Sentences with phrase «church as organisation»

I do think some of the problem lies in seeing the church as an organisation, an ideal as David puts it, or an image we try to attain to.

I think the Church as an organisation is basically well set to do it.

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Release International is an advocacy movement on behalf of the persecuted church, formerly known as Christian Mission to the Communist World which is part of the International Christian Association, a global alliance of fifty ministries working among the persecuted church These organisations will often urge readers to write to their MP or the appropriate ambassador to register concern at the way human rights are being flouted.

The Church should not be thought of purely as an organisation or as an institution.

What began as a Facebook page has escalated over the past five years to become an organisation delivering suicide prevention and mental health awareness courses to local churches across the country.

The Alliance, which has 20,000 individual members, 3,500 churches, 700 organisations and 79 denominations as members, has a council of reference made up of more than 80 church leaders and leaders of Christian organisations from around the country.

As Humanists UK campaign against the involvement of religious organisations in the running of state schools, they say this money from the Catholic church «represents inappropriate influence.»

As new communities were started, the need for organisation both to connect Christian churches together and to meet internal problems came slowly to the front, but the methods of organisation adopted were highly flexible and did not conform to a single pattern.

His comments come as the Catholic Church of England and Wales joined the «fleshandblood» campaign, alongside several other denominations and organisations such as the Church of England, the Baptist Union, the Evangelical Alliance and the Churches of Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

How refreshing to read in Fr Ross Campbell's article (Balthasar and the Rediscovery of the Marian Profile of the Church, May / June 2013) that «the Church should not be thought of purely as an organisation or as an institution.

It is a great, great pity Pope Benedict isn't tiyrng as hard to search his organisation, root out and get rid of the paedophiles that litter his Church isn't it?You know that for sure?

But, in my job now, and it's not just because it's prison — the health service, and any big organisation would be the same — there is red tape and bureaucracy which can be quite stifling, and to me there seems to be a wonderful degree of freedom in the church, as I have been lucky enough to experience it.

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

What's interesting is that though both these reports by independent and secular organisations (NSPCC and JJC) either state or imply that child sex abuse is part of a problem in society as a whole and not a particular problem for the Catholic Church, in other words that Catholic priests are no more likely than anyone else to be involved in it, Dr Pravin Thevathasan, the author of the third document on this subject published around the same time, «The Catholic Church & the Sex Abuse Crisis», published by the CTS, is not inclined to deploy this fact to get the Church off the hook.

Cajetan was coming as the personal representative of the head of an organisation, the Church, which laid enormous emphasis precisely on authority.

The first copy of Buzz was produced in October 1965 as a newsletter for the recently formed Gospel Music Outreach, an organisation set up to resource the new wave of Christian beat bands playing in the popular church coffee bar scene.

«Those connected with larger organisations such as companies, schools or church groups should also try to let these organisations know of their situation if possible.»

In his foreword to the programme for yesterday's all prayer breakfast, David Cameron wrote «I believe very deeply that we should be confident in Britain about our status as a Christian country... Greater confidence in our Christianity can also inspire a stronger belief in our work as politicians to get out there and make a difference to people's lives — and it should inspire our support for churches and faith organisations in the vital work they do in our society and around the world.

«There needs really to be a top to bottom reconsideration of what the role of government will be,» he told politics.co.uk, arguing that institutions such as churches, the family, voluntary groups, and state organisations such as decentralised local government, could run Britain better than Whitehall.

A touring conference programme titled «The Lepers Amongst Us: Homosexuality and the Life of the Church» is due to go ahead in London today despite condemnation from community groups where the conference has been previously held, and criticism from professional organisations declaring conversion or reparative «therapies», which seek to «cure» gay people, as harmful.

Other Organisations such as the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) and some other Ghanaians took to Twitter to express their support for the initiative.

She demands «clarity» on how the new law will properly «protect religious freedom» and asks: «What legal support will be afforded to churches and other places of worship if they're challenged individually or as an organisation?»

Citing The Church of Pentecost as an example of indigenous churches that have, through their own homegrown resources, provided a wide range of infrastructure being utilized by countless Ghanaians, Dr Bawumia underscored that the President's vision was certainly achievable, and urged Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) to complement Government's efforts to meet the social and other needs of Ghanaians.

Equality campaigners are arguing that Church has chosen to be a sexist organisation by refusing women the right to hold highest leadership positions and therefore should not be allowed automatic seats in the House of Lords, as this clearly does not comply with the spirit of UK equality law.

As the child sexual abuse royal commission wraps up its inquiry into the Jehovah's Witnesses, former church members are demanding the organisation be Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.

The Reverend Nigel Genders, head of education at the Church, told Schools Week that his organisation remains «committed as a major education provider», but accepted that some schools may have to close.

If you are fundraising for your school, church or organisations such as Girl Guides or Scouts, there are textile companies who can arrange a collection to help you to raise money for your cause.

He will act as the dean of this organisation, which will have an AI church, a Gospel called «The manual».

Records about Indigenous people have been created by a range of organisations and individuals, such as welfare and protection boards, adoption agencies, education and health departments, police forces, churches, missionaries, anthropologists and other academic researchers.

«Mibbinbah The Be The Best You Can Be program is aimed at these groups and other community - based organisations such as sporting clubs, health centres, church groups and schools.

That the tribunal be established as a partnership of government, churches and Indigenous organisations, including the stolen generations.

i) liaise broadly with existing service providers at all levels of government; with Indigenous organisations such as ATSIC, land councils, and the Indigenous Land Fund; and with the churches;