Sentences with phrase «local judicatories»

If, with the requisite amendments, necessitated by change of times, the system of local judicatories were restored, — each judge would, for all purposes, be provided with his own ministerial subordinates: and for all of them be would be responsible.

As a consequence, the mission activity of the churches is, with limited exceptions, carried out by regional or local judicatories.

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Furthermore, Hoge and Wenger discovered a consensus among judicatory officers regarding pastors who have left local church ministry: «These pastors tended to be loners in the district or presbytery, for whatever reason not part of ministerial friendship groups or action groups.

Aided by judicatory and seminary personnel to whom the congregation seems more beneficiary than source of Christian praxis, local churches usually assume that a more definitive form of church life exists somewhere else.

This way of doing college and university ministry will require rethinking not only by campus ministers and their boards,, but by local congregations and judicatories, all of which need to understand that the church on campus is an extension of — not an annoyance to or a competitor with — the local church.

However, much of the funding that used to be channeled to national churches through mission boards is now being spent by local churches and judicatories on their own hands - on mission projects.

There is no reason in principle why local associations should be bereft of staff executives, but such persons should not be appointed by higher judicatories at the state or national level.

By using financial intermediaries such as revolving community loan funds, many religious orders, judicatories and local congregations can provide below - market loan capital that helps to make marginal projects viable.