Holy Spirit and stood by as Stephen was stoned to death over a myth, Saul later called Paul established the church over a myth, Paul tortured and killed for refusing to reject a myth.

On that day, Polycarp, the eighty - six - year - old leader of the Christian church in Smyrna, was cruelly put to death by fire and sword because he refused to renounce Jesus Christ.

And it is a dismissive, hurtful way to speak about women, who Piper seems to have forgotten were also created in the image of God, were appointed by God as leaders at critical times in the history of Israel and the Church, and were the first to whom Jesus appeared when he inaugurated his new Kingdom on Resurrection Day.

And after all, what can I expect when, as a church leader, I quit and tell the pastor I can't stay and listen to him preach because it makes me want to throw up — and refuse to preserve the image of the church by lying to protect a sexual predator in the pulpit.

Results released overnight reveal Australians have resisted pressure from Church leaders by voting in favour of legalising same - sex marriage by 61.6 per cent to...

A nonbinding postal survey found that 62 per cent of Australians resisted pressure from Church leaders by voting in favour of legalising same - sex marriage.

She practiced what she preached in a separate thread, in which she used Twitter for a little public confession and repentance (there's a novel use of social media), asking God for forgiveness for «ways I've been complicit in & contributed to misogyny & sexism in the church by my cowardly and inordinate deference to male leaders in order to survive.»

I'd been invited by some friends to a fall youth rally at the First Baptist Church, and in the fellowship hall one night, the youth leader passed around neon blue and pink postcards that included a form letter to God promising to remain sexually abstinent until marriage.

There are numerous avenues by which this idea is presented in church settings, but most often it revolves around the idea that we serve a powerful God, and God has dispensed some of that power upon all believers, but especially the leaders of the church by giving them wisdom, vision, and special spiritual gifts.

Over the past year, I've been corresponding more regularly with victims of abuse who have patiently and graciously exposed me to the ways in which the Church routinely mishandles abuse allegations by shaming the alleged victims and protecting church leChurch routinely mishandles abuse allegations by shaming the alleged victims and protecting church lechurch leaders.

Some of these set up camp at the Institut Saint - Serge in Paris, a seminary for Russian 6migr ~ s presided over for a time by Sergei Bulgakov, who along with Vladimir Lossky was one of the beloved leaders and theologians of the Orthodox church of his generation.

John and Carol Arnott are joined by many others leaders (including Bill Johnson of Bethel Church, California who «caught the fire» from Toronto) who seek to facilitate the river of the Holy Spirit to flow in every cChurch, California who «caught the fire» from Toronto) who seek to facilitate the river of the Holy Spirit to flow in every churchchurch.

We justifiably believe that because we are in a church being cared for by the leader (s), we can not possibly be treated wrongly or dishonestly.

Every church has a dominant culture deeply influenced by the traditions and expectations of the dominant group and leaders in the church.

As you may know, Sovereign Grace Ministries, an association of Reformed church plants, is facing a significant lawsuit that alleges church leaders covered up the abuse of children by discouraging parents from reporting abuse to authorities and requiring victims to forgive their abusers in person.

The bible was commissioned and agreed upon by the Romans, and was in fact a collection of a greater number of stories, letters, etc, that were decided by church leaders in Nycea if I remember correctly.

Among churches in the U.S., the curriculum is selected by the group leader almost 2/3 of the time, and most of that time it occurs with no input from the pastor or staff.

One day in 1960 a group of church leaders from the U.S. headed by Shoki visited Bangkok.

While defense contractors say that there is no moral or religious dilemma for their employees, church leaders say that there is a problem, but one that can be solved by refusing to participate in the development or production of nuclear weapons and technology.

In the Pauline churches official leaders such as apostles, prophets, and teachers were present, but in the act of gathered worship their role as leaders was muted by the Spirit's urging and prompting of contributions by every group membeIn the Pauline churches official leaders such as apostles, prophets, and teachers were present, but in the act of gathered worship their role as leaders was muted by the Spirit's urging and prompting of contributions by every group membein the act of gathered worship their role as leaders was muted by the Spirit's urging and prompting of contributions by every group member.

Christianity during this time was fundamentally reshaped and molded by common people who «wanted their leaders unpretentious, their doctrines self - evident and down - to - earth, their music lively and singable, and their churches in local hands.»

The problem for Bell is that many of those same people think he's been moving in the «wrong direction», and church leaders are now wary of endorsing anything by him.

In such a materialistic society, the Church MUST reclaim the strong language used by early church leaders to warn of the potential dangers of wealth, and we MUST be more careful of proclaiming all wealth as an undisputed blessing froChurch MUST reclaim the strong language used by early church leaders to warn of the potential dangers of wealth, and we MUST be more careful of proclaiming all wealth as an undisputed blessing frochurch leaders to warn of the potential dangers of wealth, and we MUST be more careful of proclaiming all wealth as an undisputed blessing from God.

One can start answering these questions by observing that the church's role as a community of memory is being emphasized by thinkers like Maclntyre and Bellah and by many church leaders precisely at a time when an increasing percentage of Americans are not being born and raised in churches, or if they are, they are.

Here's the thing: at the moment, I was struck by my impression that leaders in the world had more integrity than «leaders» in the church.

Do you honestly think — and someone please answer me — by changing the name from «leader» to «elder» will change the climate in your church?

But his views in 1933 were shared by many ecumenical leaders, notably Visser t» Hooft and Pierre Maury in Geneva and Henry Smith Leiper at the Federal Council of Churches in New York.

A series of meetings organized by the Full Gospel Church in Kenya (FGCK) at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, ended with leaders of the church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party,Church in Kenya (FGCK) at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, ended with leaders of the church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party,church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party, KANU.

In February's Public Square (While We're At It), Richard John Neuhaus responds to a Christianity Today article by a married ELCA parish council member and youth group leader who discussed his desire to be able to share with his church his struggle with a homosexual inclination.

Early Church leaders wrote about persecution: «The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed» for the growth of God's people.