Sentence examples for encourage believers from inspiring English sources

To encourage believers to abandon their faith is unrealistic and arrogant.

In order to remain so, church leaders must encourage believers to be curious about their faith and the work of their church.

The regularity of the intervals between these summits is remarkable and will undoubtedly encourage believers in "long wave" theories (Wall Street's peaks, in real terms, occurred in 1928, 1968 and 1999).

Preaching to the "spiritual but not religious" choir, they tell us that, like other noncanonical texts they have championed elsewhere, this gospel aims to "encourage believers to seek God within themselves, with no mention of churches, much less of clergy".

They also encourage believers to practice their beliefs, combining "fortune," "love," and "devotion" (Bellah 1958).

To encourage believers to use the new space, prayers would not be held inside the existing mosques for the first few weeks.

The second movement, from 1880 to 1920, included the founding of the Y.M.C.A., the New Thought Movement, which encouraged believers to replace negative thoughts with positive ones, and a new slew of fitness fanatics.

The Church is actively involved in the public debates over abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia, and encourages believers to support legislation and politicians it describes as pro-life.

On its website the church defines itself as apolitical; it respects current principles of secularism and freedom of conscience, does not discourage medical treatment, encourages believers to participate in social life and does not claim exclusive salvation.

With the rise of the Christian right and its demand that Christians vote according to their values, another tradition has withered: one that encourages believers to separate religious convictions and civil law.

I encourage religious believers to check it out.