Sentences with phrase «clergy staff person»

At least one center has a clergy staff person who is supported, in part, by the local Council of Churches.

While the clergy staff person represents the religious dimension of living, he is not a pastor in the usual sense of the word.

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The Center for University Ministry (interdenominational) is endeavoring to reach out to gay persons through its counseling staff, through worship and Bible studies, and through the publication of a special bibliography on homosexuality and religion designed particularly to aid clergy and other counselors.

No staff person works more than l5to2ohoursperweek The question now is: How far is it possible to grow a church without full - time clergy?

One of the major purposes of such a staff member is to relate to the local clergy in order to develop a referral net which makes it possible to reach the people the center is organized to serve.

Approximately one - fourth of the comprehensive community mental health centers that were operational in 1968 had clergymen on the staff; another 25 percent had a staff person designated to work with the churches and clergy within the catchment area being served; and the remaining half of the existing centers generally acknowledged that one of their goals was to relate in some helpful way to the churches and clergy, but had not yet formulated any plans for accomplishing this.

To accomplish this, about one - fourth of the centers have assigned a nonordained staff person to foster relationships with the clergy and the churches.

In the urban centers there were cathedral churches staffed by a considerable corps of the clergy responsible for the cure of souls in the area and sometimes, as in the case of Chantry priests, committed to saying masses for designated persons living or dead.

In fact, in many states certain persons (e.g., nursing home staff, social workers or clergy) are legally required to report knowledge of abuse.