Churches of Christ

Ethics & Morality There are many different views throughout the Lutheran denomination of Christianity all over the world, regarding controversial issues such as homosexuality and abortion. For example, the Evangelical Churches in Germany and Sweden support same-sex relationships, while in Africa and Asia, Lutherans have a more conservative view and condemn these relationships as sinful. Disagreements about ordaining homosexual pastors into the Lutheran Church have led to breaking ties between…

Christianity was established from Judaism in the 1st century C.E. It is reputable on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are called "Christians." Christianity has a many different of branches and forms with associated assortment in beliefs and practices. The three major branches of Christianity are Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and…

The personal relationship with God in Christianity led to the common depiction of Christ in their art. Since Muslims have more of an impersonal relationship with their god, they created pieces of art that revolving around illustrating scripture and geometric shapes. Other outside factors besides faith went into play during the design…

modeling your life thoughts, your words, your actions, your everything after the example and teaching Jesus has given us.” (DTF, 16) A disciple is a person that is committed to the process of becoming like Christ. The authors also defend discipleship as the process that helps people trust and follow Christ. These two definitions work together in the opening of this book to lay the foundation…

architecture Introduction; I choose architecture because, I grew up in Buffalo New York, and I grew up Catholic. I always loved the big Catholic Churches and how they was built. The Catholics believe to have Christ, the King of Kings, living in the tabernacle. I remember once asking my mother why the catholic churches are so much bigger than the rest of the churches, and my Mother said "Would you want a king in glorious a castle with fine designs or a normal boring house" I also was interested…

This twenty-first century phenomenon provides a great opportunity for churches to capitalize on this innovative technology, using it as a ministry tool for evangelism. While thousands of people use social media daily, yet according to a Lifeway research poll, 40 percent of Protestant churches in America still are not using any social networking tools. Why are churches electing not to use social media for evangelism? Could this disregard for creative and innovative “evangelism”…

various similarities, traditions, symbols and areas of each church. The Churches being St Paul’s lutheran church in Glenelg and the Our Lady Of Victories Catholic Church. These respective religions began in 1317, by Martin Luther (Lutheran) and in 1054 (Catholic ). Both similarities and differences were discovered throughout the churches and in various sections such as the nave and sanctuary. The similarities between the churches were mainly based around rituals and traditions which began…

of Romans it is suggested that there were at least five house churches stationed in the city. The believers in Rome were predominantly Gentile, however Jews must have constituted a substantial minority of the congregation (ch 9-11). Within these letters to Rome Paul covers a numerous amount of topics: faith, righteousness, freedom from the slavery of sin, rejection, and the law. In chapter 12, specifically, he covers the body of Christ and their many gifts. In Romans chapter…

back to the Reformation in England, the roots of Southern Baptist were born. John Smyth was a strong promoter of adult baptism and started to baptize others and even re-baptized himself. In 1638, Thomas Helwys and John Smyth established 50 Baptist churches in England. When 1638 came around, Roger Williams fled to America and started the First Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island. Southern Baptism was introduced in 1830 when there was tension in the Baptist church and it split into two…

basis that people wanted and realized they need a reform in the Church.(What is Reformed?) We were originally part of the Roman Catholic Church,what after the time of the great split,had an extremely corrupted clergy and weren 't quite focusing on Christ anymore. People spoke up against the Church, but the Church did not change its ways seeing as how most people were uneducated they could do nothing,that was until the renaissance spurred learning once again. With the birth of the renaissance…