Sentences with phrase «for faith groups»

BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «If this case is successful, the consequence will be that it will be much harder for faith groups to collaborate with Councils to open fully religiously selective schools outside of competition with other proposals — a route which they are uniquely able to pursue.

No party dares to challenge them and this government actually created a new and easier pathway for faith groups to set up schools.

Sayeeda Warsi, former Conservative Co-Chair and current Minister for Faith Groups, is given to saying that BME voters «share our values but haven't traditionally voted Conservative».

The Monmouth MP also said it would cause massive problems for faith groups and would have implications for schools, especially faith schools.

We want the government not to pay undue attention to religious groups (with Ministers having panels of «faith advisors») and not to give money as specialist grants for faith groups.

The new requirement is one of many changes that were recently made, which also saw Free Schools become unable to teach against the scientific consensus, and also a check placed on plans for faith groups to take over Academies without a religious character.

Zoll: In your view, is there any value for faith groups to pursuing religious exemptions as a stand - alone effort — meaning independent from defending marriage?

The issue of family unity has been a major concern for faith groups lobbying for immigration reform.

I have a very hard time imagining someone wanting to go out of their way to work for a faith group that they don't believe in... seems pretty silly to me.

Not exact matches

Activist Faith Bosworth of a German group known as Peng Collective said Google has been a media darling for too long.

If you're interviewing for a position at the Vanderbloemen Search Group — a Houston - based firm that staffs churches and other faith - based organizations — don't be surprised to receive a text message asking a quirky question of sorts around 10:00 in the evening.

One of the first groups to sign up for #SleepOutAmerica was the 8th graders of St. Thomas More Faith Formation....

So, is the Army not the responsibility of the federal government, and wouldn't their support for a faith specific event such as this (it doesn't even cater to all Christian groups, only the evangelicals) be seen as an endorsement of evangelicalism by the federal government?

The most comprehensive study of its kind, it provides detailed county - by - county information on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for 236 different faiths groups.

In a study, conducted by a faith - based group no less, it was shown that ICU patients who knew they were being prayed for tended to suffer more complications and problems than those who were not or did not know.

«You have to ask why the bishops can't take yes for an answer,» wrote Gehring, who works with the progressive group Faith in Public Life.

Ashcroft's bill allows faith - based groups to compete on an equal footing with secular nonprofit organizations for governmental grants to support social - welfare activities, and it explicitly ensures these groups the right to conduct their outreach without compromising their spiritual character.

Groups such as Catholics United and Faith in Public Life got off the ground during and just after the 2004 election when a Catholic Democratic presidential nominee - Sen. John Kerry - was hard - pressed to find Catholic support in the face of condemnations from some Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights.

I am happy that the writer had the choices that she did... She is also free to decide whether or not she is a Catholic... She however, took an available medication for a health problem... most Catholic facilities recognize such health problems and allow for that treatment... I am completly puzzled, though, that she would not want other Catholics to be able to choose differently than she did... for those people who wish to use contraceptive services and medication, options are open to them... I am not Catholic, did not grow up in a faith based family, and don't know whether a God exists or not... However, to leave a relgious group with no option but to contradict its own tenets is an attempt by those who don't believe in those tenents to mock them, certainly, but more to erode them... this seems the aim of many and when those folks operate from inside the government... that intrusion is an overreach of the govenrment...

In the ancient Norse faith, Odin leads a group of Hunters during the time of the Winter Solstice, and they take shelter at a mortal farmstead for the night when a nasty storm hits.

Advocates of a mass amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens, under the banner of «comprehensive immigration reform,» seldom fail to mention «church leaders» and «faith groups» as part of their «coalition.»

He said, «No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith,» and that if he were to be elected president, he would «serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause, and no one interest.»

As Rebecca's faith grew, Shawn started to read the Bible for himself and ended up in tears, praying the «sinner's prayer» at a Bible study group in his local church.

A committed supporter of the movement for many years, she helped run the Folkestone youth group and was sacristan at Faith summer sessions.

Despite the clamour for places, there are prominent campaigns from the country's major secularist groups against faith schools.

For Blacks to chastise another persecuted group is appalling & shows a complete lack of compassion (& if they claim to be «Christian», a complete lack of faith in their Jesus!!!

She slipped into the kitchen where I was crisping bacon and flipping pancakes for a group of thirty people arriving to my house to share about life and faith and to learn about photography together.

But for me it's important to remember that even after the Council of Chalcedon there were large groups of Christians who rejected what we call the orthodox Christology formulated there just because of their faith.

Hell the so called «Christian» Leaders don't even look out for women of their own faith much less any outside group.

A faith - based group has echoed the government's call for better social integration in England's schools... More

It ensures that faith - based groups like Catholic Charities and Catholic colleges do not have to pay for, provide or refer their employees for contraception coverage.

We usually focus on the content of faiths and policies in disputing groups; for example, the Catholic bishops» pastoral letters, the sermonic messages of Martin Luther King, Jr., and black churches, Mormon doctrines about equality or inequality, New Christian Right teachings based on revealed truths, or Jews» concepts of the land of Israel.

The transition comes in the midst of a time of reinvention for InterVarsity, as campuses across the country begin to challenge the faith groups» belief requirements for leaders.

But I see, yet again, two white men of male - dominated faiths hoping to become the protectors of a way of life that is good for, well, a fairly small group of people like themselves.

«Faith - based groups reacted to the terrorist leader's death with renewed sympathy for victims» families, scriptural citations justifying the demise of evil, and hopeful prayers for peace among the nations,» stated the RNA release.

If so, we must listen appreciatively, remembering that, because all human language is relative and limited, we must not let any one word or group of words assume the qualities of an absolute, for that would be a return to the idolatry from which the faith of our fathers sought to deliver us.

«Minutes for mission» or a comparable form of regular reporting by laypeople of mission and maturing projects carried out by laypeople, including reports from soma groups, can set the Sunday morning worship in the context of the whole church's life so that worshipers see Sunday morning as an introduction to the life of faith rather than its main event.

There is a need for thoughtful people to make some discriminations between and within religious groups — to look for curing impulses that are latent in the faiths that so easily can spread disease.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday clarifying the ground rules for religious groups partnering with the federal government through the White House's controversial faith office.

This year, almost 90,000 Christians died for their faith, according to an Italian research group.

What is left, then, is a need for thoughtful people to make some discriminations between and within religions groups, to look for curing impulses that are latent in faiths that so easily can spread disease.

Devils advocate for a moment, lets ask why would very small and unorginized groups of Moslims and Arabs (FYI; there are Arabs of all faiths and No faith at all) would be fighting America?

A lawyer representing the group said Islamic Sharia law, which views apostasy as a criminal offence, makes no provision for those wanting to leave the faith.

in a recent time article, it was revealed that the whitehouse's public show of support for faith - based groups was a cover for it's ridicule of them.

Hyperseparationism is often a symptom of the fear of imperialistic faith groups (supposedly) seeking to dominate society and government (as most faith groups would like to do — in the sense of wanting their vision for all humankind to prevail) Prior to the 1960s the Roman Catholic Church may have aroused that anxiety; more recently Protestant fundamentalism has stirred it.

The Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Luis Ladaria, SJ, will chair the group.

Groups like the Family Research Council continue to characterize religious liberty and equality for LGBT Americans as an either / or proposition, willfully misrepresenting our nation's historical experience and ignoring the realities of a nation of many faiths and beliefs that has dealt with such questions for centuries.

There are a further 1,800 Faith and Light support groups, for people with special needs and their families and friends, across 80 nations.

The question for her then, is when she receives new life through the Messiah, Jesus, and allows her theology to be newly developed based on the Bible, which socio - cultural group does she want to live out this new faith in — her Muslim socio - cultural group, or a foreign Christian socio - cultural group?

The government's minister for faith says he would be unable to welcome Donald Trump to the UK on a state visit following his retweeting of videos posted by far - right group Britain First.