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Over the years the population has aged. The Church's zip code 11216 is home to an estimated 53,747 residents. Based on the 2011-2015 American Community Census Survey the median household income within the community was $47,107. There are a number of persons in the congregation who are college educated. Demographically speaking the church is prime to consider the next level of stewardship

Conclusion Pastoral Ministry: A way Forward for Today's Church 5.8. Pope Francis' Insights on Pastoral Ministry Since the beginning of his pontificate in 2013, Pope Francis has offered numerous insights on pastoral ministry of priests. His reflections and approach to pastoral ministry are rooted in his call for a pastoral and missionary conversion of the Church at all levels. Ministry of priests is one that needs pastoral and missionary conversion. For it is

Anne Bradstreet’s poem “The Flesh and the Spirit” shows us the duality of man that her audience was having to deal with at the spiritual level. While this poem was written back in 1643 it still shows us as Christians what we have come from and how easy it would be to go back to a life of the “flesh”. This poem also goes about giving us details about what we should be striving for and what we have to look forward to if we strive toward the real or ultimate goals or rather possessions. The poem

Postmodernism and Social Praxis Whereas the interpreter is obliged to go to the depth of things, like an excavator, the moment of interpretation [genealogy] is like an overview, from higher and higher up, which allows the depth to be laid out in front of him in a more and more profound visibility; depth is resituated as an absolutely superficial secret.(18) So those are the changes, and I try to show those changes...(19) In Communities of Resistance and Solidarity, as well as in A Feminist

Guyana The world can be a very diverse place it is composed of many different individuals, places, cultures, religions, and languages. People fear what they don’t understand. Fear paired with a lack of knowledge is a breeding ground for violence. A lack of Knowledge and understanding of others is a major contributor of many past wars that has been spawned. The understanding of global diversity helps the United States Military build strong relationships with neighboring countries and encourages peace

Reformed Theology in Missions The argument can and should be made that all Reformed doctrines are important for the sake and cause of missions, but for this paper a few have been selected to highlight their particular significance in their role in world wide missions. These doctrines have often not received proper importance in missions because of a general preoccupation or focus on certain Reformed teachings that seem to dominate most people’s view of reformed theology. In fact, they have received

England but shifted to North America with settling in the colonies being a sought-after choice during that point in time. Although they were still persecuted, Quakerism exploded in America. The Religious Society of Friends has broken the mainstream of American religion for centuries in spite of the fact that they endured persecution at every turn, all the while having the ability to exceptionally maintain a harmonious, anti-war attitude. During the 17th century, the majority of the significant English

Martin Luther, like most traditional Christians, believed that this life was simply a pilgrimage, a journey toward our destination. That destination was an eternity spent either in heaven or in hell. There was nothing one could do to earn a spot in heaven-God freely forgave the sins of some, and they could enter heaven. Luther disagreed strongly with the Roman Catholic teaching that there is also a place called purgatory, because purgatory is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible. The belief in purgatory

what is evil. Cling to what is good. How can we do this if nothing is any worse than anything else? Psychology also often justifies sin in the name of freedom and ventilating feelings. Paul C. Vitz writes about Donald Campbell, president of the American Psychological Association, criticized psychology as follows; “There is in psychology today a general background assumption…that repressive or inhibitory moral traditions are wrong (p. 49).” The secular psychologists advocate that the clients should

When returning from a month in Ghana, West Africa, I sat down at the kitchen table with my mother. She asked me if I, a third year Bible College student, could help her understand a passage of scripture she read earlier that day. The passage was 1 Peter 3:18-22. We discussed the confusion surrounding the strange mentioning of Noah, spirits, Jesus descending in Hell and suffering for righteousness sake. When I could not answer my mother’s questions surrounding this seemingly peculiar passage, I decided