Sentences with phrase «very traditional church»

And so, to the pastor of a very traditional church, maintaining the look and feel of the traditions can seem almost as important as the reason these patterns exist.

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My finding I could worship and have a healthy relationship with God OUTSIDE of the traditional church was very much like the boy finding he could camp and enjoy the woods apart from the scouts.

Unfortunately, due to the rise of the more evangelical - style, «southern U.S.» baptist imports, along with other varieties of Baptist churches that are very much untraditional, the traditional Baptist style appears to be dying away and only a few traditional churches remain, most of which probably existing in metropolitan cities.

The church proclaimed and lived its tolerance while adopting a very traditional Protestant hymnody and worship style and a classical instrumental and choral repertoire.

Where I served my curacy as a deacon was a very traditional evangelical church.

If, however, the rejection of war in toto — which apparently is how McElroy understands the words of Paul VI — is at the very center of Catholic teaching, it would seem that the Church's traditional just - war doctrine has not been developed but repudiated.

We are then very pleased, as part of the debate strongly requested by the Pope, to have stirred up discussion, as exhibited on our Letters page, concerning one particular elephant in the room: namely the Church's traditional emphasis upon the primacy of the procreative end of the marital act.

There are some which would be of the traditional kind of families, you know married with children, but there are lots who wouldn't fit into that but they'd still be very Catholic and very much belong to the parish church.

We have a very small church that don't have too many people who can provide leadership in the traditional sense.

A look at the Catechism of the Catholic Church will indicate how many of Rahner's insights have not been taken up by the Church and indeed sit very uncomfortably with traditional Church teaching.

And during this same period, we have come to recognize that the traditional forms of church communication are playing a very minor and peripheral role in the total communication mix of the society, and that even within the churches communication is badly flawed.

The ecclesiastical trial of Father William Wendt in Washington, D.C., over the issue of women's orders symbolized that once the nature of authority is challenged, even in church governance, the very basis of traditional Christian thought and practice crumbles.

While it is quite possible that the tried and true methods of traditional Christianity are exactly what Jesus wanted for the church 1900 years ago, or 1500 years ago, or 500 years ago, or even 50 years ago, what Jesus wants for the church may be very different today.

While no such congregation exists in the RCA, a growing number of churches have forsaken the traditional pattern of a quarterly and very penitential observance for a more frequent and joyous form of celebration.

The village is very small and features just a handful of attractions, including a beautiful church and a small selection of tavernas serving traditional local dishes.

After visiting Maximon, visit the local church and learn about the history of this very traditional town.

After visiting Maximon, visit the local church and learn about the history of this very traditional town, and also see the market and learn about the distinctive textiles and primitive art for which the town is famous.

Next, visit the local church and learn about the history of this very traditional town, and also see the market and learn about the distinctive textiles and primitive art for which the area is famous.