And in the biggest apology ever for Christian persecution by other Christians, 145
global church leaders met in Albania last year and said they were sorry for having abused each other.
comments show Internet as church for atheists The Internet has become the de
facto global church for atheists, agnostics and other doubters of God, who of course don't have bricks - and - mortar churches in which to congregate.
And the response of the assembled archbishops was, in essence: «
A global church, but there's a lot of work to do before we get there.»
Darby's doctrine that the church is a «mere parenthesis» enables Christians to minimize the role of
the global church and to ignore or openly despise Palestinian Christians.
The global church is beautiful and timeless, and it's amazing and exciting to imagine the crazy ways Jesus guides each member.
Following the death of Left Behind author Tim LaHaye, John Tancock assesses the influence of the man's theology on
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Church members spoke to me about how the government had cut them off from the Vatican and
the global Church, and how their isolation weighed on them.
# 1 The ability to learn from
the Global church.
Roberts's idea (that a local church must be
a global church — thus «glocal») may indeed transform American church life, because it is timely: We live in the age of the flat earth, when we can not only communicate around the world, but more Americans than ever have enough disposable income to travel the world.
In an effort to unify how
the global church prays, the English translation of the church's worship service is being modified in order to more accurately reflect the Latin from which the Roman Missal is translated.
The elevation alone brings speculation that Dolan himself could one day be elected to lead
the global church.
I believe that we are at a crossroads as
a global Church, shifting and changing, just as we have done for centuries — from a pragmatic side of «what» we do and also a theological side of «why» we do it.
Change begins: The position under critique slowly admits to errors and abuses, and eventually yields to the consensus of
the global church.
If women are celebrated, empowered and given freedom to exercise their gifts in leadership as God intends, imagine what it could do for
the global Church — God's kingdom on Earth as He intended — a glorious, united and beautifully vibrant people.
By learning about — and learning from —
the global church, we can advance God's kingdom vision in our own contexts even more effectively.
So why is the world's oldest disease still feared and reviled in
the global Church today?
Three «conversion moments» have given the remarkable Fuzz Kitto an unusual view of
the global Church... More
«Are
we a global church, or are we a federation of local bodies?»
Three «conversion moments» have given the remarkable Fuzz Kitto an unusual view of
the global Church...
The simplistic gospel of being saved from earth for a home elsewhere in heaven has been replaced by a grand narrative of God's redemption story that encompasses social justice, creation care, and a fresh vision of the mission of
the global Church.
We're figuring out what to keep, what to toss, and what to reclaim as
a global Church.
People want to talk about how I've managed to hold onto my faith or what gives me hope as part of
the global church.
Evangelicals might have their own agendas, but over the years, they are the ones who have shown a keen interest in
the global Church — not just as the exotic other, but as a serious missional partner.
The global church must break the cycle of shame forcing persecuted Christian women to suffer in silence.
Now this has to be beyond window - dressing of doing drive - by ministry «to» and «among» the urban poor, immigrants, and the rich, racially - ethnic diversity of
the global church present in urban centers.
«This is real collaboration by
the global church,» says P. Singh, a leading scholar at a respected Christian institution.
Places like the Philippines, Mexico, and Nigeria had already become the true center of gravity of
a global Church, displacing Quebec, Chicago, Milan and Vienna.
We are actually
a global church.
E. Urge that all ecumenical and
global churches and agencies work to assist their members to become media literate.
It's a fight that pits church men and against church women, and it could have broader implications for
the global church.
The Protestant and Catholic split in 1517 was a momentous fracture in the life of
the global Church.
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Blacks in the United States have joined leading theologians in Latin America to bring this basic point vividly to the consciousness of
the global church.
The three great traditions of
the global Church (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism), though they diverge on many things, agree on this.
The Evangelical missions conference URBANA made headlines in December when guest speaker Michelle Higgins tied BLM to the mission of
the global church.
We're an operational arm of
the global church, we're not a theological arm of the church.»
So why is the world's oldest disease still feared and reviled in
the global Church... More
The global church does play such a large role in health care globally.
He writes, «By the end of the [1980s], the Canadian bishops were producing between 8 and 10 percent of the world's output in Catholic social teaching documents, far beyond our proportional representation in
the global church....
[/ - Peter J. Leithart /] The Fate of Communion: The Agony of Anglicanism and the Future of a Global Church
Church councils also are seen as rubber stamps for papal policy, not as autonomous sources of teaching authority that gather up the wisdom of
the global church.
It seems likely that the Vatican conservatives and Pope John Paul II himself are seriously out of touch with the mood of
the global church on the birth - control issue, as well as on the wider question of the credibility of official church teaching authority.
Martin Scorsese's disturbing yet beautiful film Silence (released in UK cinemas on New Year's Day) is a gift to
the global church says Sam H...
First, as to
the global Church.