Sentences with phrase «by local churches for»

Computers, while not a narrowcast medium, strictly speaking, nevertheless must be considered by local churches for use as a helpful tool in allowing special interests groups to aggregate around topics of interest, for news and information, and for financial accounting and transfer.

No matter that even in our own complex and secular day, when the old notion of «parish» as a particular area where people sleep and work has almost expired, the majority of people can still be ministered to by local churches for most of their lives if they are interested in the services of ministry.

Not exact matches

Tired of being bugged by all that endless chatter, everyone is welcome, try us for thirty days, no dogma, no cash offerings required, no churches to attend (your local bar will do especially on Fridays), of course buyijng a T - shirt wouldn't kill you and would help spread HIS word.

By the way, take a trip down South; EVERY OTHER billboard is either a direct quote from the Bible or an advertisement for a local church (that last one sure is ironic, isn't it?).

The picture of the Church that emerged was distorted by this apologetic context — too much emphasis was being given to points that were disputed (the authority of the pope, for example) and not enough given to other important points (such as the nature of the local churches).

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

But rather than putting such local churches back under the supervision of «Prop,» put them into trusteeship under the supervision of a reconstituted and re-staffed Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization — just as a failed company that goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy is supervised by a trustee until such time as the company can stand on its own feet again.

(1) The inconsistency was stated thus: The Disciples churches by requiring the rebaptism of members of other churches who apply for membership in a local church of Disciples deny their fundamental commitment to the cause of Christian unity.

Young local Churches begin as «mission territory,» and their bishops are chosen in consultation with what's now called the «Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples» (but which everyone in Rome still refers to by its old name, «Propaganda,» or simply «Prop»).

Research from a questionnaire taken by The Institute for American Church Growth showed that when over 4000 people in 35 states and three countries were asked why they became part of a local church, 75 % to 90 % responded that friends and relatives were the «door of entrance.&Church Growth showed that when over 4000 people in 35 states and three countries were asked why they became part of a local church, 75 % to 90 % responded that friends and relatives were the «door of entrance.&church, 75 % to 90 % responded that friends and relatives were the «door of entrance.»

It sounds good to say «spend less on a building and send the extra money for mission endeavors instead», but in reality that amount money would not be received and sent out by the local church otherwise.

A fund controlled by a local church gave the board $ 250,000 for «racial justice,» and the money was allocated to BAG and BAWA.

During 1969 - 74, for instance, giving to local churches increased 28 per cent while allocations by those same churches to the UUA fell by 32 per cent.

The Holy See only established diplomatic relations with Burma in May, and the local Catholic Church had begged Francis not to create waves - and possible problems for them - by using the term.

To discover that a parish has, for example, an empiric - gnostic orientation may be a helpful recognition, but that finding alone does not identify the whole range of motifs and images by which a local church understands its world.

«This year - long tour has given me a real understanding of how the innovation and vibrancy displayed by cathedral staff and their congregations is ensuring that these important churches continue to play a crucial role at the heart of local communities now and for centuries to come.»

Had I been in a local church for most of my ministry, I suppose I should have done what has been done by my able and insightful friends who have followed that course; namely, worked it through personally and professionally, realized that the ministry is a unity, although one of complex functions, and from then on kept publicly quiet.

As opposed to the thousands and thousands of billboards & church message boards every 50 ft with their snarky comments pushing their beliefs and quite often attacking non -(Jesus) believers and / or science directly or indirectly, all the millions of people that like to go around constantly «sharing their beliefs» about how everyone who believes differently is gonna be tortured and burned for eternity, or the countless attempts by local, state, and federal government officials to push laws based on those beliefs and to favor those beliefs all over the country.

They're just going to church with their friends, unaware that their congregation is a model for how to be «post» many things (postevangelical, postliberal, postconservative, postmodern) precisely by sinking its roots deeper into the local, the particular and the church catholic.

In Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre's «After Virtue» (1998), Wilson responds to moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who concludes his celebrated 1991 critique of modernity by calling for «the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us....

The temples are so sacred that the doors are not even open for all Mormons; only those deemed sufficiently worthy by local church leadership are granted a «temple recommend» or an entry card.

During these crusades, Moody pioneered many techniques of evangelism: a house - to - house canvass of residents prior to a crusade; an ecumenical approach enlisting cooperation from all local churches and evangelical lay leaders regardless of denominational affiliations; philanthropic support by the business community; the rental of a large, central building; the showcasing of a gospel soloist; and the use of an inquiry room for those wanting to repent.

I went to a local Mormon church in the very late 90's and they preach from the Baptist Bible and it was quite an informative few weeks and for one who was looking for something I definitely picked up a few vital bits of information that wouldn't have been known by not being there.

By the end of the book we are exhorted to intone the Jabez prayer every morning, to tape a copy of the prayer on our Bible, day - timer or bathroom mirror, and to pray the prayer for our «family, friends, and local church.»

For that reason, I don't go to church anymore... and, because I wouldn't wish what happened to me on any friend or foe, I too often catch myself being a vocal «church anti-witness», undoing the work towards increasing attendance that so much effort is put into by local pastors.

If you're actually interested in becoming Catholic, stop by your local church and ask for some info.

An analysis of both local congregational idiom and the way the gospel message confronts and yet is conveyed by that language would be a better starting point for efforts to assist the local church.

After the early experiments by individual persons, the group life of special dedication that we know as monasticism began to grow; so that nearly every geographical area had both local churches for people in general and special Christian communities for monks.

Yet one more conviction links the one thousand columns, and in fact dates back to the earlier series of Catholic press columns I wrote from 1979 until 1986: the conviction that the Catholic Church in the United States, for all its difficulties, is more likely to be the «Church in the modern world» envisioned by the Second Vatican Council than any other local Church.

It was Wheeler who was asked to write the closing chapter, assessing the import of congregational studies for the future of the church, of the upcoming book reporting on the findings presented at the Atlanta conference (Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice of the Local Church, to be published by Harper & Row in early church, of the upcoming book reporting on the findings presented at the Atlanta conference (Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice of the Local Church, to be published by Harper & Row in early Church, to be published by Harper & Row in early 1983).

«Spectatoritis» in any church is a dangerous malady, which has been greatly intensified of late years by the prevailing practice of securing a speaker for every occasion instead of using local effort and initiative in preparing a program.

A consultation convened by the WCC in cooperation with the Innere Mission of East Germany's evangelical churches issued this statement: «We affirm the continuing need for institutions in which the most severely disabled experience help, protection and care, even while at the same time we call for the integration of the disabled and the able - bodied within the local congregation.»

Within a local area, numbers of churches will tacitly accept an ecumenical answer by simply pointing out that «signing» for the deaf is carried on at one or more specific churches in the city, and deaf members in a church where such signing is not practiced are in effect invited to the church where it is, even though that church may be of another denomination.

Consider local parks, empty lots owned by neighbors who wouldn't mind having them cleaned up and taken care of for free and church lawns that might serve the community better by growing food instead of requiring regular mowing.

The purpose of this final chapter is to discuss a five - pronged approach by which a local church can fulfill its opportunities and release its potentialities for good in this area.

One must, surely, chuckle with delight at the wonderfully ironic thought of the physical overlap of all those deliberately liturgically impoverished South coast dioceses with all those currently Anglo - Catholic parishes, soon to be safely in the Catholic Church but barricaded against the local Catholic bishop within their ordinariate, South coast parishes so renowned for reverent, sumptuous and utterly numinous liturgy, often with wonderful music sung by professional choirs, and glorious antique vestments, saved from the scrap heap as they were thrown out ofCatholic churches by the Spirit - of - Vatican - ll.

The five - pronged approach described above for use by a local church can also be used advantageously by denominational and ecumenical groups in their planning of alcoholism strategy.

A funeral gatecrasher who attended every wake at her local church for the last 14 years has been defended by its priest after being criticised by grieving relatives.

For example, while I led the funeral procession from the house of the deceased to the burial ground — dressed in the traditional attire of the local Christian priest, and accompanied by a band of church members singing Christian lyrics — there was a group of Dalit leaders, sometimes accompanied by a group of drummers, fulfilling the native Dalit ritualistic requirements.

They hear the offer of an opportunity for the black church to control more of the resources hitherto handled by federal and local government.

A study by Action for Children, which has links to the Methodist Church, has found 60 % of local authorities in England do not know the true extent of child neglect in their areas.

Church reports suggest the incident was motivated by an attempt to steal the Sisters» land or other property deeds left with them for safekeeping by poor and illiterate locals.

A study by Action for Children, which has links to the Methodist Church, has found 60 % of local authorities... More

By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cChurch; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cchurch and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan churchchurch.

Only one program known to the author is produced in this way: the Seventh Day Adventist program «It Is Written,» which is produced by the central communication agency of the church from denominational funds, with local churches of the denomination paying for its broadcast in their local area.

It is possible that religious television programs for church members fill a complementary role, maintaining and increasing their enthusiasm by providing alternative ideas for local church development, maintaining their level of personal inspiration, or by supplying things which are not otherwise available at their local church.

However, for people who are dissatisfied with their local church, who have little established connection with a local church, or whose religious consciousness may be awakened by a viewed religious program, the research indicates that paid - time religious programs, by presenting themselves as competent alternatives to the local church, offering a range of services similar to the local church, and not referring respondents or enquirers to a local church, may be acting as a barrier to people's developing their faith most fully within this interpersonal context.

Hilton concluded his research by stating that his research had found little to substantiate the fear that the electric church was draining money away from the local churches, though he also found little support for the broadcasters» contention that the broadcasters were generating money for the local church by building up the commitment of believers.

The church must stand up for human ideals and their realization through policies by governments local, state and federal, for which they share responsibility.