Sentences with phrase «church economic principles»

I am sure my list of church economic principles will grow as I grow and mature, but over the next several weeks I will share my current thinking on managing finances in the church.

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The Church can lay down basic principles for the organization of economic life.

In my judgment, the «Social Principles» of the United Methodists, the «Statement on Economic Justice» of the Lutheran Church in America, the «Statement on Human Rights» of the United Church of Christ, and the World Council of Churches» themes of «Justice, Sustainability and Participation» are models of such efforts.

As McBrien noted, this powerfully suggests the need to be attentive to justice issues within as well as outside the church This principle of sacramentality undergirds the statement in the U.S. Catholic bishops» pastoral letter Economic Justice for All: «All the moral principles that govern the just operation of any economic endeavor apply to the church and its agencies and institutions; indeed the church should be exemplary» (nEconomic Justice for All: «All the moral principles that govern the just operation of any economic endeavor apply to the church and its agencies and institutions; indeed the church should be exemplary» (neconomic endeavor apply to the church and its agencies and institutions; indeed the church should be exemplary» (no. 347).

In another editorial he argues that the church should promote such concrete programs as Social Security, Medicare, the Jobs Corps, and the massive attack on the intolerable slums of our great cities.35 These are concrete applications of Scripture's moral principles, viewed in light of contemporary social and economic reality.

With the coming of the Gentiles to Utah, the political direction of the state has, of course, passed from the church as church, but even today the economic and social life of the Mormon community is still to an amazing degree determined by the principles taught in their sacred book.

It is up to the Christian communities to analyze with objectivity the situation which is proper to their own country, to shed on it the light of the gospel's unalterable words and to draw principles of the church... It is up to these Christian communities, with the help of the Holy Spirit, in communion with the bishops who hold responsibility and in dialogue with other Christian brethren and all men of good will, to discern the options and commitments which are called for in order to bring about the social, political and economic changes seen in many cases to be urgently needed.

This logic of gratuitousness, learnt in infancy and adolescence, is then lived out in every area of life... once it has been assimilated it can be applied to the most complex areas of political and economic life... It is here that the lay faithful are called to give generously of the formation they have received, guided by the principles of the Church's Social Doctrine, for the sake of authentic secularism, social justice, the defence of life and of the family, freedom of religion and education.

The younger generation is more comfortable with the principles of economic development we're using at Hill Tribers than many of the older people in my church.