Sentences with phrase «ordained ministry at»

A late bloomer to pastoring, I responded to the call to ordained ministry at age 36.

Unfortunately, there were no women in ordained ministry at that time.

Not exact matches

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

In some liturgies the whole congregation places itself at the disposal of those being baptized, confirmed, married and ordained by taking vows to support these persons in their new life and ministry.

In my judgment, the evidence to date indicates that deaconesses belonged to a women's order analogous to the male diaconate, carried out a ministry to women (in the congregation or in a monastic community), were ordained in rites similar but not identical to those for men (e.g., the typology in the prayers is either feminine or masculine), and were prohibited from the liturgical ministry at the altar entrusted to deacons.

And as the situation stands at present, the line of division is not between those who are ordained to the ministry and those who are not.

It's been 27 years since I left the ordained ministry and at times that decision continues to be a struggle.

Lyle Schaller writes about the importance of recognizing certain ministerial tasks as «winners» and others as «losers» in The Multiple Staff and the Larger Church, «Winners» are the tasks that lead people to sign up for ordained ministry: preaching, presiding over sacraments, being present at key life transitions such as weddings and funerals — in other words, the prominent, visible and generally rewarding parts of ministry.

This is partly due to the later age at which many women are being ordained (close to retirement age and therefore not applicable for stipendiary ministry).

Welcoming the increase the Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson, said: «I am delighted at both the number and the range of those whom God has been calling into ordained ministry over the course of the past year.

At best the one who serves in the ordained ministry is an unprofitable servant of God.

Paul Robinson: I have certainly been influenced by Calvinism, having prepared for ministry at Knox Presbyterian college in Toronto and Presbyterian College at McGill in Montreal, being ordained in the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1987 and serving that church for almost 10 years.