Sentences with phrase «told by church members»

Repeatedly Hauerwas and his students have been told by church members that they are drawn to a vision of discipleship at odds with a world bent on violence, but that they need some more accessible materials, if not an outright plan of action.

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By giving benediction in 1930 to its married heterosexual members purposely seeking sterile sex, the Anglican Church lost, bit by bit, any authority to tell her other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to do the samBy giving benediction in 1930 to its married heterosexual members purposely seeking sterile sex, the Anglican Church lost, bit by bit, any authority to tell her other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to do the samby bit, any authority to tell her other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to do the same.

Now, I am told by friends, that this book,» I am a Church Member», is going to be taught in small groups at the cChurch Member», is going to be taught in small groups at the churchchurch.

The rot found its way into Braaten's own church and seminary» a process hastened, in Braaten's telling, by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago's acceptance, in 1983, of ten faculty members who had lost their positions at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in the 1970s civil war between moderates and conservatives in the Missouri Synod.

My dear friend who died in less than 18 months from aggressive breast cancer was told by the vicar to apologise to the church committee about a minor matter or «consider her future as a member» (I helped her prepare her reply and told her that she couldn't say what she wanted to say, she was insistent but I was emphatic «it's not the content....

Tullian Tchividjian Fired by Church, Liberate Board Members Quit Tchividjian tells CT: «I remain committed to that painful and progressive process» of repentance.

The sad one is what Rev. Moon apparently chose; the one at Matthew 24:48 about «that evil servant»; but Rev. Moon could have made it all to the crown of life: except for the fact he and all the members in the Unification Church tried to deny what I was told by my Angel when I was given the Word of God; yet Rev. Moon told everyone that the Word of God was where everything began and ended when dealing with anything in the Providence.

The sad one is what rev. Moon chose; the one at Matthew 24:48 about «that evil servant»; but Rev. Moon could have made it all the way except for the fact he and all the members in the unification Church tried to deny what I was told by my Angel when I was given the Word of God.

Afterwards they are invited (everything is by invitation; there is no coercion at any point) to tell their own abortion story, to connect the pains of the past with the present; and in the telling of these stories, damaged relationships with God, with the unborn child, with family members and the Church are also addressed.

He told members of his church: «Society is drugged by the cell phone but at the same time it is not interested in understanding how it should be used.

This wasn't started by the church leadership, like so many other things like the political grandstanding against gay marriage, this was started by a member who told two friends.

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?

Though church members have not been told reasons for the frequent presence of BNI operatives at the church, everything points to the fact that the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr. Sylvester Mensah aka (Sly), is being trailed by the BNI.

NADFAS Church Trails June Graveson, a member of the National Young Arts Team who looks after the Young Arts Group, tells about her experiences: «I came to Church Trails for Children via my Area Young Arts Project «Take One Book - The Luttrell Psalter», which was being funded by Grantham & District DFAS.