Sentences with phrase «few traditional churches»

Unfortunately, due to the rise of the more evangelical - style, «southern U.S.» baptist imports, along with other varieties of Baptist churches that are very much untraditional, the traditional Baptist style appears to be dying away and only a few traditional churches remain, most of which probably existing in metropolitan cities.

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Maybe it's a good idea for American Christians to take a sabbatical from traditional church for a few years and focus on how how each individual relates to the teachings and example of Jesus outdisde the influence of ecclesiastical thought control.

I'd like to share a few thoughts about the conversation, or lack thereof, between traditional / conservative Christian institutions (e.g., churches, Christian universities, Christian organizations) and the gay community.

God started with a small party in a garden, moved on toward some pow - wows at alters in the desert, then moved into a moveable tabernacle (kind of like an Old Testament RV), then reigned in a temple (especially the God - cave of the Holy of Holies, then disappeared while giving the Jews the silent treatment for some 400 years, then came back to the temple, then traveled the highways and byways with anyone who wanted to join the fun and whooped it up with society's outcasts and wedding attenders, then moved on to some public forums, then into some clandestine home groups and a few jail cells, and eventually made his way into traditional church as we now know it.

But I don't really tackle this with the traditional work associated with my spirituality: fasting, prayer, singing, church, bible studies, go and do, memorize Scripture, and write a few more entries on my list of 1000 gifts.

But barring a substantial and unexpected cultural shift inside the Church over the next few years, churches who hold a traditional or complementarian view look set to become a shrinking minority.

I think sometimes the alternatives out there either are or seem too few (this is more of an issue in a sparsely populated area as there will be fewer churches, and some communities are just more traditional).

But this can not be maintained, in traditional Catholic theology, and the Church has not maintained it on the few occasions when the matter has been directly and authoritatively treated.

Those forms are still printed for congregations that wish to use them, but the number is a decreasing one, even in parts of the church where a few years ago the traditional forms were virtual «sacred cows.»

Also, many non-Southern cities have a long traditional of Catholic K - 12 schools sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church, subsidized by parishes; while the South, which has few Roman Catholics, also has few Catholic schools as a result.

The province also has a few unique things up its sleeve: a 600 - hectare rice terraces at General Fullon, the rafflesia (the biggest flower of its kind in the world), and cultural heritage such as the Anini - y Church, the traditional lambaklad fishing and its intricate patadyong and buri weavings.