faith. Some of the sacraments require proper preparation and knowledge of the one ’s faith. The seven sacraments include Baptism‚ Eucharist‚ Confirmation‚ Reconciliation‚ Marriage‚ Anointing of the Sick‚ and the Holy Orders. Faith ties the people of God together. We are united through our belief in faith. I see the sacraments as the acceptance of faith in God and of our faith. With all the diversity that exists among God ’s people‚ faith in God and To Chrisitan‚ Jesus Christ is the being that connects
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Justin Hori‚ Keith Morris‚ Marielle Mosqueda The United Methodist Church 1. Origins ● Created (officially) in 1968 ● Traces back to John and Charles Wesley of England in the early 1700’s ● Became a movement led by those who felt neglected by The Church of England 2. Sacrament ● Methodists recognize the two rituals that Christ participated in himself: ○ Baptism: i. The act of joining the Christian church through sprinkling‚ immersion‚ or pouring of holy water ii. Symbol of new life
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Chapter I Church Growth: Definition Introduction: Tremendous growth is going on in the Christian Church today. For some observers this tends to be obscured by the world population and the increasing percentage of non-Christians which that so far implies. Meanwhile‚ the fact is that the number of Christians is greater now than it has ever been. With the rise of Churches and the expansion of the Church among non-Christian populations‚ multitudes of small congregations of less than hundred members
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Introduction When one attempts to study the theology of the Emerging Church‚ it is easy to find onself with a mental question mark in one’s mind. In ways‚ it can feel like attempting to navigate a giant maze‚ one filled with a myriad of posed questions that never seemed to be answered‚ numerous seemingly contradictory positions and views‚ a number of people to remember that do not exactly share the same views and several semantic variations like emerging versus emergent‚ missions versus missional
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The Eastern Church vs. the Western Church In the year 1054‚ due to political‚ cultural and religious reasons‚ the Great Schism divided Christianity into the Eastern Church (the Orthodox Church) and the Western Church (the Catholic Church). As a result of the Schism‚ differences increased between the two. The primary differences are the Papal claims of authority and the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed (Ware‚ 1963). Since the two were one prior to the Schism‚ there are similarities;
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The United Methodist Church My home church is United Methodist. I have gone there ever since I was a child because that is where my mother went to church. Through researching this paper I found many interesting things about my church. There are many points and issues I agree with and many I disagree with. Writing this really made me think about my denomination closely and if it’s the right one for me. The United Methodist Church shares a common history and heritage with other Methodist and
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The People of God and the Pilgrim Church: Vatican II Images of the Church Introduction This paper will examine and explain the use of the People of God and the Pilgrim Church as images of the Church‚ according to the teaching of The Second Vatican Council. These images are foundational to Lumen Gentium.[i] We will discuss the roots of these images sprouting in the rich soil of Pope John XXIII’s revolutionary papacy and the resourcement approach of the Council
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Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God‚ and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.” (S&H 468) “Christian Science founder‚ Mary Baker Eddy was born in Bow‚ New Hampshire‚ in 1821. Her parents were devout Christians and she joined a Congregational Church at age 17. She was chronically sick growing up with many ailments including paralysis‚ hysteria‚ seizures and convulsions. At 22‚ she married her first of three husbands
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Introduction To Integrated Christian Apologetics William James Summary: The word “apologetics” comes from the Greek word “apologia”‚ meaning to “make a defense”. Apologetics is a defense of one’s faith or persuasion. Christian Apologetics is therefore a defense of the Christian Faith offering the listener reasons why Christianity can be trusted and is believable. With the growing followers of science and technology‚ birthing atheistic convictions around the globe‚ all religions are under
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The Orthodox Church Christian Denomination 1. What are the key beliefs of your Christian Denomination? Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism were once branched from the same body of religion “the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. In 1054 AD a formal split occurred when Pope Leo IX (head of the Roman Catholic Church at that time) who ignored the Patriarch of the Constantinople‚ Michael Cerularius (Leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church at that time). The main beliefs of the Orthodox
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