Sentences with phrase «on behalf of the church»

Just my opinion that the evolution debate on behalf of churches does more harm than good for the congregation.

Well then if you and your members ARE the church, you then by extension have supported child mol.e.sta.tion by hiding p.e.d.o priests and allowing them to continue acting on behalf of the church while doing so.

If either of the two persons concerned feel in the light of this report they have been denied the justice they deserve then on behalf of the church I offer my personal and profound apology.

«Available information suggests that the charges against Zhang are spurious and are aimed at preventing him advocating on behalf of churches and individuals affected by the cross removals in Zhejiang Province.

Catholic bishops elect the Pope on behalf of the Church.

I take this opportunity to present a CNI - SILVER JUBILEE PLAQUE AND BANERRETTE to the Honorable Moderator on behalf of my Church, CNI.

And today my friend Sarah Cunningham has asked that her fellow bloggers join her in issuing a message of goodwill on behalf of the Church.

While there is some truth to this, he certainly goes beyond Calvin when he addresses contemporary Protestant theology and claims that «Christian doctrine should be conceived, delimited, and developed on behalf of the church's formation program.»

Luke Timothy Johnson's basic response to scholarly research on the historical Jesus is embarrassment on behalf of the Church: embarrassment that Christ's own followers would treat him as a dead figure of history who can be understood only through strictly rational methods of inquiry, barring faith and hope from having their say.

Deeply informed by the disinterested «religious studies» approach to religion, she remains committed to theologizing on behalf of the church.

Then we prayed the «Prayers of the People,» culminating in these words which the congregation spoke together: «On behalf of the church which blessed your marriage, we now recognize the end of that marriage.

The family, along with two of their friends, Suzanne Bernier and Louis Chabot, were working at orphanages and schools in remote villages on behalf of a church - affiliated group from their home province of Quebec, reported The Star.

Is it too much to ask the pope to recall these events with sorrow and to express on behalf of the church sincere repentance to the descendants of those who were so viciously displaced and exiled by our ancestors?

Each year, the WACC, which provides funding for communication development worldwide on behalf of churches throughout the world, is channeling less of its funds into large shortwave services and large publishing houses, and more into the development of small printing presses, the production of audiocassettes, local drama and music groups, and the use of communication forms indigeneous to the village life, such as story telling, puppets and mime.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will be among those appearing before the probe on behalf of the church.

Here in England tithes collected by the government nominally on behalf of the church were finally abolished as recently as 1977, according to Wikipedia.

«This church, the church that Whitney grew up in, is calling for prayer for her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, her mother... and the entire Houston family and Whitney's fans,» Carter said, appealing for privacy on behalf of the church and Houston's family.

For John Howard Yoder theology is an activity on behalf of the church.

The Ashaiman District Pastor of the E.P Church, Adjei Kojo, Rev Emmanuel Smart Konku, who received the items on behalf of the church, and the Christian Youth Builders (CYB), expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Assembly Member for the presentation.

The fortune she gave up, worth about $ 400 million in today's dollars, was instead put to work on behalf of the Church's charitable programs.

1993 — Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate of Anglican Church of Canada, apologizes to survivors of Indian residential schools on behalf of the Church.

Performing on behalf of the church allows Swartz to entertain as he helps to raise money for church maintenance and various ministries.

And that he lobbied Tony Blair on behalf of the Church to relax tax laws on Scientology in England?

To Ralph E. MacKenzie and others engaged in this complicated ministry (on behalf of the Church of Mary, one might say), I certainly wish the best.

Peter responds on behalf of the Twelve, that is on behalf of the new people of God, on behalf of the Church, and for all time: «Lord, to who shall we go?

Though not speaking on behalf of the church, the then - bishop stood in front of a crowd of gay and straight Mormons at a November conference on gay and lesbian issues in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints is headquartered.

I remember times when someone in the community reached out to help with things like yard work or child care, but it was never done on behalf of the church.

I want to apologize to you on behalf of all church - goers everywhere.