Sentences with phrase «local community of faith»

Must show evidence of a life committed in personal relationship with Christ and participation in a local community of faith

While I've spoken at many of them, and Passion has influenced them around the world, I want to be able to lay down at the feet of Jesus and say I gave it a shot — I tried to build into the local community of faith that he gave his life for, that he loved, and that he believed is the best agent for change in the world.

Not exact matches

Ben: Right, but it's that unique blend of mixing charity into cultural understanding, community spiritual formation, attention to local geography and history, and transmission of our faith to others that makes the Benedict Option so important.

It's obvious who the «power brokers» are here in my local faith community and obvious they have no intention of relinquishing any hold.

The report, «Cathedrals and their communities», is the culmination of a year - long tour which saw the Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne visit all of England's 42 Anglican cathedrals to better understand their continued importance both to local communities and wider society.

What these rising communities really signal, Jenkins believes, is a deep spiritual hunger in the developing world and the wide appeal of the Christian God and the Christian story even where local religious faith is strong — perhaps especially there.

And the individualistic erosion of local community now makes necessary and possible a NATIONAL COMMUNITY and a secularized common or civcommunity now makes necessary and possible a NATIONAL COMMUNITY and a secularized common or civCOMMUNITY and a secularized common or civic faith.

I can not give you any specific scripture references that verify that, but the alternative is to assume that every local church (or specific community of faith) has identical gifts and resources, and that every community has the same problems and needs.

In a recent study 50 percent of American teens 13 - 17 report attending a local faith community within the past seven days.

Gill Sewell added: «There are over 150 events that have been happening this week where Quaker meetings have opened up their meeting houses to their local communities, encouraging people to come in and find out about the Quaker away of faith.»

One can draw on the result of the careful work that has been done by religious bodies, educational institutions, and local communities regarding better understanding between the Islamic faith and societies since the Gulf War in 1991.

All my friends have left, It's a shame, as we were an active, supportive, faith - inspired community that went down the tubes with the disrespect shown towards women and children, financial scandal, crcxkdowns of authority, etc. from a local to the highest levels.

The community of believers, the local church, is central to Christian faith and life.

Hence the importance of the local faith community, whether that be the diocese, parish, youth group, basic community, or other spiritual fellowship.

Religious conversion to Christ in this setting essentially means a change of faith which involves participation in the local worshipping congregation of Christian believers without transference of community and cultural affiliations, but with a commitment to the ethical transformation of the whole society and culture in which they participate with others of different faiths.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The caller's goals may concern formally leaving religion altogether, but Morehead said that counselors will also offer advice on finding a new faith or connecting with a local community of nonbelievers.

He did not specifically cite the congregation as the locus of the worshipping Christian community, nor was he sanguine about the long continuation of any institutional form of the church, but his acuity in aligning the essential faith of Christianity with its cultic expression in specific communities provides an explanation for the present strength of the local church.

What the local church is, is a place of like faith and community.

Our members represent a diversity of stakeholders in the local food system including: farmers, food processors, distributors, farmers» markets, retailers, restaurateurs, institutional food buyers, consumers, anti-hunger advocates, children's health advocates, faith communities, agricultural scientists, and sustainability educators.

• The School Nutrition department partners with the Cherokee County Farm Bureau to foster an engaged farm - to - school community with support from a broad range of community members including parents, teachers, administrators, farmers, Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners, the Upper Etowah River Alliance, local churches and faith - based organizations, the Boy Scouts of America, and more.

Eric Pickles, local government secretary, comments on multiculturalism in advance of a new counter-extremism strategy: «A few people, a handful of activists, have insisted that it isn't enough simply to celebrate the beliefs of minority communities; they want to disown the traditions and heritage of the majority, including the Christian faith and the English language.

A neighborhood - based, local stakeholder - driven approach to community development, the Initiative brought together community residents, not - for - profit and faith - based organizations, private firms, and industry experts with policymakers and city government leaders to discuss priority issues, opportunities, challenges, and project ideas to strengthen the neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens.

When she stormed out of the government last year, the faith minister's job was actually upgraded because Eric Pickles, the local government and communities secretary, took it over himself, with assistance from another minister, Lord Ahmad.

Students, families, the faith community, and local AIDS / health / community organizations will be joined by elected officials to commemorate World AIDS Day with a Reading of the Names Ceremony.

The Jamaica Planning Initiative is a neighborhood - based, local stakeholder - driven approach to community development that brings together community residents, not - for - profit and faith - based organizations, private firms, and industry experts with policymakers and city government leaders to discuss priority issues, opportunities, challenges, and project ideas to strengthen the neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens.

Spokesman Ethan Geto said Avery Hall Investments was aware of local concerns about the supermarket and housing affordability, and «has been working in good faith to amend its plans so as to accommodate these and other community concerns to the extent possible while maintaining the viability of the project.»

The Workforce Training Center will partner with local manufacturers and energy providers, workforce development training organizations, educational institutions, government entities, and community and faith based organizations to deliver educational services and a comprehensive network of support for residents of Western New York.

World Vision's «Channels of Hope» project, for example, mobilised more than 390000 local faith leaders to transform health and development in local communities.

The district conducts an annual climate survey — reaching parents, students, business people, faculty and staff members from local colleges, and other community partners including members of faith - based organizations — to learn what community people think about school and district programs and practices.

But through the support of the NEA's Public Engagement Project, the Columbus Education Association convened a community conversation attended by more than 300 people — parents, business leaders, teachers, district administrators, and local faith - based and political leaders.

In addition, the course provides rich, in - person experiences with a broad number of community - based faith traditions and thus serves the important purpose of integrating diverse local populations with education professionals.

«We've been working with former pupils at unregistered «faith» schools for some time now, and their overriding sentiment is that they have been badly let down not only by the communities that these schools serve, but also by their local authority and the Government, whose approach continues to be one of inaction and indifference.»

But it is Monroe's grief - stricken, lonely mother who changes the most and becomes totally absorbed in her Catholic faith, engaging the prayerful assistance of the local parish priest and multiple members of the community.

We embrace the opportunity to work with diverse people in a spirit of cooperation, including: local residents, individuals who are unhoused, governmental authorities, non-profit agencies, faith communities, foundations, businesses, and others who are trying to make basic housing more available to those who need it.

Frances Seymour, a senior fellow with World Resources Institute, agreed: «Papal attention can inspire, encourage and empower local religious leaders and faith communities to redouble their efforts to stave off forest destruction and violations of human rights.»

Two - thirds of California adults who belong to a local faith community believe that churches and religious organizations should «do more to offer programs that help couples who are experiencing difficulties in their marriage.»