#Church Administration

[st-just]

This podcast series about the War of Three Kingdoms just incredibly rubbing in how important it is not to take religion seriously. Thousands upon thousands of people killed because people really truly believed whether the Anglican Church had bishops or not could damn their immortal souls.

[haroldmichaelharvey]

Author Harold Michael Harvey Poised to Win Book Awards

Watch Night and Fantasy Five Up for Prestigious Indie Book Awards Watch Night Fantasy Five This week, I received confirmation that two of my recent books, Watch Night and Fantasy Five, are up for the prestigious Indie Book Awards. I’m honored and humbled beyond belief. Watch Night is being considered for the 2025 Illumination Book Awards and Fantasy Five for the 2025 IPPY Awards in the…

[herbertfletcher]

Graduate Programs at Herbert Fletcher University Online

The nonprofit online learning organization Herbert Fletcher University (HFU) is connected to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In addition to Church Administration and Leadership and Online Instructional Design, HFU provides online graduate packages. Access to the Adventist Virtual Library provides students with a wealth of educational resources. 

[tmarshconnors]

Canon law of the Catholic Church

Canon law refers to the system of laws and legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities (the bishops and ultimately the Pope) of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church. The term "canon" is derived from the Greek word "kanon," meaning a rule or measure.

The current Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church (also known as the Western Church or the Roman Catholic Church) was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1983. It replaced the previous Code of Canon Law, which had been in place since 1917. The Eastern Catholic Churches, which are in full communion with Rome but have their own distinct traditions, have their own codes of canon law.

The Code of Canon Law is divided into several books, each dealing with different aspects of Church life. Some of the key areas covered by canon law include:

Book I: General Norms: This book establishes the general principles and norms that apply to the entire Code.

Book II: The People of God: This book deals with the hierarchical structure of the Church, including the rights and obligations of the faithful (laypeople and clergy).

Book III: The Teaching Function of the Church: This book covers the ministry of the Word of God, including preaching and teaching.

Book IV: The Sanctifying Function of the Church: This book addresses the sacraments and other liturgical celebrations.

Book V: The Temporal Goods of the Church: This book outlines the administration and management of Church property and finances.

Book VI: Sanctions in the Church: This book deals with penalties in the Church, including both the censures and other punitive measures.

Book VII: Processes: This book outlines the judicial procedures used in the Church, including the handling of contentious and penal cases.

The Code of Canon Law is an essential tool for the governance and discipline of the Catholic Church. It is important to note that the Eastern Catholic Churches have their own distinct codes, such as the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Additionally, individual dioceses and religious orders may have their own particular laws and statutes, provided they do not conflict with the universal law of the Church.

[biblebloodhound]

Organizational Leadership (Exodus 18:13-27)

Tasks and functions are not ends in themselves, but will continually change in order to accomplish the results we want.

Jethro and Moses, by James Tissot, c.1898 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?” Moses answered…

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

pray for me please

[canisalbus]

it wasn't quite a dream, but more a rambling thought as i was falling asleep, but, was a cardinal like Machete ever asked to officiate weddings? I dont even know if thats a thing cardinals would be asked to do, much less had the personal for that kind of thing, but imagine being asked by a major political hardcore catholic family to do so and only accepting because you know your secret boyfriend is also attending as a political figure and you get to almost secret pretend its your twos wedding

I'm actually not sure, I've never thought about it. He'd definitely have the full rights to officiate weddings, you don't lose the eligibility to perform sacraments when you get elevated from an ordinary priest to a bishop and then a cardinal. But I think once you get into these high positions you kind of grow out of the priestly role and spend less time doing ground-level work. I imagine that weddings of important nobles and royalty were likely presided over by bishops and cardinals.

The scenario is endearing so I choose to believe that it could've happened.

[kaurwreck]

reading fyodor dostoevsky feels like being regaled by church gossips if church gossips weren't full of malice.

[davidaugust]

Marmalade Mussolini has authorized ICE to enter schools and churches to seek immigrants.

So the president is sending men with guns into American schools and churches? That’s just a normal Tuesday in America, we know how to run fight hide… 😳

[lizhortons]

What I wouldn't give for a mockumentary style sitcom about a church cuz some times I straightup feel like I'm living in an episode of parks and rec.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Amanda Marcotte at Salon:

Even by the reality-TV chaos standards of our political moment, this one was a doozy: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, called out as an "abuser of women" by his own mother in the pages of the New York Times. To be fair, Penelope Hegseth's 2018 email excoriating her son, who was then a Fox News contributor, was not intended for public consumption. But the email, which seems to have been passed around Hegseth's social circle at the time, was leaked to the Times over the weekend. In it, Penelope Hegseth calls her son a man who "belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego." Pete Hegseth, then 37 years old, was in the midst of his second divorce.

While Penelope Hegseth has since disavowed her 2018 declaration, those accusations were backed up by a New Yorker investigation showcasing years of complaints from colleagues that Hegseth ran his veterans organization in "a hostile and intimidating working environment," where sexual harassment — and even attempted sexual assault — was blown off or blamed on victims. Hegseth himself was characterized as a heavy drinker who "treated the organization funds like they were a personal expense account — for partying, drinking, and using [the organization's] events as little more than opportunities to ‘hook up’ with women on the road." This follows reports that Hegseth was accused of rape in 2017. Criminal charges were not filed, but Hegseth reportedly reached a financial settlement with the alleged victim in exchange for a non-disclosure agreement. 

In the years since, Hegseth — now on his third marriage — has claimed that he rediscovered Christ, saying "faith became real" to him in 2018. He became deeply involved with the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), moving to Tennessee to enroll his children in a branch of this fundamentalist organization. He also joined the associated denomination, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. Both are led by Doug Wilson, an untrained and self-proclaimed pastor who advocates for Christian nationalism and has become famous for his trollish promotion of his far-right political views. At the center of Wilson's philosophy is a misogyny so overt that it's sometimes hard to believe he's serious.  "Wilson holds the most extreme views of women’s submission found in any form of Christianity," Julie Ingersoll, a professor of religious studies at the University of North Florida, told Salon. "Women are taught that submission to their husbands (and other male authorities) is submission to God. Independence of any kind is cast as sin."

[...] While Wilson is focused on sex and discomforting descriptions of what he sees as women's sexual obligations to men, his demeaning attitudes about women expand beyond the bedroom. In a recent video titled "The Natural Use of the Woman," Wilson argues that God designed women "to make the sandwiches" and chastised women who believe "men have a responsibility" to care about the marriage the same way wives do. During the election season, he argued that women's suffrage was a mistake and part of "a long, sustained war on the family." He recommends that husbands who are dissatisfied with a wife's housework skills "call the elders of the church and ask them for a pastoral visit." Stankorb explained that this implies excommunication, "a serious threat for women who have no job or independent income."

Hegseth doesn't just attend a CREC church and send his kids to an ACCS school. He has associated publicly with Wilson's Christian nationalist teachings in multiple ways. Hegseth is a forceful advocate of the ACCS school system and championed Wilson's efforts to fight pandemic restrictions. After being nominated by Trump, Hegseth went on the "CrossPolitic" podcast, hosted by one of Wilson's pastors, and argued that ACCS schools allow Christian nationalists to "build [their] army underground" for an eventual takeover of American society. Hegseth has blamed sexual assault in the military on "equality," claiming that the issue was "exacerbated" by letting women enlist in the first place. This aligns with CREC teachings that male sexuality is ravenous and the tendency to blame victims for "immodesty" when sexual violence happens. If Hegseth is confirmed to lead the Pentagon, Bell predicted he "would not be worried about rape in military circles," because of these views. 

Pete Hegseth’s mother Penelope told him to get some help. Instead, he joined up with Douglas Wilson’s church that is grossly misogynistic and Christian Nationalist.

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[thechurchoftheatom]

Urgent Message to the Congregation

Brothers and Sisters in the Atom,

In keeping with our church's mission to preserve and carry forward knowledge that protects and strengthens humanity, we must act with urgency. The United States' president has recently expressed that he will sign an executive order fundamentally reforming or possibly eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The wanton destruction of knowledge that this will create is abhorrent to us. It is our sacred duty to safeguard critical guidance for emergencies.

We call on every member of our congregation to visit the FEMA website (www.fema.gov) and download as much emergency preparedness material as possible. Focus on resources that are vital for survival, including:

Disaster preparedness guides for families and communities

Radiation emergency protocols

Emergency supply checklists

Shelter-in-place guidance

By ensuring these materials are preserved, we act as stewards of knowledge for ourselves, our communities, and future generations.

Take action today. Save this information to your devices, back it up securely, and share it with others in your circle. Let us continue our sacred duty to protect and empower through knowledge.

We want to take a moment to honor the incredible work of FEMA. Over the years, they have been a pillar of preparedness and resilience, offering life-saving knowledge and tools to help communities withstand disasters of every kind. Their resources are invaluable, and it is our duty to ensure that this wisdom is preserved.

FEMA’s dedication to disaster readiness and community support has saved countless lives. Let us honor their work by ensuring it endures.

Go forth and be radiant.

[head-post]

Biden cancels meeting with Pope over LA fires

US President Joe Biden cancelled a visit to Pope Francis, his last foreign trip in office, as wildfires continued to rage in Los Angeles.

The White House announced the cancellation on Wednesday after Biden returned from Los Angeles, where severe fires disrupted his plans to open two new national monuments, killing at least five people. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated:

After returning this evening from Los Angeles, where earlier today he had met with police, fire and emergency personnel fighting the historic fires raging in the area and approved a Major Disaster declaration for California, President Biden made the decision to cancel his upcoming trip to Italy to remain focused on directing the full federal response in the days ahead.

Biden decided to devote three days of his penultimate week in office to flying to Rome for a private audience with the Pope. The conversation would allow him to accept the end of his long political career, two aides said on condition of anonymity.

When the president returned to Washington on Wednesday night, fires had spread across Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States. Earlier, Biden announced the signing of a sweeping federal disaster response order.

Read more HERE

[little-catholic-diva]

Christians are under assault by the federal government. They don't even try to hide it.