Sentences with phrase «perhaps local decision making»

Not exact matches

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Instead, you should just trust him that his friends can meet in a private room at the local country club (perhaps Augusta National, since Tony lists Condoleezza Rice's membership there as a credential for separating elite college football teams) and make decisions for the rest of us.

The subjects» criminality was determined by a local justice system run by humans making (perhaps subconsciously) biased decisions, notes Blaise Agüera y Arcas, a principal scientist at Google who studies machine learning.

Whilst it is early days, the trend is being encouraged by both local authorities and the EFA, perhaps recognising the need locally and nationally to develop capacity to deliver new build works and that schools are best placed to make decisions about where to focus investment to secure the right educational outcomes.

Take your skill, knowledge and experience online to move up the service value chain by not just emailing listings to prospects, but by sharing relevant local knowledge to help them with what is perhaps the largest single financial decision they may ever make in their lives.