Sentence examples for church commitment from inspiring English sources

Both wear gold wedding bands: with their children as attendants, they had their church commitment ceremony in 2000.

I would contend that this represents a change from the politics of the 20th century, where church commitment was stronger, as were debates about the fundamentals of our political system while the battle between capitalism and communism played out.

So I conducted a mental review of our calendar before explaining that I had a worship band rehearsal in the morning, followed by a basketball game for my son, a church commitment for my wife, a birthday party for my daughter, and a date night that evening.

There are few breaks in the school calendar for seminary students in Rome, so Clericus Cup games, as well as the twice-weekly practices that began last month, must be squeezed in around class and church commitments.

The spokesman for the current archbishop, Rowan Williams, said: "This is a serious document, teaching on important ecclesiological matters and of significance to the churches' commitment to the full, visible unity to the one church of Jesus Christ". The Vatican's statement had fewer misgivings about the Orthodox Church, which had "true sacraments" and a genuine priesthood.

Mara Liasson says that the church's commitment to Africa is the same as Jewish commitment to Israel.

Yet the Pope also re-emphasized the church's commitment to the poor.

It added that the new structure was "consistent" with the church's "commitment to ecumenical dialogue".

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the changes showed the church's commitment to tackling child sexual abuse with "rigor and transparency".

The church's commitment to welcoming the stranger has long been reflected in our country's policies toward those fleeing persecution in their home countries.

Then in March 2001 Mr. Harrington rescinded the church's commitment to pursue restoration, even if it cost the same as its plan.