Sentences with phrase «mainline denominations into»

Their book may not turn card - carrying members of mainline denominations into Evangelicals, but it might begin to make them «wise as serpents.»

Not exact matches

There is no end in sight to the mainline denominations» debates over whether gays and lesbians will be fully integrated into the life and leadership of their churches.

Opinion polls show that these members are as liberal on economic issues as members of mainline denominations, even when social class and race are taken into account.

This condition is one factor behind the steady decay of purpose and the decline in identity among mainline denominations: The second volume of the United Methodist Church's «Into Our Third Century» series argues that the denomination's most pressing need as it approaches its bicentennial in 1984 is «to develop a clear sense of purpose and identity for its life and work.»