Sentences with phrase «educational ministry»

Like the father in the Victorian family, the pastor was edged out of a role in educational ministry in the congregation.

The focus o # this chapter will be on the church school — the instrument by which the church carries on its formal educational ministry.

The church school (I am using the term «church school» to mean the entire formal educational ministry of the church involving a wide spectrum of age and interest groups at various times during the week.)

The uncritical assimilation of faith - development theory into educational ministry may very well have been more influential in the lives of congregations than the debates that professionals have among themselves.

He has collaborated with educational ministries in several countries, served and consulted for such organizations as the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the National Governors Association (NGA), USA Today, the U.S. Department of Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and district - and state - level administrators in every state.

Traditional ways of segregating age groups from one another can lead pastors or Christian education committees to overlook some viable alternatives to traditional ways of organizing educational ministries.

This approach shifts the focus of educational ministries away from what God is doing through the church to almost total preoccupation with what teachers and parents can do to assure themselves that their children will have faith.

The various educational ministries are essential to spiritual formation, but education for faith is not limited to what happens in Sunday School.

Although most of these attitudes are unfamiliar to mothers in the church today, they remain the presupposition of educational ministries in most congregations.

Our current ELT emphasis on English as an international language, combined with our long history of partnership with educational ministries, provides an effective model for national - scale ELT improvement.

Within this understanding, creative responses have been made to the church's educational ministry.

Yet, to add «family ministry» as another category in a long list of educational ministries is a mistake.

we had to read them for our educational ministries class.

Grayson UMC Preschool is an educational ministry of Grayson United Methodist Church.

As one of the educational ministries of the Church of Christian Liberty located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, we are in touch with the needs of Christian families and Christian schools.

CLASS and Christian Liberty Press are two of the educational ministries of the Church of Christian Liberty.

Having been «in care» in preparation for the Christian ministry, I was subsequently ordained into the educational ministry by the Northern Association of the Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ.