Sentence examples for governing lay from inspiring English sources

After the Easter retirement of St. John's Rector Larry Hall — he had filled the top position for 33 years — Lein was unanimously selected by the River Oaks church's vestry, the governing lay body.

Mr. Fox himself has little direct experience in combating organized crime because Guanajuato, the state he governed, lies outside the major drug corridors.

The presidential transition and restoration of parliament had by no means answered the underlying question of where the governing power lay.

"What's material is that the governing bodies lay down extremely harsh sanctions so that they deter countries and people from acting in this way.

Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy, and the king's duties are ceremonial, with governing power lying with the prime minister and Parliament.

Iraqi political leaders argue that the proof of their ability to govern lies in the fact that they have been doing so since the Governing Council was formed in July.

In the organization of the church, each self-supporting congregation (parish) elects its lay governing board (vestry) for temporal affairs and its rector as spiritual leader.

She could spend two years in jail if convicted on charges of "insulting members of the military".The notion that "the army knows what is best for the people and that they cannot be trusted to govern themselves lies at the heart of their continued meddling in politics," observes Umit Kardas, a retired military prosecutor.

Most Baptist churches — including most of those which belong to the Southern Baptist Convention — are governed by their lay members; they have deacons or committees of laymen to oversee the finances of the church and to hire and are the pastors.

But Syriza insists it will not cross two red lines: on pension cuts and the rules governing lay-offs (on the latter, it has half a point).All of Mr Tsipras's options look bad.

The Diocese has said that until 1976 St Bede's was a direct grant grammar school with a governing body that included lay members and local authority nominees as well as priests.