...scope of the study embraces a solution that will lead the restoration of the Basilica to realities and treat the problems involving its reestablishment. Being a national heritage and considered to be one of the first Roman Catholic churches in the Philippines, it is our objective to restore a historical edifice and preserve its cultural legacy and customs. On October 15, 2013, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook Bohol at approximately 8:00 in the morning. It caused millions of worth of casualties, hundreds of families devastated, destroyed numerous properties and damaged many historical landmarks and churches, including the Basilica de Sto. Nino. The earthquake crushed most of the belfry and façade; walls and frescoes are cracked, leaving the church in verge of total wreckage. To prevent an entire loss, propositions involving the repair and rebuilding of the damaged areas are to be provided as well as redesigning of the structure’s stability will furnish its constancy to be able to withstand future disastrous occurrences. Our team is focused on analyzing the Basilica’s present condition, what steps to take and plans to make in order to accomplish the goal of this proposal. The purpose of this paper is to inform and remind our readers that we should pay attention and value the elements and components that makes up our historical and cultural identity which completes and fabricates what and...
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... ________ ______ _______ Leesburg ________ ______ _______ Mascotte ________ ______ _______ Midway ________ ______ _______ Tuscanooga ________ ______ _______ Any other churches Prayer to Open Business Meeting This meeting of the Northwest Central Florida Youth Rally will come to order. (2 taps) Each church needs to make sure they have the 5 messengers ready for voting purposes. (Only 5 from each church votes.) Our first item of business is the minutes of the last meeting….Julie Do I hear a motion to approve the minutes…. 2nd It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes,...
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...According to Hunter S. Thompson “Anything worth doing, is worth doing it right”. This statement sums up the meaning and art of involvement. Getting involved is to take part, to take part is assuming a responsibility, taking responsibility is being ready to perform the tasks that requires commitment – to sacrifice, to endure, to hit the mark by utilizing time and actions to come up to a realistic outcome that a fulfilling goal is achieved. In connection to the statements mentioned above, the young people are also entrusted with the task of being involved in taking responsibilities. According to 1 Timothy 4:12, “Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example to the believers in your speech, in your conduct, in your love, in faith and in purity,” Timothy was a young Christian youth from Asia Minor. He became a companion and assistant to Paul in his missionary work. In spite of his young age, he did not let this minority become a hindrance to be involved in helping Paul to share the word of God. Timothy is one of the best examples for the youth of this generation in accepting responsibilities and in getting involved in such activities especially in church ministries. Not just merely participating, but by committing yourself and realizing that this is one of the ways to express their love for God. ¬¬¬ Being involved in church ministries have effects to the young people in two areas: Spiritual Maturity and Interpersonal Behavior. There is a saying, “The...
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...Security Objective Components STEPHANIE CASBY CJS 250 October 30th, 2011 Jenelle Velarde Security Objective Components Have you ever been to church and thought you had to worry about your safety? I know for myself that is one place besides my home that I have always felt safe. People in church attend with little thought given to their safety while they are there. Church is supposed to be a place of peace and serenity, not violence or death. In the last 50 years churches and other religious sites around the world has been victim’s to violent acts of crimes. There are several reasons for this type of crime in these religious places of worship; differences in religious beliefs, domestic disturbances, and racism are number one reason for these acts. In the last ten to fifteen years there has been an increase in violent crimes reported in churches, schools, and malls that seemed to be the target. In this paper I will discuss what component of the overall security objective deserves the most attention in the environments from the article. I will also discuss what components would be less pertinent for the environments during a vulnerability assessment. I will describe counter measures or possible solutions for the shootings, incidences of arson and bombing. Then I will discuss the components of the overall security objective that would be ore pertinent had the events occurred at the mall and if they would present alternative countermeasures that I will list and explain...
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...WHAT IS A CHURCH? Many people today understand the church as a building. This is not a biblical understanding of the church. Church is defined as “an assembly” or “called-out ones.” The root meaning of “church” is not that of a building, but of people. It is ironic that when you ask people what church they attend, they usually identify a building. Romans 16:5 says “… greet the church that is in their house.” Paul refers to the church in their house—not a church building, but a body of believers. A church is a holy place where Christians attend to worship the Holy God above. Belize church association Admiral of the Caribbean TEMPLES: In Jesus time, a temple was a common place of worship. The Jews would also go to the temples to study. There is a story in the bible about Jesus turning over tables in the temple of Jerusalem. (Matt 21:12) the peoples were using the temple to deceive and make money. Belize Caribbean TABERNACLE: DURING THE TIME OF THE ISREALITES ESCAPE FROM EGYPT, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO TRANSPORT THE ARK OF COVENANT. IT WAS TOO HOLY FOR MEN TO CARRY SO THEY BUILT A TABERNACLE-A TENT LIKE STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE CARRIED, WHERE THEY KEPT THE ARK OF COVENANT. EXAMPLE: ONTARIO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH CATHEDRAL: IS A HEAD CHURCH IN A DIOCESE (GROUP OF CHURCHES)...
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...Davis PMIN 3273 Professor Vasquez 17 September 2015 Biblical Family Ministry Paper: Segmentation vs. Integration Throughout history churches have always been segmented-programmatic to accommodate different ages individually in their own classrooms learning their own thing. A segmented-programmatic church means that the family is never together and are all learning something different. However, many churches have found that this method is becoming old and they are finding it to no longer work with today’s times. Researchers have shown that 70 percent of young people leave the church by age 22 this is because churches are failing to bring in young worshipers and keep new the old ones. Now, many churches are starting to lean towards a more family-integrated service. A family-integrated service is one in which all of the different classes you get with segmented model is eliminated. There is no youth group or children’s church, everything is done in the main sanctuary and the family is always together. The segmented-programmatic church model came out of the nineteenth century when school systems started putting students in tightly in tightly-graded classes. The church saw that this was a functioning model in society and they believe that it would work within their walls. The segmented-programmatic model has a couple good things that can come out of it; however, there are many bad things that come from it. One good thing that can come from the segmented-programmatic model...
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...Writing about churches starting churches is a little like conducting a chemistry experiment. Relational models for church planting are the catalyst that causes the experiment to boil over. Relational models focus on sending out Christians to gather and disciple unchurched people in their communities. If enough people are gathered, new formal congregations may form. While the general idea may sound intriguing, the specific models inspire frustration and fear for numerous leaders of established churches. Pastors are frustrated their churches, where the Gospel is preached and fellowship shared each week, are somehow not considered “missional communities.” For many formal church leaders, “house churches” are gatherings of disenchanted former...
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...Analysis of Philip Larkin's "Church Going" | Philip Larkin http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1074/1417827433_85ef38935a.jpg | The theme of Philip Larkin’s poem “Church Going” is the erosion of religious abutments. Larkin is largely considered to be an atheist; however, he did live in a society that was predominantly Christian, so this poem is perhaps his way of trying to understand the attraction of religion. The narrator, who appears to be an atheist also, goes to a church, wanders around, and leaves unsatisfied. He doesn’t understand the allure of churches or religion, and wonders to himself when they will go out of fashion. He then goes on to imagine what they will be turned into once they do fall out of use. In the end, the narrator comes to the realization that religion and churches will never go out of style, because mankind has an innate need to believe in something greater than themselves. This poem was written in 1954, and published in 1955. The rhythm of the poem is iambic tetrameter, and it has a strict rhyme of ababcadcd. The language of the poem is conversational, and the narrator poses many interrogatives (asks questions). Larkin uses a lot of religious imagery and words, some are used as they are intended, but others are used in a blasphemous way. Blasphemy is the act of expressing lack of reverence for God, but if one doesn’t believe in God can what they say really be considered blasphemy? That is just something to consider while reading the poem. The title...
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...can create opportunities for church growth and involvement in relevant ministries for the local community is, first of all, to get rid of the deacon and the usher and her sister in the church; because they are the main reason membership has declined. However, since that is not going to happen because of the pastors' relationship with the deacon, and the membership consists of elderly people from the age of 67-83; the writer will try to develop some ministries one at a time to bring some youth in the church through research and polling the areas. Seven other churches surround the church where the writer serves, and membership is good, and the congregants are active. Before a church goes out into the community to create church growth, unity and love must first begin inside before spreading abroad in the community. God first loved us before he gave us his only begotten Son according to I John 4:10, 19, "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. We love because He first loved us." All love comes from God. Genuine love is never self-motivated by people. Next, the church needs to be involved in community service. Then the...
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...THE MARONITE CHURCH: UNITED AND UNIVERSAL An apostolate for this age - a strategic vision "Lebanon could be one of the world’s strongest countries if it better utilized the potential of its Diaspora." His Beatitude Nasrallah Butros Cardinal Sfeir(11/28/01) Introduction The Lebanese outside of Lebanon vastly outnumber those in Lebanon. This is especially true of the Christians, and the Maronites in particular. Those Maronites are numerous and influential on an individual basis. Most, however, shun involvement with organized groups dealing with socio-political issues concerning Lebanon and the Christians due to the fractured approach and the myriad of elements supposedly acting on behalf of the Maronites in Lebanon. These Maronites of the Diaspora have an opportunity to influence the outcome of deliberations concerning socio-political issues in Lebanon and the Middle East if they unify under, and maximize the resources of, the Maronite Church under the strong leadership of the Patriarch. Background Throughout history the Maronite Patriarchy has played both a religious and political role in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Patriarch has been a diplomatic force for the building of consensus among divergent religious and political elements. It commands the allegiance and obedience of all of the bishops in Lebanon and the trust of the faithful. As time passed, there has been a geographical shift in the location of the Maronites. Many of them...
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...Born Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, began his career as a church politician, entering the Vatican’s Secretariat of State in 1901. In the beginning of his religious career, he became the principal planner of the 1917 Code of Canon Law in which he redrafted the Church’s laws, and established the relationship between the Pope and the Church. The Code placed the Pope in supreme authority, providing the Pope with the right to nominate clergy of his choice and regulated relations between the Pope and the Church (Cornwell 41-44). Pacelli sought to force the Code in Germany (Cornwell 6). He wanted to secure Vatican concordats with other nation states to protect and advance the Church by establishing rights with respect to doctrine and worship and assuring the papacy’s authority (Sanchez 15). In Italy, Pacelli played an important role in the negotiations of the Lateran Treaty, a pact signed between Pope Pius X1 and Mussolini in Feb 1929. The Treaty granted recognition to Catholicism as the sole religion in Italy and gave the Pope the right to impose the new Code of Canon Law. This also created Vatican City as an...
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...Book Review on Augustine as Mentor CHHI 520D18 LUO (Fall 2013) Church History I Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Reed E. Harvey (ID# 24867788) December 16, 2013 THESIS STATEMENT Determine whether the mentoring approach used by Augustine, an Early Church Father is yet relevant for today’s church. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction …………….……………………….………………………………….…4 II. Brief Summary ……….…………………………………………….………………...4 III. Critical Interaction ………………………………………………………………….6 IV. Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………7 Working Bibliography …………………………………………………………………...9 I. Introduction This review will provide a summarization and critical interaction with the text: Augustine as Mentor authored by Edward L. Smither. Smither is associate professor of Church History and Intercultural Studies at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. Other areas of scholarly interest include the Early Church, evangelical missions among Arabs and the history of missions. The thesis of this text is, “that Augustine effectively mentored spiritual leaders and set them apart for needed ministries in the church.” II. Brief Summary Smither sets the table for this text through an in-depth analysis and look at mentoring in the first century. Special emphasis centered on mentoring done by Jesus with the Disciples as found in the Gospels and with the Apostle Paul from the book of Acts and Paul’s epistles. Smither’s...
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...Reformation, and the Catholic Reformation. The events that lead to these reformations during the 16th century are quite lengthy. During the 14th century, salvation outside of the church was not possible. Thus, religion played a prominent role in the daily lives of people. However, many issues began to rise amongst all things religion. In 1309, internal conflict within the Catholic Church caused for its capital to be moved from Rome to Avignon. This shift of power started a war between France and England that lasted for nearly a century. To add to the turmoil, in 1347 the Black Death took the lives of more than 25 million Europeans within four years. Due to the plague, the church saw that a second pope was needed and established one in Rome. Then again in 1409, a third pope was elected. As three popes were battling for power, ordinary Christians became confused on who to believe. By the time the church resolved its problems, simple teachings of Christ were abandoned, and people saw the need to reform (HistoryTubeTV). Also known as The Reformation, the Protestant Reformation’s main goal was to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. During the 15th century, the Christian church was the most powerful institute in medieval Europe, but the debauchery within the church eventually lead to its declining power and influence. Between 1450 and 1520, a series of popes – called the Renaissance popes – failed to meet the church’s spiritual needs (Duiker and...
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...Catholic faith, which has over one billion followers today. The Vatican, located in Rome, the heart of an ancient world empire and capital of modern Italy, is run by the supreme pontiff, the Pope. The Catholic people have been led by the Pope’s divine influence since the early centuries of the Common Era. Christianity itself has been a major influence in the European continent, shaping the development of the vast European empires for over a millennium. While the papacy, located at the Vatican since 1377, serves as a major religious influence, beneath the surface the Vatican is also one of the most powerful and well-established political organizations in the world. In order to survive and spread its influence as far as possible, the Catholic Church has always had to look out for its own best interests, allying itself with other nations, influencing the rise to power of certain leaders, and backing or opposing the passages of religious laws in other states. Sometimes, however, public statements and emancipations by the Pope are not enough, sometimes, the Vatican has to get its hands dirty and work in the shadows, employing the use of espionage in order to secure its own interests. This is the responsibility of the operating arm of the Vatican’s espionage, the Holy Alliance (later renamed the Entity). The Holy Alliance, in its almost five hundred years of existence, has been involved in some of the most crucial moments of European history, playing a large role in the French Revolution...
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...God’s image and likeness were separate things and that the likeness of God gave mankind the ability to relate to God in righteousness. That righteousness was broken in sin, but restored in Christ as believers could come to God through Him. Calvin later argued that human nature was completely damaged by sin and Aquinas followed Irenaeus with some modification. The historical interpretations held by these men are viewed as substantive. The substantive view has long been the leading view on this matter, but the views regarding the relation and function of being made in the image of God have grown and many theologians have _______________________________ 1. Chad Brand, “The Work of God: Creation and Providence” in A Theology for the Church, ed. Daniel Akin (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2014), 208....
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