The closing of churches and loss of credibility reflects the lack of
confidence in Church leadership.
Not exact matches
It generated a great amount of hope and excitement that his tenure would mark a new boldness and
confidence in the
leadership of the Catholic
Church on this side of the Atlantic.
A series of meetings organized by the Full Gospel
Church in Kenya (FGCK) at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, ended with leaders of the church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party,
Church in Kenya (FGCK) at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, ended with leaders of the
church reaffirming their total support and confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's leadership, the government and the ruling party,
church reaffirming their total support and
confidence in President Daniel arap Moi's
leadership, the government and the ruling party, KANU.
If that happens, a historic opportunity will have been missed for the reform of the
Church, and not least for the restoration of gravely damaged
confidence in the
Church's episcopal
leadership.
They can embrace this report on the «Crisis
in the Catholic
Church in the United States» as a starting point and set themselves on a course of reform and renewal that could, among other benefits, restore the
confidence of priests and people
in their
leadership.
According to the 4/28/99 USA Today publication of the Harris Poll on the subject, 55 % of those respondents said they have a great deal of
confidence in military
leadership, but only 25 % of those respondents have as much
confidence in leaders of the
church.
When I personally lost
confidence in the methods and subsequently the doctrinal position of the
leadership at my last
church I was keen to leave, and as soon as a positive reason for so doing presented itself, I did move to another
church.