Sentences with phrase «ordained leader»

We are highly committed to making sure Biafra comes under the command of our ordained leader and prophet, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.»

It tells us why we have flowers on the Lord's Table or near the pulpit and why in many churches those who minister — both the ordained leader and the choir, for example — may wear a distinctive garb.

Clergy are forever confusing the role (ordained leader of the congregation / church) with their own personhood (child of God).

The ordained leaders of the Church, and the laity who are Christ's principal witnesses in the public square, do not enter public life proclaiming, «The Church teaches...» When the question at issue is an immoral practice, they enter the debate saying, «This is wicked; it can not be sanctioned by the law and here is why, as any reasonable person will grasp.»

However, it will also ensure that church life is sustainable over the long term in these areas by forming quality lay and ordained leaders both from and for our estates.

Confusion in the church today about ordained and non ordained leaders is related to a lack of clarity about the role of the family and the role of the church in faith formation.

Neither will a redistribution of the responsibility of ordained leaders of the church among the laity.

The church and its ordained leaders have become reactive, whether in letting the world set our agenda or in simply responding to the many requests that come our way daily.

Hierarchical order arises when ordained leaders operate as the only gifted persons in a crowd of disciples with little spiritual equipment.

Not exact matches

... I'm still amazed at how people could tell me that the cruel treatment I received from church leaders & members was somehow God - inspired and ordained, and was done for my own good (God told people to spread lies about me for my own good?

Ordained clergy preside at the sacraments and teach the lay leaders in order to equip the laity for their ministries.

When pastors from our synod gathered with our national leaders after the September 11 tragedy, I told them that we had been ordained and baptized for this moment.

«He could not have been ordained just four years ago, and now he is a leader for the church.

The campus ministry is led by an ordained chaplain and doesn't depend on student leaders, so RUF has signed the policy.

Senior pastors who are resigning or retiring can encourage that possibility by advising church leaders to explore the names of ordained women as potential candidates for filling the positions.

He is ordained in the United Methodist Church and is a highly respected preacher, lecturer, teacher and church leader.

On the one hand, they served as ordained ministers subject to the authority of the church; on the other hand, they played an increasingly active role as leaders of a popular movement.

«I have to, on all consciousness in Christ caution against tribalism and an anti C of S rhetoric [that does have female leaders and is considering ordaining gay clergy] in the light of the agreement I have with the assertion you have made about the centrality of Christ, not church politics».

I doubt that there is a Christian leader, ordained or lay, who has never provoked anger or irritation in a church situation, and I doubt that there is a single churchgoer who hasn't experienced hurt feelings and discouragement from a congregational incident of some sort.

Although women are now ordained to all three orders within the Church of England (deacon, priest and bishop), fewer than a quarter of those seeking ordination under the age of 30 are female and fewer than two per cent of leaders of larger Anglican churches are female.

Her Grandfather was a preacher & now Stella Parton is the new leader of the Parton family, after becoming an ordained minister.

«The Blackburn Diocese project will focus on training new leaders, both lay and ordained, with a view to providing a model for other dioceses, while also strengthening mission in the areas where the work is located.»

While the Catholic Church does not ordain women to the priesthood, it has recognized the importance of female theologians and leaders within the life of the church.

It is a contemporary application of the historic formulation of the role of ordained church leaders as priestly, pastoral, and prophetic.

Very few Protestant pastors ordained in the last thirty years have been educated to think of themselves as the spiritual leaders of a congregation.

While He was in exile Sri SatGuru Ram Singh Ji has ordained to all Namdhari to betow our faith in his younger brother Sri SatGuru Hari Singh Ji who was succeeded by Sri SatGuru Partap Singh Ji and in 1959 Sri SatGuru Jagjit Singh Ji has been our present Spiritual Leader.

Many modern - day leaders use that story to support their notion that ordained leadership should not be challenged.

Leaders who did not truly believe in God had ordered and ordained the killings of tens of millions in human history.

But to listen to Andrew Sparks, the spiritual leader of Avodat and an ordained PCUSA minister, the denomination has acted with unprecedented faithfulness in supporting his congregation.

There is no ordained clergy in Islam; they have as leaders men who have established their ability to guide by their learning and piety.

Our leader was an ordained elder from UMC, where we aren't required to check our brains at the front door.

His ability to not only lie, but to lie convincingly, has been essential in Pat's self - ordained mission to organize millions of primarily sincere Americans into a political action organization that sends Republican «leaders» scurrying to please the powerful organization and its leaders.

The line of thought could easily be shifted from ordained clergy to congregational leaders.

Daasebre Darko added that President Mahama has been ordained by God as a leader of the country and should not be afraid of a defeat in next year's election.

«Excuse me, commits a serious crime,» Hynes corrected himself, «goes to prison, comes out, rehabilitates himself, becomes an ordained minister, and someone who is one of the most powerful Democratic leaders in this state, who is a serial thief and extortionist.

Ten years beyond Elisabeth, the time has now come to pass the torch to a younger third generation of IOI leaders who may not have known the mortal Elisabeth but who are ordained into her enduring vision, mission and passion.

Professional healthcare chaplains are either ordained clergy or recognized religious / spiritual leaders within their traditions.

Ordained in 1984, Father Ron Nuzzi has served as a parish priest, teacher, school administrator, university professor, and retreat leader.