Sentences with phrase «conservative churches including»

Mainline Protestants (Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and the like) and evangelical / fundamentalist Protestants (an umbrella group of conservative churches including the Pentecostal, Baptist, Anabaptist, and Reformed traditions) not only belong to distinctly different kinds of churches, but they generally hold distinctly different views on such matters as theological orthodoxy and the inerrancy of the Bible, upon which conservative Christians are predictably conservative.

Not exact matches

The conservative wing of the church is itself a fragile coalition, including those who lean in a catholic direction, those who are card - carrying charismatics, those inclined in an Anabaptist direction, and those who are really pragmatists at heart but for the moment lean to conservatism out of convenience and traditional piety.

Christian Zionism has been denounced as unbiblical and even unchristian by some Christian groups, including the National Council of Churches, but it has become an orthodoxy of sorts among Republican social conservatives.

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To map that landscape, Roof and McKinney divide Americans into eight religious families: liberal Protestants (Presbyterians, Episcopalians and the United Church of Christ), roughly 9 per cent of the population; moderate Protestants (United Methodists, Lutherans, Disciples, American Baptists, Reformed), 24 per cent; conservative Protestants (including Southern Baptists, Churches of Christ, Nazarenes, Pentecostal and holiness groups, and evangelicals and fundamentalists), 16 per cent; black Protestants, 16 per cent; Catholics.

But all men, including the conservatives as well as the progressives in the Church, are always tempted to recommend the decision of their own choice by proclaiming it to be the only right and sensible one, and by completely denigrating the other alternative.

In a statement, it outlined its issue with Bishop Alan: «The continued failure to admonish the Bishop of Buckingham, despite his refusal to uphold the teaching of the Church and guidance of the House on matters of sexuality, whilst also allowing him, without criticism, repeatedly to describe Conservative Evangelicals as homophobic, including those who themselves experience same - sex attraction but seek to live celibate, God - honouring lives.»

Although only 28 percent of baby boomers were brought up as conservative Protestants, that tradition now includes 36 percent of baby boomers who are active in a church.

That includes evangelicals (among whom he holds a 55 % to 2 % lead over Clinton); non-evangelical born again Christians (he has a 49 % to 31 % lead among them); those who attend a Protestant church (47 % to 32 % lead); adults who claim to have a biblical worldview (57 % to 30 % margin); people who believe that absolute moral truth exists (48 % to 37 % preference for Trump); and those who consider themselves to be theologically conservative (60 % for Trump, 28 % for Clinton).

A conservative pundit criticizes the statement because it also affirms that «the Catholic Church teaches emphatically that individuals and society must respect the basic human dignity of all persons, including those with a homosexual orientation.»

Conservative preaching included such mundane topics as work, family life, and church programs; but they were treated in terms of utopian visions — getting rich, always being happy, finding the perfect church.7

By and large, those on both sides of this debate — including those on the conservative side — acknowledge that the way the Church has treated gay people has been horrific...

Conservative factions in the Anglican Communion, a 77 million - member denomination worldwide that includes the Episcopal Church, have opposed the ordination of gay bishops.

Here he differs from other conservative Christians, including some Catholics, who think the reestablishment of responsible male headship in church and home is necessary for the reformation of church and society.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

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Taylor's post was quickly tweeted by several prominent pastors, including John Piper and Mark Driscoll, connected to the Gospel Coalition, a coalition of theologically conservative evangelical churches, and a full - blown theological controversy was on.

The list of those opposing the amendment includes the state Conservative Party, religious groups like the Catholic Church and people worried about problem gambling.

Many conservative groups including churches do similar activities abroad.

For example, the three federal government nominees for the Ontario «west and south» committee include a former Conservative candidate and anti-abortion activist, a Crown attorney who is also a teaching pastor at an evangelical church and the current director of a local Conservative riding association.