Sentences with phrase «open church»

That church is the most open church in the world.

I was part of a very open church in that case, because I used to preach and teach.

A truly open church would make room for everyone.

After a day at the Oasis Open Church Conference, Sam Hailes asks whether evangelicals are really having the open conversation that is needed... More

When the rector at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour in Silver Spring, Maryland opened the church on Sunday morning, he found that a sign advertising Spanish services had been ripped and vandalized with the words, «TRUMP NATION WHITES ONLY.»

And then we realised that the one thing we could do was to open our church doors, so that people could come here to sit, or to pray, or to be listened to, or to be with their friends.

Pope Francis has said, calling for a more open Church — one that embraces people who are divorced and remarried and their children.

It is reflecting on that that I think maybe this pope will open the church records, renounce the policies of excommunication for those who warn society about child predators, even if they find out in a confessional.

Following the news that his church will offer gay marriages, Steve Chalke has launched an «Open Church Charter» which calls on all churches to... More

And yet the priorities Bertone is expected to focus on are largely geared more toward opening church access to state television and the administering of religious schools.

The Tennents opened their churches and hearts to him.

Rev Giles Goddard opened his church's doors for the Inclusive Mosque Initiative and invited the congregation of Muslims to give thanks to «the God that...

Another is by opening all church - related meetings with Bible study, meditation, and prayer.

He's encouraging people to check out their local places of worship for the «Ride + Stride» open churches day.

Valentin had met Jesus after he came to America in 1988 and eventually opened a church in downtown Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, the United Methodist Church voted against structural changes that would have opened church membership to homosexuals.

If Hinkie opened a church tomorrow I'd be on the front steps beggin to be a deacon.

When he finally opens a church and ironically names it «Shepherd of the Plains,» you're still unsure whether he truly believes in what he's doing.

Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the Church Without Christ.

Having an EIN will allow you to open a church bank account and hire future employees if necessary.

Photos and Information About Open Churches in Turkey.

It stood for «open church doors every day and all day, free seats, a plurality of Christian workers, the personal activity of all church members, [and] a ministry to all the community through educational, reformatory and philanthropic channels... «20

The small congregation to which I belong, The Open Church of Maryland, has pledged to help specific families with ties to our members.

He wants to encourage Christians of different views to continue the dialogue at the Open Church conference at Oasis Church Waterloo in April.

When the Indonesian Supreme Court later overruled the decision, local authorities refused to open the church.

Popular preacher Joel Osteen has come under heavy fire for initially refusing to open his church to victims of the Houston floods.

Yet if there is a new vision of «pan-Orthodox and ecumenical unity» in the Eastern church, no one is more responsible for it than this man, whose desire for an open church is matched only by his love for American baseball.

When we approach this university community with the message that we are an open church espousing a progressive Christianity, we will be speaking the truth about our ongoing process.

After receiving a wave of criticism online, Joel Osteen has opened his church to families affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Though Paul provided many proof texts for future conservatives, on the greatest issue of his time he was adventurously liberal, opening the church to the...

Those who are now 45 years of age and older recall the heady years in which two Popes, John XXIII and Paul VI, initiated inner Catholic reform and opened the church, previously shuttered and barred, to the ecumenical movement and to the modem world.

After receiving a wave of criticism online, Joel Osteen has opened his church to families affected by... More

He decided to accept the pastorate at Roseville Baptist Church in Johannesburg and opened his church to black people — a huge and precarious thing to do at the time.

Can you arrange to have ministry certificates so we can open some churches and get tax deductions?

When Jesus opened himself up to mission to the whole world, he opened his church to the world.

Much can also be gleaned on a pragmatic level about how best to open a church's arms to outsiders — not least Warren's insistence that the church gets no credit for new members, only for members turned into ministers.

But that is the beauty of an open church — that we find our inspiration in many places and are open to what we Friends call «continuing revelation».

In a video on the Open Church website, Chalke claims that the common belief that only self - professing believers can be saved is merely a «geographical lottery».

«Church for others»: that is an open church, and it must remain so despite our continuing minority position.