Sentences with phrase «of lay leadership»

In terms of lay leadership, the picture is even grimmer.

Can the churches enlarge the ranks of the clergy while maintaining the present high level of lay leadership?

They are encouraging women to prepare for and seek ordination, and they are trying to be open to considering women as well as men for positions of lay leadership.

Not exact matches

In a message on Jan. 14, he said of the Jan. 7 attack in Paris that the «one who chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation is the leadership of the organization», without naming an individual.

This book laid the foundation of «servant leadership» that has had a major influence on the church but in many ways I found the book condescending and patronizing rather than empowering.

This book laid the foundation of «servant leadership» that has had a major influence on the church but in many ways I found the book condescen

During this period the Government of Alberta introduced a $ 15 minimum wage; appointed a gender - balanced Cabinet; replaced a system of regressive flat taxes with a progressive income tax system; laid out a responsible fiscal plan that rejected austerity; implemented an ambitious jobs plan; reformed the royalty system; ended predatory lending practices while strengthening the credit union system and ATB, Alberta's publicly - owned bank; and implemented a climate change leadership plan — among many other important reforms.

It did not take into account the governance, compliance, leadership or culture of an organisation, factors that can lay dormant for many years, but when they do appear can have a catastrophic impact on a company's share price and investor confidence.

As I mourn the loss of my friend, laid to rest in his hometown of Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy, I am thankful for his witness and example, and also have to pause and reflect on the moral leadership of the Holy See around the world, which Archbishop Sambi so deeply appreciated and valued.

I tire of church leaders (both pastors and lay leadership) who feel the need to control every ministry anyone feels led to take up.

Conventional wisdom assumes that the defining goal of a theological school is to educate clergy for the churches, or, more broadly, to educate leadership for the churches (whether it is lay or ordained leadership is probably irrelevant).

All of us who know, however underwhelmingly, the call to prophetic leadership, lay or ordained, are very well aware of what this seminarian is talking about; and in this sense there is, I am afraid, something almost inescapably deceiving in the stance of the preacher / Iecturer / writer — at least this one.

In part this lay leadership reflects the absence of any fixed tradition to be transmitted and defended by «inside» specialists.

With leadership sorts of roles it can force the «lay people» to cling to them for direction and truth.

When it was about to die in the late 50s, they decided to start doing things differently — lay leadership, challenging theology, real adult education centered on life issues — rather than eliciting statements of faith, etc..

An important by - product of the involvement of laity in mission is that better - trained lay and clergy leadership will be required.

I hold a lay leadership position at my church so I'm fully aware of the struggle churches face about what to do with those outside the «family» demographic.

And while the strains of the post-Conciliar years (which were also years of tremendous demographic transformation on the American urban / suburban landscape) have tested that claim as never before, there remain, in this, the sesquicentennial year of the erection of the diocese, many impressive signs of vitality in a local church that has been distinguished for its rich ethnic diversity, its identification of parish and neighborhood, its impressive clerical and lay leadership, its self - conscious social and political liberalism, and its sense of itself as the «lead diocese» in matters ranging from liturgical renewal to Christian social action.

These folks provide leadership for the Retirement Planning Seminars sponsored by the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for Presbyterian ministers, lay employees and spouses.

Though the pastor may often read the scripture in your congregation, the reading of scripture by lay persons, that is, lay ministers, can reap great rewards by developing leadership and encouraging full participation in the presence of God.

I would describe it as a kind of unspoken contract whereby ordained clergy take leadership responsibility, and lay people defer to that arrangement, too often in a childlike way.

At diocesan urging, a Roman Catholic congregation sought to start a parish council that would institute the principles of local lay leadership advocated in the documents of Vatican II.

But in some parts of the country a grass - roots movement of laid - off workers resisting the plant closures is exerting surprising pressure upon its own leadership, as the recent vote by the rank and file membership of United Auto Workers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to indicate.

These génération Lustiger bishops, the priests they have formed, and their lay Catholic equivalents in leadership positions refuse to behave in accord with the expectations of the heirs of Voltaire and Rousseau who have been running French culture since the end of World War II.

People targeted our children to gain favor with the church leadership — like the man who was helping with Sunday School who insisted my 11 year old daughter speak in tongues, laying hands on her and yelling at her in front of the other kids — all without our knowledge.

A recent roundtable of Christian leaders laid out the puzzle of grace, the law and fallen leadership on the table — and here's what they discovered.

This core of lay leaders — along with pastoral leadership — can set an example of commitment to the community.

A lay leader of a congregation where worship is the spiritual center of the life of the congregation — like the hub of a wheel — reported that her pastor's gifts in worship leadership and preaching are «unequaled.»

5 What makes the leadership «church» leadership, lay or ordained, is that it is the work of a «practical theologian.»

The training of growth facilitators, whether lay or professional, should include four elements: First, experiencing several ongoing growth groups and enrichment workshops under the leadership of various competent facilitators in order to learn facilitating methods by experiencing them makes the growth perspective one's own and continues one's own growth.

Having seen the «dark side» I've thought of writing a series of articles that consist of interviews of those who have voluntarily left the megas (either pastoral staff, administrative staff or lay leadership) or who have been discharged because they were no longer useful.

Meanwhile, the minister was likely to be completely isolated from the sustaining power and status - giving context of his church, and, thrown into intimate face - to - face contact with his lay people, made dependent upon his own character and something as intangible to most colonists as «the Spirit» for whatever of prestige he could gain and leadership he could give.

The large volume of new commitments from existing franchisees follows the company's 2016 convention, during which Cicis leadership laid out the strategy to contemporize its restaurants with its new MAVERICK reimage package; focus on driving guest frequencies by highlighting the brand's unique ability for every guest to get what they want from the variety available on its unlimited buffet; and to streamline its operations with more efficient and effective systems.

Calling Perez «my friend,» former President Barack Obama tried to heal the party's divisions, too, saying in a statement: «I know that Tom Perez will unite us under the banner of opportunity, and lay the groundwork for a new generation of Democratic leadership for this big, bold, inclusive, dynamic America we love so much.»

He said that in spite of the institutional challenges, his leadership had laid pathways for the evolution of a new police.

Both Haggerty and Ragusa laid claim to leadership of the borough party, but the Nassau Supreme Court sided with Ragusa and noted that Haggerty took too much time to file a suit against Ragusa.

Giving his maiden speech in the House of Lords this week, former Labour MP and chair of the parliamentary Labour party David Watts said: «My advice to my own party leadership is that they should take less notice of the London - centric hard left political class who sit around in their # 1m mansions eating their croissants at breakfast and seeking to lay the foundations for a socialist revolution.»

Although Conference Leader John Sampson appears secure in his leadership role, the voluntary (perhaps pre-push) departure of his No. 2, Sen. Jeff Klein, over the weekend provides the opportunity for some retooling as the Democrats prepare for two years (barring any unforeseen deaths or defections) of laying the groundwork to try to re-take the majority in 2012.

Dinowitz, a key tactician in the recent County Committee leadership coup, laid out the details for me: When / if Carrion resigns, within 3 days the mayor must announce the date of the special election.

President Obama implored the next generation of U.S. military leaders not to give in to isolationism or pull back from U.S. leadership in the world, drawing a contrast with a foreign policy vision that's been laid out by Trump.

(In New Jersey, committees actually have power to hold public hearings on critical pieces of legislation, something that is never done under the current leadership in New York State; bills are merely reported out of committee or laid aside.)

If we can not get our claws off and allow for fresh leadership to emerge then we shall sink further.Not too long ago I thought we heard the jockeys claiming the horses were responsible for this disgraceful failure while one of the horses was bold enough to lay the failure at the doorstep of the jockeys.

The statement reads, «It is obvious, that since after the supreme court judgement that laid to rest the leadership crisis that rocked the PDP, some persons within the party in the region, are still not settled due to the role they played, in spite of the fact that the party has granted amnesty to all those who worked against the interest of the party.

«I am so excited for the vision we have laid out: investments in high tech development that could put central New York on the map for leadership in unmanned systems, recognizing the rural parts of our community with investments in agriculture, tackling hard problems like poverty.»

The leaders of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. and the Sergeants Benevolent Assn., two major police unions, accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of failing to provide the kind of leadership necessary to bolster public support for police and said his leniency toward protesters had laid the groundwork for Brinsley's rampage.

Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Nick Clegg laid out the values informing his campaign today with an attack on the «Sat - Nav politics» of Labour and the Conservatives.

He did not hesitate to lay the blame for the loss on the failure of the leadership in both party and government to listen to the admonishment that there were serious issues affecting the way the country was being managed.

Before any vote, leadership should lay out a clear course of action for the upcoming session and beyond including a comprehensive policy agenda, communications strategy, and long - term path for the Assembly Republicans to attain a majority in the chamber.

She recalled that the recent Supreme Court judgement, which recognised the then Caretaker Committee led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic leadership of the PDP, laid to rest any claim of divisions in the party.

'' In the spirit of true leadership, academic excellence and integrity of the university, the Visitor of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa should appoint a Vice Chancellor for the university laying credence to the relevance of the qualifications of the candidate, his competence and experience.