Sentences with phrase «church affiliation»

This figure was substantially lower (19 percent) for those who had no current church affiliation.

I am curious if you have a home church affiliation.

The first is the inclusion of church affiliation in what we refer to as «the American way of life,» Franklin D. Roosevelt, the primary spokesman for the American cause in World War II, articulated the four freedoms for which Americans were fighting; one of these was freedom of religion.

We believe God led us back last year (12 years later, this time with our 2 kids in tow), though now without any straight church affiliations, just spiritual support of mentors and friends.

There have been many moments in the history of my denomination — United Methodist — when its members could have responded to questions about church affiliation with «I don't belong to a denomination, I belong to a movement.»

While traditional church affiliation fades, religious faith persists.

To be ashamed of mentioning God, to ignore the Creator's power, to substitute false idols for the true and living Creator, to ridicule church affiliations and religious beliefs, is a mark of deterioration, not progress.

Bachmann, who received her J.D. degree from Oral Roberts University, spoke with CT about her new church affiliation, charismatic ties, and why she believes it's time for the country to place a mother in the White House.

The Bible clearly says that to be a Christian is not based on church affiliation or even behavior but based on whether or not a person has received God's gift of eternal life through His son Jesus.

Both students and parents respected my efforts to maintain objectivity in class, and when I asked the students what qualifications teachers of the course should have, none mentioned church affiliation as necessary, though they did observe that teaching a Bible course would probably be easier for a person with a strong Christian background (I agree).

Church affiliation does not make a university Christian.

At the same time there has been at the other extreme almost an unquestioning and uncritical acceptance of Jesus by many other Christians, especially among large groups of young people without any formal church affiliation.

Not only was I asked to speak to religious groups, from local congregations to denominational assemblies, but I was even asked to preach — at a time when I had no church affiliation.

It sounds to me like his parents were rather opportunistic in their church affiliation, and chose what suited the needs of the moment best.

A lot of church - related schools have ended up with a large proportion of faculty and administrators who are indifferent to or suspicious of the church affiliation of their school.

What is your church affiliation?

Church affiliation?

For many people in my congregation, the primary experience of covenants — marriage, family, church affiliation or job — has been their endings.

Yet here I am writing to us all now, as a larger family united by the Spirit, wherever we fall on our history and practices, church affiliation or theology.

Church affiliation and libertarianism seem to be inversely proportional in America.

The assertion that people who have no church affiliation can be religious often is, then, a declaration of independence.

Those with a church affiliation use these counseling facilities more often than those without a church affiliation: 61 percent of those with a church affiliation compared to 50 percent of those without.

When broken down into categories of members, the number increased to 9 percent of those without a current church affiliation compared to 2 percent for those with a church affiliation.

There is a small detrimental effect present and this is shown to be greater among those who have no established church affiliation or who are dissatisfied with their current church affiliation.

In a survey of its partners, CBN found that 36 percent of its partners with a church affiliation reported increased involvement with their local church because of their viewing of CBN programs.

The strongest discriminating variables between the audience and non-audience of religious television programs are religious interest and church affiliation.

Those who were not affiliated with a church also reported a greater tendency to become less involved than those with a church affiliation.

While the characteristics mentioned in the previous section dominate in the audience of religious television programs, evidence suggests that these programs are watched on occasion and in some cases regularly by non - Protestants, non-evangelicals, those of higher income and education, those in white - collar occupations, and those who claim no religious interest or church affiliation.

Luker is content to leave things there, using church affiliation and religious interest as but two of the elements making up world views.

Though some of the programs are broadcast in almost every market in the country, religious programs in general are to be found clustered in areas that already display a high degree of religious interest and church affiliation: on Sunday mornings, in geographical areas of high church attendance, and on stations recognized as being «religious» in their format.

Village Preschool, which has no church affiliation, has conducted classes in Arlington Heights for 35 years without any similar incidents, Elmer said.

Questions range from basics like zip code, gender and age, to more personal questions about whether or not you have or want kids, your church affiliation, how often you attend church, and more.

Given shape through the application of resin, the disembodied sentinels are both ethereal and distinctly present, powerful signifiers of the many bodies lost in our ongoing political struggles, including, of course, Newton — a primary figure in a movement that defined itself as strictly political, without the church affiliations that characterized Martin Luther King Jr.'s methods.

School choice, medical treatment, and church affiliation would be typical examples of decisions made by a parent with legal custody of a preteen.

Legal custody covers major decision - making authority for the child — such as medical consent and church affiliation — and physical custody refers to the schedule for where the child stays overnight.

This school has diversity of race zip codes ages faculty and church affiliations.