Sentences with phrase «different churches within»

In a rather awe sight to behold was the choice of some residents who were going to different churches within New Haven area of Enugu for Sunday worship as they joined the crowd in the protest march holding their Bibles and chanting «Anyi amakwe» meaning «We will not agree».

However, due to other people we care about that attend a different church within our organization and due to previous engagements we will not be leaving any time soon.

Not exact matches

They start from such radically different assumptions, and they perceive the problems so differently, that within the mainline churches there has been little or no progress toward resolving the issue.

As has been said, if we are one Church, then people may move freely within it, and there will come a point where each member needs a different leader for further growth.

An interview show about the nature of church leadership, the inherent struggles that come with that calling, and the many different ways God has shaped individuals to work within his church.

I invited a handful of pastors and church leaders from different ethnic backgrounds to reflect upon their experiences within the evangelical church or to suggest steps Christians could take towards greater reconciliation.

@Mark To be clear, I would see granting exemptions if the organization was expressly religious, like an actual church, but merely being guided by the religious principles of the founder simply doesn't justify preventing coverage to those within the organization with different beliefs, atti.tudes, and morals.

The test instrument described among the methods in this section is comparatively easy to use and score, and it provides a helpful way to compare the outlooks of both different churches and different people within a single church.

This different origin of the Church's authority does not, of course, exclude, but rather implies that her ministry is possible only within the sanctified people of the redeemed and that it does not confront them from outside.

As Marina Warner's classic Alone of All Her Sex (Vintage, 1983) makes clear, there is no one way to present Mary: equally diversified are Mary's «uses» by different constituencies within and without the church.

Within ten years of St. Andrew's founding there were eight Lutheran churches representing three different Lutheran church bodies within a five - mile rWithin ten years of St. Andrew's founding there were eight Lutheran churches representing three different Lutheran church bodies within a five - mile rwithin a five - mile radius.

The early centuries were turbulent ones as different sects fought for supremacy within the Church (Ebionites, Marcionites, Gnostics, etc.).

For example, the bishops maintain that the first use of even the smallest counterforce nuclear weapons is always wrong, but they recognize that others within the church community might come to a different conclusion.

Church, denomination, and sect — each type of religious community and, within each, the different religious ideologies, practices, and covenants exhibit the genius of the civilization we call American.

Radner apparently presumes that «the Christian's vocation to a painful «standing beside» erring brethren and enemies» will take different forms within, as he says, the different «communions» of the Church.

It is possible emperor conctentine deceived people by changing sabbath Saturday to Sunday within the Catholic Church, but it Is different from worshipping God on Sunday and on every day than believe Sunday is the sabbath.

It was this hope that enabled the apostolic church to be a subversively different community within the Roman Empire and to endure the suffering that came to it as a result.

That church did not wage war It was a subversively different community within the Roman Empire.

But when Christians and churches construct harsh divisions within the faith and tarnish the humanity of other believers with different views, they send the opposite message.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

He makes a strong case that the idea of covenant, drawn from scripture and developed variously in different cultures and societies, is particularly suited to support public, just, pluralistic, federalist structures within the church and in the government.

Preston comments, «It is important to separate (the premises) from the concept of the market as a useful mechanism for solving some economic problems if it was set within a different value commitment and an extensive structural framework» (Church and Society in the late 20th Century.

But within the church the problem has a different aspect.

An approach that has great potential for consciousness - raising within ordinary congregations is fulfilled by a group in Chicago which convenes its handicapped members once a month at a different church in the Chicago area.

Working in groups in western Europe, North America, and to a lesser extent elsewhere, the study team produced and encouraged many papers and books on the problem of the local church.7 Naming as its focus the Missionary Structure of the Congregation, the study proposed that radically different forms of Christian assembly and witness be fostered within the secular context.

The coming battle is really several different battles: a struggle within the Church to combat ignorance, misunderstanding and dissent; a political fight to maintain the freedom of religion for Catholics; and a public policy battle to form the law of the land.

I have church several times a week, with several different groups and most of them are not taking place within the confines of a building that we traditionally think of as a church.

Several assumptions clearly underlie these statements from two very different traditions within the Church.

In the last week of May, three separate and unconnected documents emerged which in their different ways contributed to this important aim, two from within or actually initiated by the Church, the other an entirely secular report which gives us the general context of the problem.

Yet in other respects — notably our ecclesiastical diversity, the freedom of the Church from state control, and the predominance of liberalism and fundamentalism rather than the new orthodoxy as the prevailing theological climate — our situation is different, and it will sharpen the discussion to keep it within such bounds.

Good diversity is the fact that different gifts and talents and personalities exist in the people in the Catholic Church, yet those people make use of their unique qualities within the unity of the truth that the Church safeguards.

«How the church will coexist within a community holding different values to itself is an urgent question.»

Joe's claims were made to a number of different people on separate occasions through the intervening years, both within and outside the Church, but no action was taken.

While Liebert's comments may have been oversimplified and deliberately overstated, he was accurate in highlighting the conflict which the growth of evangelical and fundamentalist television over the past decade has caused within different American church groups and leaders.

We muslims don't call our women: Bitches, hores... and the majority of muslim women actually have the choice to choose to wear the veil (if you go to a Catholic church women are asked to wear the veil... nuns are fully covered... even Marry the mother of Jesus used to cover and that is because these women know they are diamonds and you have to really deserve her to be able to see more and that is only gonna be her husband, and parents... If you have a precious and very expensive diamond in your possession don't tell me you would leave it outside of your house but you would leave your trash outside of your house... same thing with women especially and by the way this apply to men as well in Islam... A woman actually is the queen of her household, and when they are so aware of their status within her community, as more like a mother, she is committed to her husband, kids and parents exclusively... she is busy taking care of her loved ones and enjoys it and happy so why you ask her to show you her cleavage if she doesn't think you deserve her... Muslim women are not any different than all women, they only like to wear the veil and not show their beauty to you... what?

This distinction is well illustrated by the example of two different producers of television programs within one denomination of Independent Christian Churches.

Fortunately — I'm now recovering, back on track and much more careful with who I trust within church environments, but it could have been quite different.

Yes there are many different beliefs within the church reguarding creation.

If God did in fact make a unique and supreme revelation of himself in that event; if God was actually in Christ reconciling the world unto himself; if something of decisive importance for humanity really happened in connection with the life and death of Jesus, however different may be the theological terms in which we attempt to express that meaning — if this is our faith, the church becomes immeasurably the most significant of human communities, for it was within its experience that the revealing event first occurred and it is in its experience that the meaning of that event has been conveyed from one generation to another.

He more explicitly takes up the arguments of liberals within the mainline church who suggest that conservative histrionics over the inclusion of homosexuals are no different from the resistance to racial or gender inclusiveness or to revision to the Book of Common Prayer (indeed, conservatives on the issue of homosexuality are in some regrettable company in recent history).

For pastors and churches, this means encouraging loving, open - minded dialogue not only within your congregation, but with other congregations as well... For all of us, productive dialog means reaching out to people whose views and experiences are different from our own and having the patience to really listen to them with a goal of better understanding them and their worldviews.»

Empathizing seems different to me... as in, «I'm sorry your father was so cruel to you» (e.g. Judge William Adams) or «I'm sorry that you've had such bad experiences within church meetings or church organizations.»

Below are various examples of books that fall within the category of church history to show different approaches to cover designs depending on the book's subject.

Michelozzo, Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, Baldassarre Peruzzi, Vignola are only some of the names contributing to the urban aspect of Montepulciano, whose main buildings are mostly included within its city walls: the elegant Piazza Grande with its Palaces and the Cathedral; the long artery that under different names winds through the city, ranging along its sides sixteenth century or medieval façades, renaissance churches, and even sculptured stones dating back from the etruscan times; the charming little squares and the narrow, romantic passages.

While much of the morning exchange dealt with various related economic questions and statements contained within Church's report, Rook also questioned him on different occasions about TREB members» access to the MLS system.