Sentences with phrase «of denominational lines»

Such hopes were, of course, doomed to failure; what resulted was more a redrawing of denominational lines as the Holiness movement spread beyond Methodism.

Not exact matches

To continue to draw up — as many of our denominational leaders do — battle lines with humanists on one side and theists on the other is specious and still reflects the popular, but otiose, approach to the whole debate.

We are obligated to listen to one another, and to discuss our differences across denominational lines, theological persuasions — and even across the center aisle of the sanctuary (where one side of the church prefers Paul Tillich, the other side, Left Behind).

In spite of obvious religious objections to these proposals, considerable scholarship across denominational and religious lines endorses the practice of organ donation, procurement, and transplantation.

I'm a bit reluctant to bring up the subject of baptism here on the blog because I think it's such a shame that something as beautiful and important can so quickly divide Christians along denominational lines.

Witness the graphs with their plummeting lines, the anguished presentation of statistics by the denominational hierarchy, and the curious blend of pessimism and hope communicated through such newly coined phrases as a «decrease of the decrease» to describe a «bottoming out» of the downward curves.

Our second line of attack must be mounted by denominational worship agencies.

And educational resources can be obtained from dozens of major publishers that may offer materials far slicker and less expensive than denominational lines.

Even the common theological point of view, which cut across denominational lines, was opposed by some.

Witness the graphs with their plummeting lines, the anguished presentation of statistics by the denominational hierarchy, and the curious blend of pessimism and hope communicated through such newly...

Perhaps even across denominational lines, those of us on the center left need to articulate how the Bible still functions for us as a religious authority indeed as the word of God.

Indeed, an argument could be made that at no time since the First Great Awakening have so many churches of disparate denominational, theological and stylistic approaches been so united in terms of their music: one can now walk into old - line Pentecostal churches, small - town evangelical congregations, mall - like suburban megachurches, and many a mainline Protestant sanctuary across the country on any given Sunday morning and hear the same hymns and choruses done in approximately the same musical styles, with similar settings and instrumentation.

Sometimes this passivity takes the form of a corporate body unquestioningly accepting a denominational party - line from the pulpit.

No subject has commanded as much attention among pastors and denominational leaders in recent years as that of declining membership in formerly main - line churches.

High rates of denominational switching and interdenominational marriage, reduced levels of denominational identity and cross-denominational tensions, and pervasive contacts across denominational lines all point toward a declining monopoly of specific religious traditions over the securement of religious convictions.

A good deal of the material out of New York, Geneva, and the denominational headquarters on the church and ministry reflects this promising line, and a good many religious sociologists and radical religious leaders on the race issue tend to use Bonhoeffer and religionlessness in this way.

Where black churchmen were bound together across denominational lines by the spirit of justice which — though at times only timidly — opposed the oppression and dehumanization of others, white churchmen were united across those lines by a spirit of hatred for black people.

If a weakness of international ecumenism today is that people in the pews can not see the result of the efforts made, local ecumenism is flourishing and bringing a vivid sense of the life and vitality of Christian encounter across denominational lines.

One thought is for those of us who have been on the front lines of this issue to work with denominational leaders to help them better understand the various and complex issues related to sexual abuse.

Few denominational leaders are either celebrities or well - known spiritual guides in their own church bodies; the media have created spokespersons entirely outside the line of appointed and elected officialdom who tend to speak for the churches.

My word to all the Baptist preachers of the land would be: Smite, smite, hip and thigh, the «bastard» Union Movement, dear preachers of God's Book, by calling every Baptist soul under the reach of your prophetic voice to toe the denominational line, and then to show his faith by his fruits.»

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