Sentences with phrase «for evangelical churches»

Despite concerns that the Trump era has caused a crisis for evangelical churches, evangelicalism will move forward.

The current controversy over women's place in worship and marriage can be healthy for the evangelical church, for only as a position is argued passionately and under pressure are its possibilities fully explored.

Such rational problems, however, are not the real issue for the evangelical church, important though they be.

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What the Evangelical church needs is a fresh outpouring of the Holy Ghost, just like in the book of Acts, where daily, thousands recognized their need for Jesus Christ as the only person who could save them from a Christ-less eternity.

The NAE and other evangelical elites, often speaking for churches, have pivoted into a larger menu of political issues, even though lacking unequivocal scriptural and church teaching, and, no less important for Protestants, lacking consensus or even majority support from their own claimed constituencies.

Later, DeMoss talks about being turned off by the evangelical street preachers he'd seen on the street corners there, preaching to Mormons in town for the church's annual general assembly.

I describe myself as a «former evangelical» for many reasons, not the least of which is I have an adult gay son who is not welcomed in lots of churches (neither is he welcomed by Muslims or those who practice B'hai Faith).

Since young adults perceive evangelical Christianity to be... «unconcerned with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and Church social teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).

So the Catholic bishops were perfectly correct to suggest strongly that if you're for freedom of the institutional church to perform its evangelical mission, then Romney was far preferable to Obama.

But for all its diversity, the Assembly was far from «representative» of the church; most of the world's Christians who are found in Catholic, Pentecostal, and evangelical fellowships would find little of the familiar in Canberra.

In the UK, where calls for equality are admittedly met with less resistance, in general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and church.

For that reason, the representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Bishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) who authored the work are to be commendFor that reason, the representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Bishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) who authored the work are to be commendfor Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) who authored the work are to be commended.

While Evangelicals greatly respect the way in which the Catholic Church has defended many historic Christian teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial teachings of popes or church couChurch has defended many historic Christian teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial teachings of popes or church couchurch councils.

Regular participation in the Eucharist enables evangelical Catholics to enter more fully into the communion of the saints in glory, whose witness is celebrated throughout the church year, and enables the people of God to plumb more deeply the riches of the Word of God, through the cycles of readings appointed for the liturgy.

Evangelical Catholicism also encourages regular Eucharistic adoration, in which the friends of the Lord look upon him and he looks upon them, as this Eucharistic fellowship of believers prays for the Church and its needs.

In 2010, for example, the election of a female bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland prompted statements of concern from the nation's Catholic and Orthodox leaders.

For Evangelicals, the Church as the one body of Christ extending through space and time includes all the redeemed of all the ages and all on earth in every era who have come to living faith in the body's living Head.

Evangelical Catholicism displays ten distinctive characteristics that, taken together, provide a profile of the Catholic Church of the future and suggest standards for the Church's ongoing reform.

The government department responsible for religious affairs has refused to recognise the Sudanese Evangelical Presbyterian Church's (SEPC) own building committee as the legitimate overseer of its land and property, recognising the now illegal committee instead.

Evangelical Catholics know what «all that» is by reference to what is taught by the bishops of the Church in full communion with the bishop of Rome, the vital center of the Church's unity, who bears a special responsibility for preserving the integrity of the truth Christ left to his Church.

In communion with the body of faithful Christians through the ages, we also affirm together that the entire teaching, worship, ministry, life, and mission of Christ's Church is to be held accountable to the final authority of Holy Scripture, which, for Evangelicals and Catholics alike, constitutes the word of God in written form (2 Timothy 3:15 - 17; 2 Peter 1:21).

All the added ritual and laws by the Catholic Church and politicized evangelical for example followed the footprint of the Jewish leaders of Jesus day that brought darkness, hate and division rather than unity and love.

Maybe these things are common knowledge among those in Evangelical circles, but for many like me on the outside, when we see a certain pastor or denomination singled out in this way, it looks a lot like the same internal striving that's been going on in the Church since Peter and Paul argued over circumcision.

The new initiative has been developed by Care for the Family, CCPAS (The Churches» Child Protection Advisory), and the Evangelical Alliance.There are 4,000...

I've in Alberta for 16 plus years and in numerous evangelical churches and have never seen or experienced this, quite the opposite really.

Hybels also recalled that she's been accused of participating in a «massive effort in the heart of the evangelical church to lure its members — especially its youth — away from the pro-Israel position God commands to an uncritical and unbiblical support for Palestinians.»

As Todd Brenneman argues in his recent book, Homespun Gospel: The Triumph of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism, sentimentality may be a defining characteristic of religious life for many Americans, and so most readers in the dominant Evangelical culture, outside a few hip and urban churches, are more likely to encounter the treacly poetry of Ruth Bell Graham than the spiritually searing work of R. S. Thomas or T. S. Eliot.

I went to church (non denominational, evangelical) with my girlfriend, every Sunday morning for about a year (she is a Christian), but I felt I had to hide my atheism.

Protestant evangelical failure to appreciate the Church's entire history, moreover, has resulted in the neglect of patristic and medieval writings laden with rich deposits for doing moral theology.

In the final chapter Wells contends that the evangelical church must 1) courageously identify sin for what it is, and 2) «become more authentic morally.»

As a Catholic in my late 20's, NOT a Bible pusher (none of my churches have ever promoted that), an open minded and respectful human - You all that are shouting for closure are just as bad as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throats.

In my conversations with evangelical pastors and committed church members, I often hear distain for Donald Trump.

When the clergy abuse scandal has sent multitudes of Catholics to swim the Tiber away from Rome to either liberal or evangelical Protestantism, and the church is beset with both clergy and parishioners who ignore or defy Rome, one would hope for a bit of ecumenical modesty.

Instead what we see is that people either leave religion altogether or look for a church that is even stricter in telling them what do do, hence the success and growth of Islam and many evangelical churches.

The Lutheran groups most likely to identify as evangelical are small and functionally free - church (the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ).

For example, Michael Haykin's Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church and Bryan Litfin's Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction....

The toy was produced for the German and Nuremberg tourist boards and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, and it quickly set a new record for Playmobil toys.

They believe that evangelicals attach an exaggerated importance to missionaries in whatever role remains for Western churches overseas.

I was raised Catholic, found myself getting involved in evangelical Christianity during my «youth group» teenage / young adult years, and within the past year have found myself returning to Catholic church for this exact reason:

I was also in a number of other church camps for extended stays, i.e., Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Evangelical Free, Calvary Chapel when I was moving around the country.

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.»

Obama is a Christian and his actions as president are very much in line with the teaching of the new testament, yet I couldn't dare say that at my Evangelical church where the ACA has literally saved the life of our pastors child but here is so much hate for Obama it's down right scary.

Tim joined a wave of evangelicals commencing training for ordination in the Church of England and was ordained at St Paul's Cathedral in 2013.

Evangelical churches tell their members how to vote, and it sure isn't for democrats.

It was consequential not merely because John Paul himself became the «singular embodiment of the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of the second half of the twentieth century,» but because he «reinvigorated the Church spiritually and intellectually, restoring a sense of the adventure of discipleship... and constantly reminding the entire Church that it did not exist for its own sake, but for its evangelical mission.»

Another church that comes to mind is Missiongathering in San Diego, which is associated with the progressive denomination The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), but which has a very evangelical «feel» to its worship because it attracts a lot of folks who come from evangelical traditions and enjoy evangelical worship but are looking for a church that welcomes LGBT pchurch that comes to mind is Missiongathering in San Diego, which is associated with the progressive denomination The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), but which has a very evangelical «feel» to its worship because it attracts a lot of folks who come from evangelical traditions and enjoy evangelical worship but are looking for a church that welcomes LGBT pChurch (Disciples of Christ), but which has a very evangelical «feel» to its worship because it attracts a lot of folks who come from evangelical traditions and enjoy evangelical worship but are looking for a church that welcomes LGBT pchurch that welcomes LGBT people.

Now, I'm not saying that evangelical churches are to blame for what Peterson did to his son.

For evangelicals, «mission of the church» has not replaced «missions,» but has only placed missions in a broader context.

In a session on Evangelicals and the Second Vatican Council at the ETS, one older man complained that «Catholics don't budge an inch on any doctrine» and that for Catholics «dialogue is just a way of gobbling up weaker churches, like an amoeba.»

This is definitely a cultural issue in the US evangelical church (it's been a horrible place for women), and the emergent boys brought it with them as they left their evangelical posts.