Sentences with phrase «upon local churches»

Nine years later, in Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church, 393 U. S. 440 (1969), the Court held that Georgia's common law, which implied a trust upon local church property for the benefit of the general church only on the condition that the general church adhere to its tenets of faith and practice existing at the time of affiliation by the local churches, was inconsistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and therefore could not be utilized to resolve church property disputes.

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Gods judgment rest upon all the corporate and local churches temples, tabernacles, TV evangelists, ministries and congregations ever for all their false teachings and deeds, and God does not want any of His people to suffer the spiritual plagues which are being brought upon them.

However, I suspect that in many cases church relationships have become predominantly horizontal; that is, we no longer see our connection to the local church as based in Christ, but rather upon any number of extrinsic elements. The invisible, universal Church is one thing; the local church is quite anchurch relationships have become predominantly horizontal; that is, we no longer see our connection to the local church as based in Christ, but rather upon any number of extrinsic elements. The invisible, universal Church is one thing; the local church is quite anchurch as based in Christ, but rather upon any number of extrinsic elements. The invisible, universal Church is one thing; the local church is quite anChurch is one thing; the local church is quite anchurch is quite another.

More of our local churches are growing larger, and the phenomenon of multiple - staff ministry has come upon many of them unaware.

In such a situation local groups ready to move together quickly for the sake of mission could do so; already - developed structures and organs (such as the National Council of Churches» Commission on Regional and Local Ecumenism) could be utilized and built upon; those no longer useful could be lelocal groups ready to move together quickly for the sake of mission could do so; already - developed structures and organs (such as the National Council of Churches» Commission on Regional and Local Ecumenism) could be utilized and built upon; those no longer useful could be leLocal Ecumenism) could be utilized and built upon; those no longer useful could be let go.

Once upon a time, in a local church, there were four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

They called upon true believers to separate themselves from the corrupt Church and to form independent local congregations.

In Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre's «After Virtue» (1998), Wilson responds to moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who concludes his celebrated 1991 critique of modernity by calling for «the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us....

It is these little nuances with life that points to something that science and atheist can not fully explain no more than the Pastor of the local church, after a storm, looks upon his town and has to field questions of «why my house» while at the same time having to field «Thank the Lord my house was spared.»

I find myself getting all defensive when local Christians question my commitment to my faith simply because I believe the earth is more than 6,000 years old or when they roll their eyes upon learning that women are allowed to teach at our church services.

Reports about a local church usually fix upon such regularities as worship services and committee meetings, not upon the plot that unfolds and twists.

A closer examination of the New Testament, however, reveals a very precise theology upon which the multi - ethnic / economically diverse local church should be built,...

I have noted several different ways of understanding congregations — as textures, machines, organisms, and idioms, all necessary approaches, and none diminished by the emphasis this book places upon the last image, that of the local church as a dialect.

Only within the symbolic approach does narrative serve an essential role, and this book, rooted in that approach, will depend upon narrative both to examine and to explain the life of a local church.

Twenty - seven of the 44 regional conferences that reported voting results rejected the amendment that would have made membership in local churches open to «all persons, upon taking vows declaring the Christian faith, and relationship in Jesus Christ,» according to United Methodist

When one considers the actual conditions that prevailed in the local congregations at the time of the Reformation and is mindful of the fact that the people themselves for many reasons lacked initiative so that, as objects rather than as subjects of action, they were dependent upon the leadership of the princes, magistrates, and church governments, one can understand why the actual calling of the ministers was in fact rarely the result of their decision.

The vernacular wood frame of his Church at Head Tide (1938) exemplifies this concentration upon local forms: the black outlines surrounding the structure — increasingly prevalent in Hartley's work after the early 1930s — metaphorize this inward turning.