Sentences with phrase «by other churches»

The fellowship of these churches includes people excluded by other churches or who exclude themselves from other churches, which is really the same thing.

One of the obvious difficulties with these suggestions is that the fundamental issue as to how the individual churches themselves have internalized different understandings of baptism as being a part of their existence and self - identity, an existence and identity which has very often been at least partially shaped as a reaction to the teachings propounded by other churches, has not been adequately addressed.

Furthermore, there are churches which do not recognize the baptism administered by other churches, and some of them practise what appears to be re-baptism when people come over to them.»

Which is the RESTORED Church of Jesus Christ, which was established on this earth by Christ himself... then was revised over and over again by other churches, to fit their own agendas...

the church there shortly thereafter went bankrupt and had to be supported by other churches.

We are also looking for things in the community that are done by other churches and organizations.

Methodism came into being to meet individual and societal needs that were not being dealt with by other church institutions, first in England and then elsewhere, especially on this continent.

That they are many in number is clear from the statements of purpose made by schools when they define to what end they are training ministers, and by other church organizations — denominations, councils, conferences, et cetera — when they justify their activities.

Not exact matches

Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier of France exchanged vows Saturday in a church wedding attended by Scandinavian royals and other dignitaries.

Fortin was joined by other franchise owners, including Aslam Khan, the owner of 200 Church's Chicken stores, and Lani Dolifka, the co-chief executive and co-founder of Watermill Express.

It should be clear by now that Antioch's problem is not the same as those expressed by the other dissenting churches; rather, it goes to the heart of how a council can be held at all.

Some may wonder why it still is necessary if they were baptized in other churches, then why would they still need to be baptized by the LDS church members through proxy.

In other words, I as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ, can do the work for the person who has died by being baptized for him.

As it turned out, the parishioner who had made that insulting remark so many decades earlier got the very same service, and her nice casket was covered at the door of the church by the same pall that covered dear Bernice's very lowly casket.I look forward to the day when Bernice and the other lady stand side by side before the throne of heavenly grace.

Other than maybe a justice of the peace any Reverend, preacher or priest ought to be excommunicated by the church.

The church is not authorized to represent the reign of God, his justice and peace, in any other way than that in which Jesus represented it, namely by being partners with him in challenging the powers of evil and bearing in its own life the cost of the challenge.

He frequently cites the work of Frank Furstenburg and Arlie Hochschild, two sociologists of family and gender relations whose views are by no means ideologically conservative, and he avoids value - loaded language, especially when it comes to describing the mainline Protestant churches whose leadership has, by and large, capitulated to the secular - elitist acceptance of extramarital sex, abortion, homosexuality, and other practices that conservative Christians view as inimical to moral life and family health.

Other checks are exercised by the «independent sector»» churches, voluntary associations, labor unions, foundations, and, to some extent, universities.

We did not attend church every Sunday or abide by any of the other religious rules you are supposed to follow....

Think of the souls that will be rescued by this man from the error of the Pentecostals and others that have encouraged those poor people to stray from the loving, enfolding arms of the one true Church.

I heard a pastor the other day say that his church's giving was down by 50 percent.

Bombarded on one side by a media and culture that urges them to have uncommitted sex at any opportunity, and on the other by a Church that tells them sharply that they should not (but they should get married and have a family), it can be a struggle.

No less important, he said, the Catholic Church also claims an «authoritative teaching authority not made by other Christian communities, and certainly not by the NAE.»

If the past few years are anything to go by, this growing interest in strong relationships between the LCMS and other confessing Christian churches is likely to continue into President Harrison's second term.

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?).

BUT... if the Church is going to claim and treat sexual deviance (if in fact that is what they believe it is) with such force over and against all other indiscretions, how do they justify that... and how isn't it hypocritical of them when they simply wink at other things that are clearly outlined by Jesus» own words as grievous.

Much of the Christian church in the United States finds itself in the grip of the same phenomenon: people drop by occasionally, but an increasing share of the population searches for spirituality in other ways.

By giving benediction in 1930 to its married heterosexual members purposely seeking sterile sex, the Anglican Church lost, bit by bit, any authority to tell her other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to do the samBy giving benediction in 1930 to its married heterosexual members purposely seeking sterile sex, the Anglican Church lost, bit by bit, any authority to tell her other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to do the samby bit, any authority to tell her other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to do the same.

It is hard to believe that either new development — the widespread open rebellion against church sexual teachings by the laity, or the concomitant quiet rebellion against church sexual teachings by a significant number of priests — could have existed without the other.

i really would love to be led by somebody who feels what i feel and is courageous enough to say that even though he is the pastor and this is his church and there is nothing to be afraid of because Christ found us and not the other way around, yet he still gets scared.

Think of it this way, the Church of Rome (started with Peter the Apostle) and the great Churches of the Orthodoxy (by other Apostles) pre-date the bible!

• Historian James Hitchcock has an insightful column comparing the formal similarities shared by the Episcopal Church in the United States and the New York Times: One is losing members, the other subscribers.

It can only be met by a robustly evangelical Catholicism that proposes the gospel in a compelling and courageous way, and that insists that public authorities permit the Church the free space to be itself, make its gospel proposal, and offer the service of charity to others.

Even though the scripture uses some aspects of ancient mil life to help us understand spiritual truths, the mil life and church life are not a perfect analogy or paradigm by which to judge the other.

They still have to comply with federal and state laws, which means gays are out, but everyone else has to be considered for employment by the company (the only exceptions to the law are where your religion or other protected status are essential for the job... for example, a Muslim couldn't sue an Episcopalian church who wouldn't hire them in an administrative role because their faith clashes with that of the church — things like that don't apply to a fast food chain).

These beliefs are apparently the ones set forth by Messrs. Johnson, Hoge, and Luidens in «Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline» (FT, March 1993): (1) That Christianity is the only religion with a valid claim to truth, (2) that persons can be saved only through Jesus Christ and otherwise go to hell, and (3) that therefore one should try to convert others to the Christian faith.

This gift of hearing was made up by none other than the church!

In other words, any alteration to who we are as a people, whether individually or corporately, is not experienced by us â $ œon a consistent basisâ $, but merely in those times when we remember it is not achieved through some attempt to â $ œreformâ $ the Church or, for that matter, ourselves, and sit down beside the oasis for awhile with Him.

Since when has the Catholic church concerned itself with any other civil rights besides the right of people to be deceived by religion?

Technically all churches are for Mithra, so you'd be better off accepting the words of The Bard... a rose by any other name....

The subtlety of the Second Vatican Council's statement in Nostra Aetate that the «Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in [other] religions» has often been missed by Catholics on both sides of the ecclesial aisle.

Actually, Corey, God's nonexistence does not impede the ability of the people of that church to love Lucas and each other and by so doing make everybody's lives better.

The Lord is in the process of gathering living stones to form the new covenant temple to be located in, not separated by doctrinal - opinion - church - buildings, but the territorial locality whose believers will be one Heart, Mind, and one in judgment, so the leaven of sin may not, can not, drag others down.

The gospel can not be preached in any other language than its own: a language deeply shaped by the Sacred Scriptures, a language that has been revealed and received and is not to be recast when the culture suggests that the Church do so.

The survey suggests that while church attendance patterns over the past three and half decades have been most influenced by changes in how often Southerners, Catholics and women go to services, other factors may play a bigger role in the future, Schwadel said, noting how church attendance had stayed mostly steady despite the demographic changes.

I was asked the other day by a copier salesman (who was calling the church to sell me paper), «What was it like growing up as the son of Joel Hunter»?

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).

A secondary answer is that the Church may be required to speak to a question of justice when it is being ignored by others.

But he should have been more forceful as a church leader to know how children can be manipulated to their detriment by others with power.

He notes that there are other autonomous and autocephalous churches not recognized by Moscow and that these disputes will have to be «resolved by a Pan-Orthodox Council.»