Sentences with phrase «proclamation of the gospel»

This won't necessarily lead to a clear proclamation of the gospel.

Yes, augment it with new models for mission, creativity in proclamation of the gospel and a renewed boldness in personal engagement in evangelism.

Our lives and our love are the best proclamation of the Gospel any of us will ever have.

[They think that] if you don't get some kind of verbal proclamation of the gospel, then what does it matter?

It may indeed be strategic to keep evangelism conferences focused on proclamation of the gospel and not diversify too much into social, cultural and ecumenical concerns, provided the validity of these is granted.

The evangelistic mission of the church has traditionally emphasized proclamation of the gospel of Christ to people of other religions.

In both cases, I hope the thing they hold in common is a faithful proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The first proclamation of the gospel is that death is God's ancient enemy, whom God has defeated and will ultimately destroy.

For hundreds of American young people, the words «Totus Tuus» evoke not merely an idea but a lived experience of joyful friendship in the communion of the Church, deep love for Mary and Jesus in the Eucharist, and a bold proclamation of the Gospel.

The separation of jurisdictions made no sense when one of the primary proclamations of the gospel was that in Christ there was neither Jew nor Greek, and when churches outside Judaea were made up of members who had accepted this doctrine.

This is the straightforward proclamation of the gospel.

Secretary Anderson called for a «simple spiritual mission of proclamation of the gospel so as to win souls, gather them into churches, and enlist them in the same mission.

«Of the early history of Christianity in this district we know little enough, but its existence is assured, from the period of the earliest proclamation of the gospel to the beginning of the second century; of its wide extent and strength we have the testimony of Origen in the third century, of Epiphanius in the fourth, and of Jerome in the fifth.

The keru - gma is then the basic proclamation of the Gospel.

They are affirmations of faith, in which the first - century Christians found it necessary to move into myth for the joyful proclamation of the Gospel.

Thus any true proclamation of the gospel will entail work for peace, although pacificism both doctrinally and ethically makes no sense and is not intrinsically a serving of Jesus Christ.

Our weapon is the self - sacrificial proclamation of the Gospel.

Questions are raised in the discussion on mission about the relation between proclamation of the Gospel and the Church's involvement in politics and society.

Christian mission is a multi-faceted discipline, and has multiple major concerns, which includes verbal proclamation of the Gospel, religious conversion, inter-religious dialogue for mutual understanding and peace, promoting social justice, uplifting the down - trodden, and many others.

Secondly, modern missionary movement which became dominant in the 18th and 19th centuries have been emphasizing proclamation of the gospel to people of other religions and cultures making clear that they were called to decide for or against Christ and that their decision for Christ involved joining the fellowship of Christians in one of the denominational churches as representing the Church, the Body of Christ.

The Church is a mission, and everything the Church does is ordered to that mission, which is the proclamation of the gospel for the conversion of the world to Christ.

Evangelical Catholicism awaits with eager anticipation the coming of the Lord Jesus in glory, and until that time, Evangelical Catholicism is ordered to mission — to the proclamation of the gospel for the world's salvation.

As a deacon, my life will be dedicated to ministry at the altar, the proclamation of the Gospel and the service of all people, especially the poor and the sick.

Through the proclamation of the gospel, the sinner is released from the bondage of his sin and comes to faith — saved by grace and not by his own righteousness.

The process helped bridge the gap between social service action and proclamation of the Gospel.

Third, the people have heard the proclamation of the gospel in scripture and sermon and have begun to separate suffering from evil.

«With regard to the Pope, for his part, he does not seek fame and success, since he carries out his service for the proclamation of the Gospel and the love of God for all.

In many places, the growing influence of other major world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam has threatened to crowd out the proclamation of the gospel.

It flows from a proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

First of all, the proclamation of the gospel must be honest.

To most of the so - called «mission - minded» western Christians, mission is evangelism among the non-Christians; and evangelism is defined as the proclamation of the Gospel with an intention to convert men and women to Christ.

In particular I have never been ready to call good that ominous Lutheran doctrine according to which there belongs to the state a «right of self - determination» (Eigengesetzlichkeit) independent of the proclamation of the gospel and not to be touched by it.

Despite the violence and upheaval that we see in many corners of the Muslim world today, we must not retreat from our proclamation of the gospel message.

The first agenda of early black American congregations and then of emergent denominations included (1) the proclamation of the gospel, (2) benevolences, (3) education and, by the mid-19th century, (4) foreign missions.

In the New Testament, the Pax Romana provided one key condition for the proclamation of the gospel around the Roman Empire during the time of the Apostles, in spite of the fact that the Roman imperial machine was less than Christian in conduct and policy.

None the less, this is how they see things; and any proclamation of the gospel must be alert to that way of seeing things and must come to terms with its several emphases.

To put it in the way in which others have spoken, both eucharistic celebration and proclamation of the gospel should always be in a fashion that is appropriate to the witness of the Christian past and at the same time available for the thinking and feeling of the people who take part.

I have said that the proclamation of the gospel and the celebration of the sacrament constitute together the normative worship of the Christian community.

For K.C., mission is not just what has been traditionally called evangelism or the proclamation of the Gospel to the unbeliever.