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The challenges of full participation of laity in the mission of the church

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2020
The church shares in Christ’s mission of bringing all to the knowledge of God and to salvation. All its members are called to this intrinsic mission bequeathed to the entire church.
Mary J. Obiorah
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The Involvement of the Catholic Laity in the Promotion of Peace

open access: yesReligions
In accordance with their constitutional prerogatives, members of the Church engage in activities that align with their designated roles and responsibilities.
Lóránd Ujházi
exaly   +3 more sources

The Role of the Laity in the Roman Catholic Church and in the World Today [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2020
Fifty-four years after Vatican II, it seems to the researcher that the role of the laity in the Roman Catholic Church is still problematic to some clergy and the laity.
Anthony Kofi Anomah , Peter Addai-Mensah
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What is the Role of the Laity in the Church? The Laity are the Church! [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2021
The question of the role of the laity in the Church, in and of itself, requires clarification insofar as the laity are the very essence of the people of God; they are not only in the Church – they are the Church. All divisions between clergy and laity in
Archimandrite Robert Francis Taft
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Setting God’s pioneers free?

open access: yesEcclesial Futures, 2022
This paper argues that the reason that the Church of England has strug­gled to relate to lay pioneering is because its primary mode of engagement of resourcing and equipping is out of step with the realities of lay pioneering.
James Butler
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Catholic Media in the Hands of Laics: Case Study of Vatican Communication Chiefs’ Twitter Activities

open access: yesJournalism and Media, 2022
The shape of religious media communication changed dramatically because of the opportunities given by digital media and by the process of the secularization, structural changes in religious organizations, and the challenge enabled by the huge loss of ...
Tereza Zavadilová
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The problem of maintaining balance of liberal and conservative principles at the congresses of clergy and Laity of Southern Russia in 1917 [PDF]

open access: yesОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность", 2021
The article examines the congresses of clergy and laity that took place after the February Revolution of 1917 in the South of Russia — on the Don, Stavropol and Kuban, which were the part of the movement propagated throughout the country.
Yu. A. Biryukova
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The rediscovery of the role of the laity in the mission of the Church � with reference to the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA)

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2012
The role of the laity is at the cutting edge of Christian missions today. The author conducted a number of interviews and questionnaires to determine the status of the laity across denominations of the Christian faith in South Africa. His findings are in
Peter Christofides, Piet G.J. Meiring
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The Social Activities of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the Fighting with Coronavirus [PDF]

open access: yesНаучно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2020
The article analyzes the current socio-political position of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the context of the state of Emergency caused by the pandemic of a new coronavirus that has affected the countries of the European Union.
Olga Shimanskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Early Catholicism and the organisational structure of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe

open access: yesTheologia Viatorum, 2021
The organisational structure of the United Methodist church shares many features with the early catholic institutions. Increased institutionalisation, that is, authority connected with office, is the clearest sign of Early Catholicism.
Edward Mashero, Ernest van Eck
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