Sentences with phrase «called by clergy»

The mobilization had been called by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, one of the first such efforts by the activist group now known as Clergy and Laity Concerned.

«I'm a deputy communications director of the NDC and I'm saying that is the stand point of the NDC and our response to the call by the clergy and those mounting pressure on the EC to change the voter register,» Boahene stressed

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My question is this: what would it take for the American church at large (American church in this case meaning mainline denominations, other individual sects like the Mennonites with their huge variety of conservative to liberal congregations, nondenominational churches of all sizes mega and not, etc.) to make a concerted effort to call out abuse demonstrated by clergy in both church, public, and private settings?

«The clergy could be called to account by the state if they failed to make use of their privileges for the benefit of the poor.»

In a poll taken by Christianity Today in 1957, for example, among members of the Protestant clergy who chose to call themselves conservative or fundamental, 48 % affirmed that belief in Scripture's inspiration also demanded a commitment to its inerrancy, while 52 % said they were either unsure of the doctrine of inerrancy or rejected it outright.1 Discussion within evangelicalism concerning the inspiration of Scripture has usually focused on this point: whether or not Scripture is inerrant.

LouAz said «To this minute not a single catholic priest, bishop, arch bishop,,, has called a cop and said he is reporting a child possibly being molested or being molested by any catholic clergy any place in the world!»

In Ohio, a group called Catholics United released a letter this month signed by 36 Cincinnati clergy and lay leaders, including 11 Catholic nuns, denouncing allegations that Driehaus» healthcare vote begat government - funded abortion.

To this minute not a single catholic priest, bishop, arch bishop, cardinal, or poop has called a cop and said he is reporting a child possibly being molested or being molested by any catholic clergy any place in the world!

In the island, again, called the island of Dioscorides [Socotora], which is situated in the same Indian sea, and where the inhabitants speak Greek, having been originally colonists sent thither by the Ptolemies who succeeded Alexander the Macedonian, there are clergy who receive their orders in Persia and are sent on to the island, and there is also a multitude of Christians.

Only by coming to terms with an experience of Spirit of their own do clergy have a ghost of a chance to fulfill their calling.

After the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than 4,000 pastors signed on to a letter initiated by 12 clergy in Newtown calling for commonsense solutions to reduce gun violence.

Then, this spring, came a systematic series of attacks on the Church - given massive force by the Internet - with co-ordinated media stories purporting to show the Holy Father's failure to grapple with the problem of sexual abuse by the clergy, and across websites and blogs, and leader articles and opinion - columns, came calls for his resignation.

Local clergy were disenfranchised by the reorganization of the American Baptist Convention into a biennial nonorganization called the «American Baptist Churches, USA.»

Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, we wish to conclude by calling on Nananom, Civil Society, the clergy and all Ghanaians to rise and condemn government's unfair and heartless treatment of small scale miners.

At noon, clergy will hold a press conference and deliver a petition signed by over 100 faith leaders calling for the Millionaire's Tax to be expanded and the 2 percent spending cap eliminated in order to invest in fighting poverty and inequality, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

In response to the breaking of his scared vow, the remaining priests are called upon by the Church to return him back to the clergy, dead or alive.

For my efforts I have been called «deceitful» and «untruthful» by local clergy and, my favorite, «a fool who doeth think he is wise» by a resident Marine Biologist.

(A call for a Public Inquiry into abuse of children and vulnerable adults by Clergy in England and Wales.)