Sentences with phrase «church leadership who»

«If I were him, I'd probably just not go while I was president, if only out of courtesy to other patrons,» said our source in church leadership who didn't want to be named.

This is at odds with the church leadership who see that uprootedness is not a survival option; to the contrary, perseverance is the only way to preserve the Christian heritage on those lands.»

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In this regard, patriarch Bartholomew and metropolitan John Zizioulas are notable exceptions, who staunchly oppose Orthodox fundamentalism and manifest a greater openness of the church leadership to the world.

YOU: As to who can or can not hold a leadership position or who can or can not teach in a church, I think it comes down to morals not legality.

There are individuals, yes, who do hold beliefs not in line with Church teachings — I was stunned, for example, when I was 18 to hear the leadership chastising members for not allowing their children to play with «nonmember» children, because «they don't have our standards.»

We're talking about love relationships not the titillation of nerve endings As to who can or can not hold a leadership position or who can or can not teach in a church, I think it comes down to morals not legality.

Doctrinal pluralism, despite its intellectual incoherence, will work so long as something akin to Liberal Protestantism is held by the leadership of the church and so long as those who are not Liberal Protestants acquiesce.

(5) The most urgent ecumenical dialogue between Russia and Rome today must focus on a new generation of Russian Orthodox thinkers: those who, having looked hard at the crisis in Ukraine and their Church leadership's propaganda activities on behalf of the Putin regime, have concluded that Russian Orthodoxy needs a new theory of Church - and - state — and should develop one in vigorous conversation with serious scholars of Catholic social doctrine.

It may be, however, that the opponents of his way of thinking, who seem to have the upper hand in the church leadership, are a step ahead of that complaint.

As a person who has been in churches with tepid, indecisive leaders, I can tell you that leadership is very important.

Yes, ironic... ironic that the fellow who is on the slow train to hell, who she was warned by the pastor not to get involved with because he was an atheist, the fellow who has never had anyone in the church leadership say more than a sentence to when he did go with her to church, is the minister behind the minister of coffee.

The couple, who are both involved in church leadership, share how their lives were turned upside down when their two children unexpectedly...

Fact is many men who are in leadership or positions of power in Church, business, entertainment, sports, etc., feel it is their unilateral right to have access to sluts, regardless of what the Bible says or any other moral teachings.

I tire of church leaders (both pastors and lay leadership) who feel the need to control every ministry anyone feels led to take up.

Church leaders stopped its practice, expelling from the Church those who wouldn't accept the Church leadership.

'' For the church to remove him speaks well of the mindset of fear...» No, it actually «speaks well» of the church leadership to remove a man who has absolutely no business holding the position.

However, constituency meetings, especially those at the higher levels of the organizational pyramid, have proved unlikely to act independently because the system for choosing delegates (who are appointed rather than elected) has ensured that the vast majority hold leadership positions in the church or other church - paid positions.

Those who leave blame the church or its leadership for a number of reasons.

And so, that which is true of Christ as regards the Church, and true of a husband as regards his wife, is also true of anyone who is «head» or has authority: it is a leadership of service and self - sacrifice.

I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept scientific findings regarding climate change and evolution, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc., but these new attendees never hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.

We are grateful for the grace we've been shown by those who watched us leave, especially those in leadership at our old church.

I suspected I'd get a little pushback from fellow Christians who hold a complementarian perspective on gender, (a position that requires women to submit to male leadership in the home and church, and often appeals to «biblical womanhood» for support), but I had hoped — perhaps naively — that the book would generate a vigorous, healthy debate about things like the Greco Roman household codes found in the epistles of Peter and Paul, about the meaning of the Hebrew word ezer or the Greek word for deacon, about the Paul's line of argumentation in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, about our hermeneutical presuppositions and how they are influenced by our own culture, and about what we really mean when we talk about «biblical womanhood» — all issues I address quite seriously in the book, but which have yet to be engaged by complementarian critics.

The church did not want or welcome those who asked questions, those who disagreed with the leadership and those who did not contribute financially.

But pastoral care is the ministry of the whole congregation — not just those individuals who happen to be ordained or called into the formal leadership of the church.

And yet women who showcase leadership in the Church today are more likely be accused as a Jezebel than celebrated as a Deborah.

The gathering was «a unique opportunity to witness the authentic demonstration of a vibrantly growing Chinese church under dynamic indigenous leadership,» said Nana Yaw Offei Awuku, a field ministry director with Scripture Union Ghana who spoke at the event.

I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept science, avoid aligning with a single political party, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc. but these new attendees never hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.

Undoubtedly, some who have been recruited by the Roundtable only want to assist the bishops in their leadership of the Church.

We have buildings with people of various backgrounds filled with hopes, fears and incredible pain who sit facing forward to the front awaiting that nugget of wisdom that comes from the so called leadership of the church.

If the leadership of a church was serious about reaching the people who don t come to church on Sunday, maybe a good strategy would be to find the places where these people already are on Sunday morning, and go join them rather than ask them to join us.

I care a lot less about atheists in the country, the real problem is atheists in church leadership and congregants who don't see their atheism.

But as pastoral director he is to give guidance, encouragement, and leadership to a congregation of people who do the work of the Church, and who are seeking to live as committed Christians.

A church leader, who would not give his name, told CNN that journalists were not allowed inside the church and declined to offer anyone from church leadership to comment on the video.

Destruction of the marriage for those who want to leave and one spouse has been co-erced by church leadership that you are now a bad influence.

It would appear that even in church networks which give the impression they encourage women in leadership, it can still be a struggle for those who are called.

He was faced with military service — a difficult thing for one who held pacifist views — but was needed by the Confessing Church for his leadership.

Romney, who long served in church leadership, surely has a temple recommend.

I strongly support women at all levels of leadership in the church, and am suspicious of anyone who would claim that the Bible presents just one «right way» to be woman.

They are surprised because, as a self - described «liberated woman» who champions women in church leadership and an egalitarian interpretation of Scripture, I don't fit the perceived mold for the submissive wife.

First, Christians of my generation, who until recently played much of the leadership role in the church, grew up understanding nationalism as the great idolatry to be combated.

Someone serving in church leadership, who didn't want to be named because of the sensitivity of the subject matter, said he doubted the Romneys would observe family home evening since their kids are grown and gone.

They speak of church cultures that treated women's bodies as inherently problematic and seductive, that assigned a woman's worth to her sexual purity or procreative prowess, that questioned women's ability to think rationally or make decisions without the leadership of men, that blamed victims of sexual abuse for inviting the abuse or tempting the abuser, that shamed women who did not «joyfully submit» to their husband and find contentment in their roles as helpers and homemakers, and that effectively silenced victims of abuse by telling women and children that reporting the crime would reflect poorly on the church and thus damage the reputation of Christ.

Many friends continued to maintain a supportive relationship but the church leadership closed ranks against this liberal heretic who was rocking the boat.

Many people who have positions of leadership in their community / school / church push the LGBT agenda hide behind the word «bully» when they are confronted with disagreement.

However, just because a doctrinal statement can be used to restrict who is placed in a position of leadership in a church or ministry, I strongly discourage the use of doctrinal statements as a means of restricting who can attend or participate with the church or ministry in its services and functions.

When I was the only person in a church meeting of a hundred plus, who voted against spending thousands on a building (mainly because of dodgy fiscal justification and concerns over leadership empire building), I obviously became villein of the peace!

«For myself, the shock made me numb at first, and then I was profoundly sad that my life as a woman religious and my commitment to serving the poor would be so denigrated by the leadership of our church,» says Sister Simone Campbell, who heads NETWORK, a liberal advocacy group in Washington.

The third scenario would seem to be where the two tendencies continue, each on its own path, in a dynamic but notnecessarily destructive tension, with secular rationalists seeking to discredit the motives and actions of the Church leadership in the post-Vatican II era, while those who affirm a hermeneutic of continuity urge that the Good News be understood as primarily concerned with eternal life rather than secular interests.

Bishop Kay, who is married with two adult sons, told ABC that she hoped her election as Archbishop would inspire other women in the Church to seek leadership roles.

The Faith Alive group in Southampton has in the past decade initiated Alpha courses, an ecumenical programme sharing ideas about leadership, formation and outreach methods with other denominations, a city guildhall event with a Catholic inspirational speaker and prayer teams, a city mission, an introductory programme for «new seekers», that is people interested in the Church and who might wish to continue with the RCIA, displays outside a church on a main road and a manned gazebo to provide information and resources to passers - by during the papal visit, and the Anchor catecheticscourse making use of the «way of beauty» for evangelising parishioners, seen as a primary tChurch and who might wish to continue with the RCIA, displays outside a church on a main road and a manned gazebo to provide information and resources to passers - by during the papal visit, and the Anchor catecheticscourse making use of the «way of beauty» for evangelising parishioners, seen as a primary tchurch on a main road and a manned gazebo to provide information and resources to passers - by during the papal visit, and the Anchor catecheticscourse making use of the «way of beauty» for evangelising parishioners, seen as a primary target.