Sentences with phrase «within traditional church»

Following Jesus has led these authors to remain within a traditional church setting despite the pain and hardships they face.

Following Jesus has led Genevieve to leave the institutional church and seek relationships with others outside the four walls of the traditional church building, while Shannon and Jessica have decided to remain within a traditional church setting, but switch from one church fellowship to another.

Following Jesus led Sam and Cara to remain within a traditional church setting, but switch from one church fellowship to another, and led Alan to stay with his church and try to reform it from within.

It may even be the key idea which eventually allows me to pursue ministry within a traditional church setting.

Many churches and groups within the traditional church structure perform this function well.

While people within the traditional church often complain that those who leave their «church» are abandoning God's church, the ones who leave actually feel that they are finding church for the first time.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, over in Europe, we seem to be somewhat more flexible with homosexuals in the church, at least in the «traditional» European churches that focused on the practicality and contexts of the written documents contained within the Bible.

To the recent generations who rejected Christianity, it may have seemed that the Church's traditional teaching on sex — that it should be kept within monogamous marriage — spoiled the fun of modern sexual liberation.

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

Without compromising the church's traditional teaching that sexual intercourse is appropriate only within the covenant relationship, pastors should be prepared to provide relevant and reliable information on this life - and - death matter.

«So at this point, traditional Mormons, evangelical Protestants and conservative Catholics have more in common with one another politically than they do with the more liberal elements within their respective churches.»

I have worked entirely within the Episcopal Church, within a traditional set - up of parochial ministry.

Many black churches are religiously traditional, but the theological disagreements they have with mainline denominations rarely cause problems within community organizations.

«There is no way in which African and Asian church history can be incorporated within a traditional Western - type syllabus; nor can they be appendages to Western church history,» he writes.

Both the European missionary movement and the traditional Indian «Christian Theology of the 20th Century were rejected as metaphysical speculations having nothing to do directly with the history and existence of the marginalized majority within the Indian Church.

Within the traditional understanding of the teaching function of the church, it is possible for authoritative noninfallible teaching on specific moral issues to be wrong.

Baptismal water was the universal solvent not only of traditional religious distinctions within Judaism but also of the foundation stones on which the ancient city rested; for the church, it was the sole initiation and was not confined to a single family, clan, race, or social class.

The church has been abandoning its strategic locations within city cores and traditional neighborhoods and trying to create a new kind of society in the form of suburban megachurches.

Nuns in the conference had long ago removed their habits and shifted away from the traditional roles within church structures, like working in parochial schools and hospitals.

In response, many faithful Episcopalians have jumped ship to become Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, or Evangelicals, or formed breakaway churches within the Anglican communion, sometimes under the authority of bishops in Africa and other places where traditional Christian moral beliefs remain intact.

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.

Remember it makes no difference if you attend a traditional church building or if you never walk into one, we are the Church and have the Spirit of God living withchurch building or if you never walk into one, we are the Church and have the Spirit of God living withChurch and have the Spirit of God living within us.

In the Life and Work movement of the non-Catholic churches in their search for social justice and international peace (which is now part of the WCC) and in the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Church, Christian Ecumenism has given up the church's traditional pietist and negativist approaches to modernity and has been involved in the attempt to redefine the forces and values of secular culture within the framework of Christian anthropChurch, Christian Ecumenism has given up the church's traditional pietist and negativist approaches to modernity and has been involved in the attempt to redefine the forces and values of secular culture within the framework of Christian anthropchurch's traditional pietist and negativist approaches to modernity and has been involved in the attempt to redefine the forces and values of secular culture within the framework of Christian anthropology.

The recent, though scantily reported, rise within Jewry of a «Messianic» movement which, while affirming the continued theological validity of the Jewish people, also accepts Jesus as Israel's Messiah, could not have occurred in past centuries when the traditional churches held sway and routinely burned premillenial types at the stake as heretics.

Within a small day - trip are dozens more traditional Mayan villages with authentic markets, unusual churches, can't - miss deities, religious festivals and a whole array of other discoveries for the inquisitive visitor.

Well known for its traditional infrastructure and looks, Tecate remains true to its origins with its main plaza in the center of the city and its city hall and historic church within walking distance.

If you're looking for a dance club and late - night action, your best bets are the two traditional San Pedro discos, Jaguar's Temple Club (no phone) and Big Daddy's (no phone), which are within a stone's throw of each other on Barrier Reef Drive, near the basketball court and the church.