Sentences with phrase «precisely as the ministry»

Not exact matches

Consequently when we have to determine limits in the function, competence and possibilities of the ministry in the Church, that certainly does not mean that precisely the same limits are found, similarly located, among Christians as members of the one Church and, in this sense, in the Church itself.

Christian biblical scholars have also shown a vibrant new interest in the historical Jesus, much of it utilizing an approach to Christologv «from below,» i.e., an understanding that begins with the humanity and ministry of Jesus, who, precisely as a figure embedded in history, moves toward God and lives as one wholly centered in God.

But I do see the divine priority, God's prevenient guidance, in the event as a whole — the history of Old Testament Israel, the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus, and the coming into being of his church — and in its effect, which we variously describe as the supreme revelation of God's love, the redemption of the world, the coming into being of the church.15 Indeed it is precisely God's prevenient guidance that makes of this entire historical sequence, including its climax in Jesus, one single event, producing one single effect.

Underwood's emphasis on ecumenical ministries is as relevant in this decade, even with the waning of ecumenical euphoria, as it was in 1969 precisely because the church's witness for common justice can not be done effectively on a denominational basis.

By the same token, many of us are ill and weak, and some have died, so far as maturing is concerned, precisely through failure to discern the body in mutual ministry (I Cor.

In this partnership, the ministry's OFIP team plays various support roles - coach, challenger, facilitator and mobilizer of ideas and knowledge - first to help districts and schools gauge as precisely as possible student needs, and later to put in place the plans to help meet them.