Sentence examples for full lay from inspiring English sources

Protestants have made educational requirements, especially study of the Bible, a basis for ordained ministry, often at the expense of a full lay involvement.

When her campaign of a dozen years finally resulted in the admission of women to full lay status in the Southern Methodist Church in 1919, she became the first woman to be elected a delegate to the church's General Conference.

December 3, 1852 Whitehall, Kentucky July 20, 1922 Richmond, Kentucky Belle Harris Bennett, in full Isabel Harris Bennett (born Dec. 3, 1852, Whitehall, near Richmond, Ky., U.S. died July 20, 1922, Richmond), American church worker whose energetic efforts on behalf of Christian education and missions culminated in the granting of full lay status to women in the Southern Methodist Church.

This isn't a full lie, but it definitely isn't the full truth.

It's a dark day when attacks based in half-truths, full lies, and old news deny the nation its most talented advocate in the fight to rebuild our economy and combat climate change.

Two full weeks lay in front of him like a red carpet.

The full explanation lay next door in the pig barn, where Tony's pig, Gunnar, slept.

The full findings lay bare the generation's staggering debt burden.

It's one thing to be a full woman lay out in her velvet but a bone cold child.

Once the YES box is full, they lay them out on one side of a ping-pong table.

Lay members commonly hold part-time roles such as meeting helpers, committee members and advisors, though there are a small number of full-time lay professionals.