Church polity has to do with visible elements like bishops or synods; it also relates to less obvious aspects of church life, like the rules around ordination, who can become a minister and under ...

The scholars represent some 28 areas of study, including women in the church, asceticism, science and theology, political theology and more, all under a theme of mission and the Orthodox Church.

The general principles of polity are clear, but not the details. This is one reason why questions of government have caused such deep and lasting divisions in the Church.

UPDATE (May 8, 2025, 1:33 p.m. ET): Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected as the new leader of the Catholic Church — and the first American pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV ...

Anything is possible when considering who the next leader of the Catholic Church could be — including a potential pope from Africa. advertisement The conclave may not care.

It’s focused on what makes Methodism unique as a historical movement, including topics such as church polity, John Wesley’s theology and the history of Methodism.

The Rev. Rick Warren has delivered thousands of messages asking for a spiritual response during his 42 years as founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, California.

Due to evolving church polity, or governance standards, and awareness of patterns of clergy abuse, Goudzwaard is wary about retroactively applying present-day frameworks onto 10- to 20-year-old ...

newton strikes back; he condemns narrowness and bigotry in his church. polity, he says, is of small account, else christ would have given the pattern -- there is but one flock and one master.