Sentences with phrase «general leader of the church»

(A) it was not a statement issued by a general leader of the church; and (B) the church does NOT endorse political candidates.

Not exact matches

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.

I will add that these early church leaders of the Latter Day Saints, that I have mentioned, engaged in this brotherly goodwill long before it became in vogue and popularly accepted by the general population of the United States.

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.

Dalahäst If you dug through all of Church history you might find a few leaders like St. Patrick who openly opposed slavery, but the vast majority regarded it as consistent with Christian theology up until the general abolitionist movement.

Leaders from the Episcopal, Methodist and Catholic churches of Alabama sued the state's governor, its attorney general and a district attorney this month over the law, which is to go into effect September 1.

Back in the States we most recently had been part of General Baptist churches we were usually involved as worship leaders and Sunday school teachers, my husband a deacon.

(14) There are echoes here of the apostle Paul's recognition, reflected in several of his letters, of the importance of general social trust and respect of church leaders and members as a necessary framework for communication of the gospel.

Earlier this summer, I spoke at the General Assembly of the Assemblies of God in Indianapolis at the request of Steve Pike, who is their church planting movement leader (and an all around great guy, having planted a strong church in Colorado and now investing his life in planters).

Stephen is the church planting leader in the General Association of General Baptist Churches, one of the many Baptist denominations in the United States.

In an exclusive interview ahead of May's general election, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg explains why he's not the atheist many assume him to be, and outlines his vision for church and society.

Mainline Protestant leaders appeared to take an important step toward joining this movement in November when Robert Edgar, general secretary of the Nation Council of Churches, signed a statement calling on churches to do a better job of articulating God's purposes for marriage, supporting married couples, and proclaiming the good news about marriage to the wider Churches, signed a statement calling on churches to do a better job of articulating God's purposes for marriage, supporting married couples, and proclaiming the good news about marriage to the wider churches to do a better job of articulating God's purposes for marriage, supporting married couples, and proclaiming the good news about marriage to the wider society.

Unfortunately, Christian history is full of people who have either twisted or cut and pasted Scripture to fit their own agendas and prejudices, as well as church leaders who have taken advantage of people's general ignorance of scripture to plant their own ideas in people's heads and call it the Word of God.

The male leaders of the church have shown once again just how threatened they are by the nuns, and women in general.

Those of us who have been involved in designing and promoting various models for the process of sustained prophetic inquiry can testify to the general lack of interest of ecclesial bodies in such ministry: «social action» is by and large out, and, where it is a priority among church leaders, most of its practitioners are concerned with direct action, not action research.

In a striking leader by its editor, the excellent Luke Coppen, the Herald encouraged its readers «to hold the Corporation to account, notably for the blundering and reckless coverage of the affair on the BBC's website» and urged the BBC's director general, Mark Thompson (himself a practicing Catholic) «to trawl through the archives of BBC News Online tosee how ignorant and one - sided reports of «Muslim outrage» helped manufacture a crisis for the Church that has endangered the lives of Catholics».

And when those consent forms are not in place, church leaders can still consult professionals for general advice on how to respond to various types of illness within their congregations.

«Just as Catholics for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

«In general, that is a myth,» said adoptive parent and foster carer Krish Kandiah, executive director: churches in mission at the Evangelical Alliance and one of the leaders of the Home for Good campaign.

The leaders could conduct the business of the churches through the improved instruments of the «General Board» and other agencies at the national level.

Unless the general public — not just the highly educated leaders of church and society, but the general public — knows about these problem with all their pros and cons, and are able to weigh and consider alternatives and solutions from every standpoint — left, right and center — unless that happens, our nation will never be able to fight its way back toward solutions that will build us up, strengthen our resolve, and re-create the nation I used to love and I now would love to reform.

This last weekend was LDS General Conference, which means we spent Sunday snuggled up at home watching and learning from the leaders of our church.

Founder and Leader of the Church of Rabbi, Odifuo Kwabena Tawiah has predicted that children will be killed for rituals in the 2016 general elections.

Founder and leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Owusu Bempah has expressed disappointment in Dr. Mensah Otabil, General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, for going against his own words.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has advised Nigerians to vote for credible leaders come 2019 in order to...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has advised Nigerians to vote for credible leaders come 2019 in order to move the nation forward.

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and leaders including General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye...

Christian leaders including General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye and the Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David...