Sentences with phrase «for leaders of the church»

It is not growing and that is a source of concern for the leaders of those churches and rightfully so.

If Mr Obama speaks favorably about the Lord, says he is a Christian (and he is a good man, married to one woman, and his children behave = all the requirements in the bible for a leader of the church must have) and he declares or asks for Gods blessings over our country, do not judge him or prevent him.

Not exact matches

«I accompany with prayer the positive success of the Inter-Korean summit last Friday and the courageous commitment assumed by the leaders of the two parts to carry out a path of sincere dialogue for a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons,» the Catholic Church leader told pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday.

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An Australian church leader has published his reasons for participating in the controversial consecration of a missionary bishop for Europe by the conservative Anglican group, GAFCON.

Many believers, including many Christian leaders, consider it a powerful tool for fighting what they say is one of the modern church's biggest problems: porn addiction.

Given the history of these failures, it is reasonable for the Orthodox Church leaders to proceed with due caution to spare themselves yet another public embarrassment.

Nadarkhani is the leader of a network of Iranian house churches and was first charged with apostasy in 2010 for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Fresh concerns are being raised over the welfare of Eritrea's Tewahdo Orthodox Church leader, who has been living effectively under house arrest for more than ten years.

The main culprit for this disintegration of real community was the disintegration of the Sunday School format, which church leaders decided was to «uncool» to reach people like me!

When leaders of a church are in it for themselves, for their self - promotion, and for their enrichment, then members will see through that and leave.

Funny how IDers don't claim to be creationists, yet both have the EXACT same language and interpretation of evolutionary theory verbatim, go to the same church, watch the same videos, use the same arguments, vote for the same leaders, listen to the same pastors, and quote the same scripture, etc...

Especially those who advocate the prosperity of the church leaders as a substitute for the prosperity of the members of the congregation.

It will be too late for Millennial to take responsibility but then it would not be their fault it would be the leaders of the free, love church's like my Pastor said this morning God's grace is killing us!

When it happens, this Council will be an event of considerable historical import, bringing together the leaders of all Orthodox Churches for the first time since 787.

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When we complain about the Church, her leaders and her members we are demonstrating not only a misunderstanding of what a church is, but also a disrespect for Who the ChurChurch, her leaders and her members we are demonstrating not only a misunderstanding of what a church is, but also a disrespect for Who the Churchurch is, but also a disrespect for Who the ChurchChurch is.

A. W. Tozer, in his concern for the lack of the right kind of leadership in the church, wrote: Another kind of religious leader must arise among us.

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.

Early Popes (and other Christian Church leaders) placed the blame on the Jews for the execution of Jesus.

The measures are part of an overhaul of canon law regarding how church leaders dress which is set for the upcoming General Synod meeting later this week.

And it will be for me quite a poignant moment going there [to Whitehall] with the other church leaders and the Queen and all the others to think of him.

Ben Rogers, East Asia Team Leader at advocacy charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide, told Premier: «The Islamic Defenders Front, they for years have been pushing this agenda, trying to shut down churches, attack the Ahmadiyya community - who're a sect of Islam that other Muslims disagree with - and also often raided nightclubs and bars and want Sharia law to be established.

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Drucker may be too generous in his estimate of the role that the churches and synagogues of America are playing in this «management revolution,» but religious leaders have reason to pay attention to his call for the upgrading of voluntarism.

Just to prove a point, it'd be cool for some atheist to start a church or join one and become the leader and build up its membership and then break the news of the experiment as kindly as possible.

Noting that two generations of Catholic leaders, including popes, have regarded human rights as important for the building of humane societies and have employed rights discourse themselves as a «bridge language» supporting the protection of human dignity, Reno declares that it is time for the Catholic Church «to rethink its enthusiasm for human rights.»

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.

For the first time since Pope Francis has been the leader of the Catholic Church, he is meeting with President Obama.

Just this month, two top American cardinals, Roger Mahony of Los Angeles and Timothy Dolan of New York, were called on to give legal testimony over lawsuits related to abuse of children, and the leader of Scotland's Catholic Church, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, resigned after allegations he had acted improperly toward four men studying for the priesthood decades ago.

Charter predicts in the future there will be «an increase in the current trend of churches that have made no provision for children and will, therefore, be in decline with fewer leaders.

The colors of the various robes each have a symbolic meaning, e.g red for the cardinals, signifies that as a leader of the Church they are willing to die for the faith.

The proper course, it seems to me, is for church leaders and people of good will to make every effort to connect the human - rights project to an affirmation of the essential interplay between individual rights and democratic values.

Not that this state of affairs would be ideal for Catholics or the leaders of the Church.

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.»

For 175 years the leaders and general membership of the Mormon Church have believed American Indians and Polynesians are descended from Israelites based on their understanding of the Book of Mormon.

If that is their intention, the leaders of the Church have no room for compromise.

«Christian leaders consider it a powerful tool for fighting what they say is one of the modern church's biggest problems: p * rn addiction.»

Church leader and theologian Steve Holmes wrote: «I agree profoundly with Steve in his concern that our pastoral practice in this area has often been appalling, and needs to change... his diagnosis of a real and urgent problem is spot on... [He] names a pastoral scandal that we have swept under the carpet for too long.»

So it was encouraging today to read what Paul Leader at his Perspectives blog wrote today: If there was one message I had for pastors and leaders of congregations, churches and gatherings it would be this.

Johnson has been teaching for eight years at the Brehm Center at Fuller Theological Seminary, which «empowers and equips a new generation of artists and church leaders... Continue Reading»

Lebanese church leaders Camille and Stefan are seeing hundreds of Syrian refugees arrive destitute on their church doorstep, turn to Christ, experience miraculous healings and even express gratitude for their trauma — because it has enabled them to discover a God of love

A simple way for church leaders to show that homosexuality is not shameful is by publicly inviting gay or same - sex attracted people to be open about it, and to assure them of a warm welcome and true acceptance if they are.

That is why a number of prominent progressive church leaders recently signed «A Progressive Call for Public Scholarships.»

Every year we revise and update a strategic booklet, which includes printed descriptions of ministries and team leader phone numbers for every functioning group and ministry in the church.

For one that is so eager to point out the nuances between individuals who leave the church and those who leave to follow Christ, you are equally eager to groups all kinds of church bodies and leaders together.

commercial acumen of their compatriots in business, church leaders employed special advertising for Mother's Day services in hopes of packing the house as at Christmas and Easter.

That might be an accurate portrayal of many church leaders, but it's true to say that there is little place on screen for charismatic, spirit - filled, visionary leaders who are out to change the world.

The Church of England leaders used Matthew 11:28 - 30 to encourage people to lay their burdens on Jesus and said that sin is the heaviest of burdens and» is not a characteristic of a particular group of people», but the same for everyone.

Further, many national churches offer comprehensive and sophisticated programs of theological education by extension for lay leaders.