Sentences with phrase «other clergy»

Fortunately, there are a variety of retirement options for pastors and other clergy members.
They denied the validity of the orders of other clergy.
Personal references are often friends, fellow volunteers in social situations, ministers or other clergy members, and colleagues who know you both personally and professionally.
He ministered to union organizers and worked with other clergy in labor schools to prevent the spread of communism.
than for other clergy: Further — though we are not entirely certain whether these are causes or effects of seeking a D.
His style was similar to that of other clergy who relate successfully to young people: he took them seriously, he didn't talk down to them or send out the message that he felt uncomfortable around them; he offered a regular presence they could count on.
In the parish that I attended in Moscow, people could make confession during the course of the Divine Liturgy: One priest took confessions, while other clergy celebrated the liturgy.
Clergy who put themselves in the position of knowing all the answers and not wondering with the family which questions should be pursued are a blight on other clergy.
However, the brothers» case led to the prosecutions of several other clergy and a national inquiry ordered by Theresa May when she was home secretary.
Pastors may be the only people in a position to open communications networks — by corresponding with other clergy all over the world to discuss how an international antiviolence movement can be created at the grass roots.
Why pray / prey tell would he allow his «Vicars of Christ on Earth and other clergy types» be such cheap hustlers getting wealthy off of the bounty of the sheep.
But other clergy women confess to feeling pressured into non-stipendiary ministry by their usually male senior clergy.
(UPDATED) Longstanding IRS exemption — last revised after Rick Warren dispute in 2002 — currently saves pastors and other clergy $ 700 million per year.
Try listening to the meek of the earth, they have far more to say then any priest or other clergy man.
In a paper presented at the Religious Research Association's annual meeting last month, Hoge and Wenger said of pastors: «They felt constrained in seeking support from other clergy because of the enormous competition that exists among them.»
We listen to one another's expressions of exhaustion, frustration and loneliness, and have learned to trust one another enough to talk about our ambition and sense of rivalry with other clergy, even our sense of rivalry with one another.
Ask your preacher or other clergy member for a recommendation, or contact the American Psychological Association for a few names.
And so have a number of other clergy, as for example ninety Episcopalian priests from the New York area who met to discuss the matter.
These priests and other clergy, need to pay for thier criminal sins.
These God Damned priests have destroyed the Catholic religion and what's worse is the pathetic Bishops, Cardinals and other clergy members that covered up these shameful acts against our children.
In 305, the Synod of Elvira in Spain demanded celibacy of bishops and other clergy, and this came to be the rule in the Western church.
The pilgrims would gather at a church, known as the collecta, where they would be met by the bishop and other clergy of the city.
I had not been warned that I was to be chairman, simply told that I would be on the platform with the other clergy; to my considerable discomfiture, I heard Father Cheslyn opening the proceedings with the following words: «this evening is devoted to the topic of sexual ethics.
The new technologies and resources provide additional opportunities for this kind of service to alumni and other clergy.
I have also spent a great deal of time with other clergy; from preaching stars who soak up acclaim for their oratory gifts to pastors in inner - city churches barely making ends meet.
Then on the third day before Easter, the mob entered the baptistery of a city church and butchered the Bishop Dioscorus, along with six other clergy members, then paraded the bleeding corpses around the city, before burning the remains and scattering the ashes to the wind.
Clergy seek refuge from competition with other clergy, the monitoring presence of denominational superiors, the heavy expectations of parishioners, family tensions or professional frustrations.
No other clergy in Maine can speak to these people.
«The two other clergy, Robert Coles and Gordon Rideout, have already been convicted in separate trials and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.»
Rick Warren complimented Barack Obama's invitations to himself and other clergy to pray at inaugural events as a sign of the president - elect's commitment to govern on behalf of all Americans.
Compared with the views of current pastors in three mainline Protestant denominations (PCUSA, ELCA and United Methodist), the ex-pastors were not especially unhappy about living arrangements, salaries and benefits, spiritual life and relations with other clergy.
Noerdlinger said former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, former Mayor David Dinkins, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Hazel Dukes and other clergy and elected officials will attend the meeting.
As I mentioned during the interview, we do not advocate divorce: anyone with marital troubles should consult with their priest, pastor, rabbi, marital therapist, or other clergy or professional and do all that they can to repair their relationship, especially if there are children involved.
You can also check with your church, mosque, temple or other religious facility (or your pastor or other clergy) to see if they provide any marital counseling.
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