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The Alpha course is an evangelistic course which seeks to introduce the basics of the Christian faith through a series of talks and discussions. It is described by its organisers as "an opportunity to explore the meaning of life". [ 1] Alpha courses are run in churches, homes, workplaces, prisons, universities and a wide variety of other locations.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church had its roots in the Millerite movement of the 1830s to the 1840s, during the period of the Second Great Awakening, and was officially founded in 1863. Prominent figures in the early church included Hiram Edson, Ellen G. White, her husband James Springer White, Joseph Bates, and J. N. Andrews.
A stained glass representation of a Lutheran confirmation. An elder lays hands on the confirmand. In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adults, it is an affirmation of belief. [ 1]
The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults ( Latin: Ordo initiationis christianae adultorum ), or OCIA, is a process developed by the Catholic Church for its catechumenate for prospective converts to the Catholic faith above the age of infant baptism. Candidates are gradually introduced to aspects of Catholic beliefs and practices.
v. t. e. A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy.
Education for Ministry. Education for Ministry ( EfM) is a program of theological education-at-a-distance which originated at the University of the South School of Theology, while Urban T. Holmes III was dean, [1] drawing on the work of the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan. [2] It was previously known as Theological Education by Extension ...
Church service. A church service (or a service of worship) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building. Most Christian denominations hold church services on the Lord's Day (offering Sunday morning and Sunday evening services); a number of traditions have mid-week services, while some traditions worship ...
Borys Wrzesnewskyj [a] (/ ˌ b ɒr ɪ s f ʃ ɪ s ˈ n ɛ f s k i / BORR-iss fshiss-NEF-skee; [1] [b] born November 10, 1960) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Etobicoke Centre in the House of Commons of Canada.