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A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Inner AwarenessBeing a Minister

A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness: Being a Minister [While anyone can become involved holding and sending the Light, the social structural backbone supporting the church comes from the dedication and service of its ministers. They act as the heart of the organization, giving life to all its activities. Ministries emerge from personal preferences for service or inner spiritual avocations. A typical ministry can be broadly based (e.g., serving peace and the Traveler) or it can be quite specific (e.g., physical therapy or marriage counseling). Most ministers hold jobs outside the church because ministry does not fit the model of a salaried preacher. Rather a ministry comes from an individualized calling to act from the heart with loving service. The acknowledged essence of the calling is to minister to all without regard to race, creed, color, situation, circumstance or environment. Paraphrasing Laren Bright, a long-time advisor for the central ministerial board, people participate because they are involved with the teachings; if there were no official ministry, they would take part anyway (Tumminia 2011).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Inner AwarenessBeing a Minister

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
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978-1-349-47687-9
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105 –121
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10.1057/9781137374196_6
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[While anyone can become involved holding and sending the Light, the social structural backbone supporting the church comes from the dedication and service of its ministers. They act as the heart of the organization, giving life to all its activities. Ministries emerge from personal preferences for service or inner spiritual avocations. A typical ministry can be broadly based (e.g., serving peace and the Traveler) or it can be quite specific (e.g., physical therapy or marriage counseling). Most ministers hold jobs outside the church because ministry does not fit the model of a salaried preacher. Rather a ministry comes from an individualized calling to act from the heart with loving service. The acknowledged essence of the calling is to minister to all without regard to race, creed, color, situation, circumstance or environment. Paraphrasing Laren Bright, a long-time advisor for the central ministerial board, people participate because they are involved with the teachings; if there were no official ministry, they would take part anyway (Tumminia 2011).]

Published: Jan 19, 2007

Keywords: Spanish Speaker; Light Column; Simultaneous Translation; Marriage Counseling; Polarity Balance

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