Sentence examples for need for the church from inspiring English sources

"There are always going to be sinners, otherwise there would be no need for the church".

"In the 21st century, I see no need for the church to keep the same role in this feast".

"HIV/Aids played a big role in my need for the Church, and experiencing the extraordinarily devoted, patient care from Christian people during that period.

It said many responses stressed the need for the church to explore ways of "more widely exercising mercy, clemency and indulgence towards new unions".

He talked of the "dark past" of the church, of the enormous damage it had caused victims, of the need for the church to act "from the heart".

Senior clerics, such as Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, and Rino Fisichella, recently charged with "re-evangelising" Europe, have signalled that they understand the need for the church to change.

What we now need is for the church to recognise us and afford us the right to participate in the ordained ministry, to bless our relationships and to stop treating us as outcasts.

Hence the need for the new church.

However, in April he spoke strongly of the need for the Catholic church to "not take one step backwards" in the fight against clerical sex abuse, adding: "We have to be even stronger".

Zoghby, along with other Melkite priests in Egypt such as George Hakim and Joseph Tawil, were influenced by Father Oreste Karame, who advocated the need for the Melkite Church to return to its proper traditions and work for communion with the Orthodox Church.

Elders are generally seen as responsible for the spiritual welfare of the congregation, while deacons are seen as responsible for the non-spiritual needs of the church.