Sentences with phrase «of a particular church»

I doubt the sincerity and the doctrine of this particular church.

I felt that the pastor was using the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the importance of a particular church member.

In this way the church catholic emerges from the reform of the particular churches.

Consequently, it is the role of every particular church's theologians, pastors, and educators to reflect upon this tradition and remind the wider church of its importance.

Modesty has undeniably enjoyed front - page headline status in Christian conversations about sexuality for decades, almost irrespective of particular church tradition.

Their animosity against the Catholic Church arose not so much from the doctrines of their particular churches as from their broader theologically liberal concerns about church authority.

Also, some companies might give a scholarship because a student is a member of a particular church while some companies reward scholarships to employees» children.

It's my hope that people would see the video and beware of this particular church or that the «Pastor» knowing that people know what he's really like would change his behavior.

The first change, enacted by Christians without any intention of extinguishing or even compromising the Christian character of the college or university, consisted in muting all overt claims of the academic institution to be functioning as a limb of a particular church.

After an initial orientation day at Lycoming College, the seminar meets once a month to study training methods relevant to the teachers of a particular church school department.

Whereas European Protestantism was largely shaped by state support of particular churches and adjustment to the needs of other religious groups, American Protestantism was largely shaped by autonomous churches.

It is neither right nor wrong to be in or out of a particular church community: it is the point you have reached.

What is the purpose of our particular church?

In either vent as a non-christian nothing of what your bible says applies to me, not does it apply to gays who are not a part of your particular church.

When prophecy (self - styled) is institutionalized in modern organizations, the end result is that the only people who are eagerly awaiting the next solemnly launched position of a particular church organization are the bureaucrats in the other organization down the block.

From the architecture of the particular church, I would suggest a different place to stand... and a different trajectory for the stone for that matter...

I speak as one who has a special interest in the strength of a particular ecumenical seminary, but also as one who knows that he, too, has both a stake in and responsibility for the life of particular churches.

Knowledge about individual community leaders, the history and development of a town, the way decisions are made in its institutions and social groups, the deals being made in the world of politics and business, the norms and values in the arts and sciences, the presuppositions and operational concepts of the professions — this is grist for the mill of a core group which has the responsibility of planning strategy for the mission of a particular church in an American community.

Am I the only one who is skeptical about the ulterior motives of this particular church?

France inaugurated a program making aid available to all private schools within its borders, implemented that program (the Debré law regime) for a full 2 years, evaluated the consequences, and observed that the program not only improved the quality of all French education but actually mitigated the divisiveness of the particular church - state question to which it was addressed.

Justice Rehnquist today suggests that we abandon Lemon entirely, and in the process limit the reach of the Establishment Clause to state discrimination between sects and government designation of a particular church as a «state» or «national» one.

However, unlike Engaged Encounter, these offerings can be quite varied, community to community, and depend on the interests and resources of the particular church or religious personnel involved.

Most ministries are open to people of all faiths and denominations, not just attendees of a particular church.

What makes this person a «Christian» oriented therapist is that they have strong Christian beliefs which can in whole or in part inform the work that they do, which could include individual therapy, school counseling, counseling ministers, counseling members of a particular church or teaching.

Saying that you are a member of a particular church, or that you attend church with a certain frequency, or that you see religion as important does not necessarily indicate that you are a truly religious person.