Sentences with phrase «own church body»

That last topic brings to mind another topic worthy of discussion in considering President Harrison's first term — namely, the LCMS» increasingly friendly relations with other church bodies.

My contention here is that He does it in the way that is consistent with God's unique call on your church body.

In particular, the LCMS, along with its sister church, Lutheran Church — Canada (LCC), has developed good relations with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), publishing last year a joint statement rejoicing that they can «jointly affirm core teachings (articles) of the Christian faith shared by our church bodies.»

But both church bodies display at their center symptoms of decay and fatigue that make it difficult to sustain hopes for their long - term health.

Do your church body a favor.

The two major U.S. Lutheran church bodies are the conservative Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the mainstream Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

If the issues involved in the seminary struggle — how to read the Bible and how to locate authority within the church — continue to trouble church bodies, we do well to consider carefully whether it can be of any benefit to tackle them via the news conference.

Let's use the Catholic church to disband the whole church body.

I've struggled with this unspoken, subtle pressure to conform — especially as it relates to the church body — as well.

The powerful Catholic Church body that handles such allegations has been working on updating the 2001 rules «for some time,» the Vatican said.

Yes, it does get sad, especially when it start causing fear and strife within the church body, and even within the minds and hearts of individual believers.

In my experience, those who left our church family have either found another church body (the best result), dropped out entirely, or church - shopped until they found a church with lower expectations for serving, giving, and personal accountability.

I struggled with a church body paying my wages to do what it was I believed (and still do believe) I was meant to do... PASTOR people.

The authors conducted extensive interviews with clergy who have left parish ministry, voluntarily or involuntarily, and with denominational leaders from five church bodies — the Assemblies of God, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the United Methodist Church.

I know of no current church body, which keeps the true doctrine.

For one that is so eager to point out the nuances between individuals who leave the church and those who leave to follow Christ, you are equally eager to groups all kinds of church bodies and leaders together.

The church ought not do it... it is harmful to the church body as well as the individual.

We love the church body.

My bills were «taken of» by the church body so I could serve THE BODY and Jesus.

No one is going to force church bodies that believe same gender love is immoral to perform same gender marriages.

Like most recent statements from Protestant church bodies, it attests to the seriousness with which such Christians still take the marital bond, which continues to be understood as the most appropriate context for sexual relations.

Church leaders should ensure that the Gospel is preached, that people are shown love, and that the Bible is held as the final court of arbitration, and that missional work is done by the church body.

A church body is for strength and accountability and to join together to help others come to Christ.

I believe the example of the first Christians was that they «had» no building to to meet in, so they met in homes... just like our own church body.

ELCA Lutheranism might be the least theologically liberal component of the mainline, but one feature distinguishes this new church body from its peers and sets it somewhat to the left of them.

Jesus Christ is the mystical head of the church body in which all people are united to him.

The Presbyterians were to develop in strength until at the time of the Revolution they and the Congregationalists formed the two most important Church bodies in the colonies.

A number of organic unions took place between Church bodies with similar background.

«Imposed» vision (which is a redundant phrase, really) is insulting and counter-productive to a church body who is constantly told that individuality is crucial, and are encouraged to express their faith in that way.

I always understood why mainstream theology was appealing, but never understood the Emergent resistance to being under the oversight of a larger church body.

They were invited to join the newly formed National Association of Evangelicals, a group of church bodies composed of the fundamentalist, holiness and Pentecostal traditions.

But among American church bodies at least, the relational view is employed in a whole variety of statements.

The sole exceptions are those church bodies which take conservative positions on abortion and genetic engineering.

Within ten years of St. Andrew's founding there were eight Lutheran churches representing three different Lutheran church bodies within a five - mile radius.

You can't use that it was fabricated 50 years after the fact because Paul mentions the empty tomb 5 - 15 years after the event, and invites people to call him out on it to the entire church body.

Seldom making a serious impact on the life and policy of the church body, it consumes its energy in planning conferences on evangelism or on prayer and encourages the new packaging of old revival techniques in such activities as the charismatic movement or the Faith Alive movement.

Much of what we do as a church body is out of ignorance; whether a large church building, or celebrating Christmas and Easter, all while we confuse would - be newcomers with mixed messages of Christ's humility vs church wealth, Christmas trees vs a lowly stable, and egg - laying rabbits vs the empty tomb.

A pulling away on the left by large segments of the evangelical world would likely result in a merging of those segments with a conservative Protestant mainstream in a way that would have a major impact on the shape and internal politics of a number of church bodies.

It acknowledged and validated the pain and anger that many in the congregation felt, used the Word to provide a healing salve, and appropriately called for the church body to pray for Trayvon's parents as well as the Zimmerman family.

With respect to church bodies, my premise is that, given our present ecclesial and social circumstances, the issue of authority will serve more to unify the churches than to divide them.

Within a single generation, his movement had subdivided into several distinct and often mutually hostile church bodies» déj vu to anyone familiar with the history of Presbyterians in Scotland, Lutherans in America, Reformed churches in the Netherlands, Anglicans in Africa, and Baptists almost anywhere.

Emergent as a movement has never sought to be a brand, much less a new denomination, but instead is a friendship network among members of several church bodies.

But when it comes to the nature of the Church body and its internal, familial relations, we need to ask the question now more than ever.

The reluctance of many churches and church bodies to accept ordination of women is a case in point.

Despite the practical resistance to the civil rights struggle on the part of numerous Protestant congregations, especially in the South, most national and regional church bodies were supportive of the extension of equal rights in this way.

As in the Anglican Communion, the resulting consternation in the church has led many members of the ELCA to leave the church body.

The LCMS — national in scope, not regional as its name might suggest — today stands as the largest confessional Lutheran church body in North America, with just under 2.1 million members.

The PGI called for support from world church bodies and the United Nations, and declared that the attacks were intended to eradicate «the presence of Christians and the church...

How is that any different in the end than a church body that has an over-riding agenda that wishes to silence all others?

«While we understand that members of the church body will have disagreements, I can say that we are sad that Jon chose to file a lawsuit,» Friends» lawyer John Cone said.