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The Book of Discipline of the Calvary Holiness Church specifies the standard for the headcovering worn by Christian women: [30] a. The Calvary Holiness Church practices the ordinance of the Prayer and Prophesy Veil for women. It is scripturally taught in I Corinthians 11:1-16. b. The Veiling is to be worn by the sisters while praying and ...
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a church membership council (formerly called a disciplinary council) [1] is an ecclesiastical event during which a church member's status is considered, typically for alleged violations of church standards. If a church member is found to have committed an offense by a membership ...
References are made within the earliest Christian communities to the role of women in positions of church leadership. Paul's letter to the Romans, written in the first century, commends Phoebe who is described as "deaconess of the church at Cenchreae" that she be received "in the Lord as befits the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a helper of many and ...
Church discipline is the practice of church members calling upon an individual within the Church to repent for their sins. [citation needed] Church discipline is performed when one has sinned or gone against the rules of the church. [citation needed] Church discipline is practiced with the intent to make the offender repent and be reconciled to ...
Men and women, boys and girls, vested as altar servers and processing to the Church of the Saviour, Groningen The development of the ministry of altar server has a long history. By the early Middle Ages, some of these ministries were formalized under the term " minor orders " and (along with the diaconate) used as steps to priestly ordination.
A Book of Discipline (or in its shortened form Discipline) [1] is a book detailing the beliefs, standards, doctrines, canon law, and polity of a particular Christian denomination. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are often re-written by the governing body of the church concerned due to changes in society and in the denomination itself. [ 4 ]
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The topics in the General Handbook include guidelines involving general, area, and regional administration; duties of the stake president; duties of the bishop; temples and marriage; missionary service; administering church welfare; church membership councils and name removal; interviews and counseling; physical facilities; creating, changing, and naming new units; military relations; Church ...