Sentences with phrase «for other churches»

They know that most of their people would depart, either for other churches that have buildings, staff and programs, or for the comfort of their easy chairs.
In posing these questions I am sensitive to certain facts about the western churches — whether they are also valid for other churches I do not know.
Because Azalea is a specialist project, they train their staff to a high standard, but the temptation for other churches can be to just give it a go.
I think the dream of a church should be to die and let the battle continue through the resources they have the their support for other churches.
Because one of St. Gregory's main missions is to model a new way of doing ministry, the parish provides a rich array of resources for those who visit the church and for other church leaders.

Not exact matches

The organization reviewed applications from local churches, charities, and others; the ones it chose to fund were responsible for overseeing construction and management.
Piazza del Popolo It's said to be one of the best people - watching spots in the city (which, for Rome, says a lot)-- that is, if you can take your eyes off the 17th - century churches and Egyptian obelisk, among other sights.
For well over a century, a range of men's footwear brands — Grenson, Church's, John Lobb, Tricker's and Crockett & Jones, among others — have called the East Midlands region home, producing more or less the same shoes, more or less the same way.
Abbott's comments come a day after one of the pastors, Robert Morris, told news outlets Abbott had reached out to him and nine other churches to build support for the legislation.
To do so, they and others paid $ 150,000 in bribes via the church to Gross, its pastor, in exchange for facilitating Murgio's takeover and arranging for Lebedev and others to be put on the credit union's board, prosecutors said.
Whether they're churches, sports teams, unions or other local groups, they all share important roles as social infrastructure for our communities.
Others retire to their churches, and there wait for the inspiration of heaven with their hats on, and all are satisfied.
Challenger already has a commitment of $ 5 million from a church organisation for the SRI wholesale fund and is currently talking with other institutions that have expressed interest in the wholesale fund.
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.
Lichtenfeld covers all the basics: stay active and healthy, exercise, play sports, eat right, socialize a lot with family and friends, meet new friends, keep learning, do volunteer work, be involved in your community, run for office, attend church or other religious / spiritual activities, read books and newspapers, check your email and text your friends.
«Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.»
When Church and kingdom are set against each other, then the language of the kingdom can be used, and is used, to sacralize whatever is the contemporary program for justice and peace.
In other words, I as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ, can do the work for the person who has died by being baptized for him.
For example, the China Christian Council, successor to the official Three - Self Movement, was welcomed as a member of the WCC without any reference to continued restrictions on Chinese Catholics and other non-recognized churches.
And what local churches do sometimes when they treat each other like businesses competing for tithing customers.
The problem I have is that these «churches» using these schools are not paying enough to even cover the cost of the overhead of opening the building for them, and that if any group other than a Christian church tried to use the facilities for religious services, they would more than likely be denied.
I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why these people can't use any other facility... including any one of the thousands of churches in the area, many of whom have large spaces all ready to go for exactly that sort of thing.
Although human - rights lawyers have been justified in criticizing gacaca courts for their low standards of due process and selectivity in prosecution, others have shown that acknowledgment, repentance, and forgiveness have taken place widely in the hearings, in good part due to the influence of churches.
How can you say that because Obama takes one stance that doesn't match Christian values, the church congregation must vote for others?
Finally, it bears mentioning that while all adults (our parents included) truly do make it up as they go along, for better or worse, traversing our world as young adults can present to us positive opportunities — opportunities that allow us to shepherd and encourage others in our churches and communities, even the wee ones or our own children who desperately want to grow up.
The same goes for other transgressions of church teaching.
They indicated that they were asking themselves, and would be considering further, «Has the time come for the Orthodox churches and other members to review their relations with the World Council of Churcheschurches and other members to review their relations with the World Council of ChurchesChurches
Where I live in Butte, Montana, there are two Catholic Churches, that let other religious faiths use the church for worship, weddings and other functions.
Moreover, accusing other members of the Catholic church of heresy, sometimes subtly, sometimes openly, is serious business that can have serious consequences for those so accused.
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.
For me, those are the people who go to church and make a loud show of prayer and other worship to be seen, but treat others badly.
According to the Patriarch, the Council «will address internal issues of the unity and administration of the Church, but also matters such as relations with other churches and faiths, in order to present a unified voice and credible witness for the life of the world.»
Well said, but it is a shame the church does not stand up and be counted for other very important things.
In his conclusion, he calls for additional studies of other orders and congregations in the church: the Benedictines, Dominicans, Franciscans, Pallotines, Ursulines, and others with similarly proud stories of heroism and resistance yet to be told.
The term refers to a civil, legal contract in terms of government and something spiritual for churches and other religious groups (and yet other things for other cultural groups).
Well, David, you have exposed, very well I might add, your VISION AND GOAL for your church and for others to duplicate.
But when those who care about the community gathered together last night, all those phantom rumors evaporated in our mutual love for God, each other and the church.
If you have these opinions due to a personal experience, maybe you ought to try another church... or several others for that fact.
By the way, take a trip down South; EVERY OTHER billboard is either a direct quote from the Bible or an advertisement for a local church (that last one sure is ironic, isn't it?).
For more than a millennium the Catholic Church has been intertwined with other establishment institutions in the West.
Again, sadly, the church is trailing far beyond society in equality for women, though we have come a long way from the women as property upheld in the Old Testament and still prevalent in many other parts of the world today.
Much of the Christian church in the United States finds itself in the grip of the same phenomenon: people drop by occasionally, but an increasing share of the population searches for spirituality in other ways.
Although in the past the primates have repeatedly asked the American and Canadian churches for a moratorium on same - sex blessings, and for the several GAFCON churches to cease cross-boundary interventions in other churches, this time they forthrightly acknowledged that their requests have not been observed.
«It should be troubling — to «progressive» Catholics as well as others — that political operatives like John Podesta, who has been associated with Clinton campaigns and administrations for decades, admits that his organization set up (with funding from the Koch Brothers... I mean, George Soros) groups with the purpose of promoting a «revolution» — a «Catholic Spring» — «in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church
Why aren't you in church, having dinner with your families, reading the bible, out for a walk, getting together with friends, visiting the shut - ins who aren't able to attend services, or any number of other activities?
They stand for the true meaning of the church - helping others truth, love for the fellow man and forgiveness.
Pull up a bean bag, grab a coffee and chat with us for a while about Emerging Church, Blogging, Faith and other General Silliness from South of the Equator.»
Specifically, the Commission on Religion and Public Life called for the number of bishops to be cut from 26 to 16, to allow clerics from other major religions in Britain to be represented, as well as other strands of the Church currently which are excluded, such as the Roman Catholic Church and Black - majority churches.
The church would support your medical hormone use as it allows it for other medical uses including endometriosis and hormone replacement therapy in the elderly.
Given that its figures do not include Cardiff where rough sleeping is highest, as well as other parts of Wales, the 18,000 hours is just a snapshot of what Welsh churches are doing for people who don't have anywhere to live.
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