Sentences with phrase «judicatory officials»

One reason is that denominational and judicatory officials have shifted their attention away from such «private» issues as education and toward public policy and social change.

This finding is most clearly illustrated by the high degree of dissatisfaction expressed by United Methodist clergy in relation to their denomination's deployment systems and the level of support they received from judicatory officials.

The comfort and counsel of a pastor is needed as much by clergy families as by lay families, but clergy are reluctant to consult their peers or judicatory officials whom they perceive to have power over them.