Sentences with phrase «educational ministry of»

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

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.)

So great and splendid is the educational ministry of Christian parents that Saint Thomas has no hesitation in comparing it with the ministry of priests: «Some only propagate and guard spiritual life by a spiritual ministry: this is the role of the sacrament of Orders; others do this for both corporal and spiritual life, and this is brought about by the sacrament of marriage, by which a man and a woman join in order to beget offspring and bring them up to worship God.

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.

Not exact matches

During this year's convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, Blair, an NAE member, launched a group called Evangelicals Concerned, which is described as «an educational task force for ministry with homosexuals and their families and churches.»

While the primary purpose of a quinquennial General Conference session is to conduct business, it is also a celebration of Adventism and its progress; a «fair» where church publishers, departments, educational and medical institutions and unofficial «self - supporting ministries» show their wares and garner support; an old - fashioned revival meeting; and a «family gathering» where church employees, in particular, meet former schoolmates and colleagues.

Some of these challenges are significant: campus ministries experience hurdles to campus access, Christian adoption and social service agencies confront regulations in tension with their missional convictions, and Christian educational institutions face threats to their accreditation and tax - exempt status.

Reflecting on his experience of attending seminary after first gaining considerable experience in the parish, one older participant wondered if maybe we're doing it backwards»; in other words, perhaps schools ought somehow to require practical experience before — or at the beginning of — formal education (such an arrangement would, of course, run counter to essentially all currently respected educational theories) For himself, he said, the practical application of what was being taught in seminary was plain in light of his experience of parish ministry.

There are two styles of change agent ministries, the prophetic and the pastoral care — educational.

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 lack of agreement, even along the most general lines, is a characteristic feature of the situation today and accounts in a large measure for the low educational status of the ministry The work of the lawyer, the physician, the teacher, the artist, the writer and the engineer, is clear - cut and rather sharply defined (at least in the mind of the average man), so that when a young man chooses one of these professions he has some idea of what he is getting into.

To be equipped for ministry in the world becomes an essential part of the educational process.

It provides more than a little of the reason why so many ministers, especially among the recent seminary graduates, prefer some kind of social or educational ministry to service in the local parish.

When the question is one about the education of the ministry it will not do to ignore either the general — the theological — nor the particular — the educational — approach; the theologian as educator or the educator as theologian can not carry on his theological and his educational critiques separately and independently, nor can he reduce them to one inquiry with one method in the hope of gaining one single answer.

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

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

The Methodist survey makes it clear that «trends in the educational ministry, especially as they are reflected in the growth and decline of the church school, are followed by growth and decline elsewhere in the church.»

I remember clearly the rationale developed to justify campus - based ministry with students: it called the church «to serve» the university within the context of the educational institution.

When the base for ministry with students is moved from the campus to an extracampus location, it becomes possible to see the church in its own integrity «outside» the university rather than «inside» the structure of the educational institutions.

Because our overhead costs are low, we are able to support missionaries throughout the world, Because our members are active, we are able to finance and engage in a variety of evangelistic, educational and justice ministries locally, and to partner with local congregations in many parts of the world.

It stood for «open church doors every day and all day, free seats, a plurality of Christian workers, the personal activity of all church members, [and] a ministry to all the community through educational, reformatory and philanthropic channels... «20

Leith Anderson, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Leith Anderson is the President of the National Association of Evangelicals, an organization formed to facilitate Christian unity, public witness and cooperative ministry among evangelical denominations, congregations, educational institutions and service agencies in the United States.

Infusing both of these meanings is a background anxiety that the education of Protestant ministers has not kept up with radical developments in knowledge nor with changes in educational standards and procedures in the twentieth century, and thus that the ministry may not «hold its own with the leaders of the other professions» (Brown, 4) and might slip from its traditional parity in esteem with law and medicine.

In 1958, after managing a construction business, Camping, along with two others, formed the non-profit ministry of Family Stations, Inc., a Christian educational network.

Since then, we have expanded the reach of our ministry to deliver excellent educational products at a great value to home schools and Christian schools across the United States and throughout the world.

Special committees of CSFS address educational, scientific, and legal issues within forensic science and act as advisory bodies to provincial and federal justice ministries.

She develops educational technology plans and online learning strategies for schools, school districts, states, universities and ministries of education in the US, Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.

This year's new cohort consists of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly effective in the classrooms, an executive director for a region of Teach for America, policymakers from ministries of education, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the education sector.

She develops educational technology plans and online learning strategies for schools, school districts, states, universities and ministries of...

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.

Teachers are very concerned that the ministry's plans for CSIS are far ahead of any discussion and debate within the educational community about appropriate uses, necessary safeguards, and costs relative to other priorities in public education.

Moving within and among the worlds of educational research, parenting, and ministry, Dan and Laura can say with certainty that their work is never finished.

The ministry is not proposing that teachers evaluate social responsibility in the Primary years, where social responsibility is an area of development in the Primary Program, but it is proposing that teachers evaluate it in Grades 4 — 9 where it is not currently part of the required educational programs.

We work alongside ministries of education and government agencies to help to make ambitious educational initiatives a reality.

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.

Etisalat chief executive Dumindra Ratnayaka revealed they are already in discussion with the education ministry to have more of educational text on the book store, which in turn can be accessed via portable reading devices such as an e-reader or tablet PC.

We provide high quality continuing educational resources, skills training, & case consultation for mental health clinicians, ministry leaders, & professionals interested in addressing the needs of psychosocial trauma victims in the United States & around the world.

ACER Indonesia undertakes commissioned educational research, professional development and capacity building programs, and provides assessment services to a range of clients in Indonesia including government ministries, schools, teacher training organisations, universities and international aid agencies.

To broaden the reach of our educational messages, plans are in the making for the use of radio and mobile phones, as well as in - school programs through new partnerships with government ministries and local NGOs.

«Orphan Helpers is a multidenominational ministry to serve the physical, educational, and spiritual needs of children who've been abandoned in orphanages and prisons,» says Garrett.