Sentences with phrase «support national churches»

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It is not clear who will pay for replacement windows, as the National Cathedral still struggles to raise millions of dollars for repairs dating from 2011, not to mention basic ongoing maintenance for a sprawling magnificent church that lacks a strong supporting congregation.

Most are either in support roles for the national churches or in social ministries.

In upholding the prohibition against artificial methods of birth control, the encyclical dashed the hopes of many believers for a change in church teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriage.

It calls for the identification and development of resources «which will enable all families to be ministered to creatively and all persons, regardless of their family patterns, to be affirmed and supported in the life of the Church...» Behind such statements lies an emphasis articulated already in 1978 by G. William Sheek, then Director of Family Ministries and Human Sexuality of the National Council of Churches.

Kyle Haselden, the late editor of the journal, explains that at a conference on Church and Society, convened by the National Council of Churches, one of the so - called «work groups» declared that American society is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» vioChurch and Society, convened by the National Council of Churches, one of the so - called «work groups» declared that American society is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» viochurch supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» violence.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

There are national networks of churches supporting adoptions.

For example, the National Congregation Survey (NCS) reveals that conservative Protestant churches are more than twice as likely as mainline churches to offer nontraditional family ministries like support groups for divorced and single adults.

Adds the former president of a national environmental organization, who has looked in vain for support from religious groups in efforts to protect wilderness and wildlife: «The Unitarians occasionally let us meet in their buildings; that's been our primary contact with churches on this issue.»

The church - related groups supported a number of justice - related issues, and chief among the groups were the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, the Communication Commission of the National Council of Churches, the United States Catholic Conference, and the Inter-religious Committee for Corporate Responsibchurch - related groups supported a number of justice - related issues, and chief among the groups were the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, the Communication Commission of the National Council of Churches, the United States Catholic Conference, and the Inter-religious Committee for Corporate ResponsibChurch of Christ, the Communication Commission of the National Council of Churches, the United States Catholic Conference, and the Inter-religious Committee for Corporate Responsibility.

Just because pro-choice advocates make these arguments does not mean that courts (the same courts that are ready to overrule Roe) are likely to discover abortion rights under a statute that does not even mention abortion and that was enacted with the support of pro-life groups like the National Association of Evangelicals and the Mormon Church.

Supporting its historical claim of being the «universal» church, American Catholicism displays vast ethnic, national, linguistic, and social diversity.

UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the National Council of Churches, and Lutheran and Methodist groups are among the organizations supporting Peters's map.

Editorials condemned «slackers» in the church who refused to support the national effort and revealed little tolerance for those who chose the route of conscientious objection.

By way of contrast, the Rev. Norman Dewire, the chief program coordinating executive for the United Methodist Church, pointed out that «the national United Methodist Church runs on five cents of each $ 1, supports 750 missionaries, 900 short - term missionaries, curriculum and worship materials, the largest network of private colleges in the United States, one hundred retirement homes, and the recruitment and training of ministers plus all communication materials.

And it may not be necessary for every denomination at the national level to give it full support — as the Episcopal Church recently decided.

- Washington National Cathedral - Evangelical Lutheran Church of America - United Church of Christ: The United Church of Christ was the first mainstream Christian church to fully support same - s ex marriage and perform marriage ceremChurch of America - United Church of Christ: The United Church of Christ was the first mainstream Christian church to fully support same - s ex marriage and perform marriage ceremChurch of Christ: The United Church of Christ was the first mainstream Christian church to fully support same - s ex marriage and perform marriage ceremChurch of Christ was the first mainstream Christian church to fully support same - s ex marriage and perform marriage ceremchurch to fully support same - s ex marriage and perform marriage ceremonies.

We found it necessary, in the words of Episcopal Presiding Bishop John Hines, for the church to «take its place humbly and boldly alongside of, and in support of, the dispossessed and oppressed peoples of this country for the healing of our national life.»

Also encouraging is last summer's inauguration by the Division of Church and Society of the National Council of Churches of a national networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic disloNational Council of Churches of a national networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic dislonational networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic dislocations.

National denominational offices and interdenominational organizations need the understanding and support of local churches and their leaders as they attempt to act as leaven within the loaf of social communication.

In the early 1968's, the National Council of Churches radically revised its approach to the film industry, moving from a self - serving pietism to a support for artistically superior films that deal honestly with the human condition.

> > At its national convention beginning June 13, the church is expected > to approve a resolution expressing regret for supporting slavery and > segregation.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cChurch; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cchurch and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan churchchurch.

Cromwell wished a national Church, supported by the State and tithes, but without bishops or the Book of Common Prayer.

They viewed their action as «a vote of confidence for the national church in its effort to work out a new life» — that is, as a way of supporting the indigenous church.

Interestingly, the Hatfield proposal is supported by lobbyists for the National Council of Churches, who have long opposed school prayer and Bible reading.

What would happen if the church universal — every congregational property, every regional office, every national office, every seminary, every camp — was sold and the net proceeds were used to establish a trust fund endowment to support nutritional, medical, legal, and educational services for the poor, the lost, and the hurt?

We can speculate that Conceição, once disabused of the idea of reforming the national church, would have supported this solution, leaving an indelible mark on nascent Brazilian Protestantism (greater understanding of popular religiosity; Franciscan simplicity of life free of bourgeois tendencies; a mystical spirituality closer to the Latin heritage).

The Church also supports immigration reform on a national level.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Ethnic cleansing, genocide, mass murder, state - sponsored terror, unprecedented corruption, monumental incompetence, the persecution of opposition figures and their families, the violation of court orders, the intimidation of the National Assembly, the Judiciary and the Fourth Estate of the realm which is the media, the targetting and cold - blooded murder of Christians, Igbo (IPOB) youths and Shiite Muslims, the gradual and incremental Islamisation of the nation, the humiliation of the Church and Christian clerics, the covert support for and encouragement of murderous Islamist and jihadist terror groups like the Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram and so on and so forth are now the cornerstone and hallmark of President Buhari's govermmemt.

Last but not least, research at GenProfile is supported by an excellent international board of senior scientific advisors, namely George M. Church (Harvard Medical School, Boston), Jens Reich (MDC), Axel Ullrich (Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Munich), Jürg Ott (Rockefeller University, New York City), and Erich Wichmann (GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich).

Revd Nigel Genders, the Church of England's chief education officer said: «At a national level we are committed to supporting dioceses in their bids for more new Free Schools in areas of need, which has always been our rationale.

Other works featured in LIVESupport include «Church State,» a two - part sculpture comprised of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenChurch State,» a two - part sculpture comprised of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenchurch pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenagers.

ISCP thanks the following contributors for their generous support: American Australian Association, NY; Australian Consulate General, NY; Austrian Cultural Forum, NY; Brooklyn Arts Council; Consulate General of Canada, NY; Consulate General of The Netherlands, NY; Consulate General of the Republic of Germany, NY; Czech Center, NY; Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Parish at Saint Nicholas Church, NY; Duvel Inc., NY; Flanders House, NY; French Cultural Services, NY; The Greenwich Collection, NY; Honorary Consulate General of Sweden, NY; Italian Cultural Institute, NY; John Wm. Macy's CheeseSticks, NJ; Mexican Cultural Institute, NY; National Endowment for the Arts, DC; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; NYC Department of Parks and Recreation; NYC Parks GreenThumb; Olive St. Garden, NY; Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, NY; Powers St. Garden, NY; Royal Norwegian Consulate General, NY; Les Trois Petits Cochons, NY; St. Nicks Alliance, NY

NASA, the National Academy of the Sciences, NOAA, the United States Military, the EPA, the leading scientific institutions of most other countries around the world, the Roman Catholic Church, all support the science.

Office Manager and Ministry Support Administrative Assistant National Presbyterian Church

NNAAP Training and Technical Assistance Evaluation: 2005 - 06 McKendall - Stephens (2007) View Abstract and Document Discusses an evaluation of the progress of the National Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs, a collaborative partnership of more than 30 U.S. organizations that includes One Church, One Community, child - placing agencies, parent support organizations, and other child welfare organizations.

Divorce recovery: National Divorce Care support groups; Calvary Memorial Church, Divorce Care 708-386-3900; Oak Park, Illinois or Wheaton Bible Church, West Chicago, IL 630 - 260-1600 Relationship Resources: Divorce Reconciliation with Dr. Talley Domestic Violence: Safe Relationships site for Domestic Violence resources & articles National Domestic Violence: 1-800-799-7233 (safe) Sarah's Inn (Oak Park, Illinois) 1-708-386-4225 (24 hour hotline) ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE resources: Illinois state Crisis line: 1-800-252-6561