* The New Believers: A survey of sects, cults and alternative religions.

* Kohn, Rachael, The New Believers: Re-Imagining God, Sydney: Harper Collins, 2003.

On June 2, 1814, 128 Believers bound themselves together in a more formal covenant, which established the community in the pattern of the Shaker Ministry's village at New Lebanon, New York.

David V Barrett in his Book on The New Believers expresses a counter to Rudd's earlier view, " Family life is important to the Exclusive Brethren: they devote a lot of care and attention to their children, who are brought up within a consistently sound moral code.

Thus, due to this emphasis on prayer in the early church, lengthy passages of the New Testament are prayers or canticles ( see also the Book of Odes ), such as the Prayer for forgiveness (), the Lord's Prayer, the Magnificat (), the Benedictus (), Jesus ' prayer to the one true God (), Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (), the Believers ' Prayer (), may this cup be taken from me (), Pray that you will not fall into temptation (), Saint Stephen's Prayer (), Simon Magus ' Prayer (), pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men (), Maranatha.

Old Believers print their books using an older variant of New Church Slavonic language.

With the exception of a brief 1971 review calling The H Persuasion “ less a book than a collection of pietistic snippets by Believers ,” the New York Times never reported that men said they changed from homosexuality through Aesthetic Realism.

Among Popovtsy Old Believers this type of an icon is very widespread, since the New Testament Trinity is depicted above any crucifixion icon ( without the Son, since he is on the Cross in this case ).

* The New Believers: Sects, Cults and Alternative Religions by David V. Barrett, ( Cassell Illustrated, a division of the Octopus Publishing Group ) 2003 ISBN 1-84403-040-7.

The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Planet, Hyperion, New York, ISBN 978-1-4013-2326-4.

The Indian Shakers are unrelated to the Shakers of New England ( United Society of Believers ) and are not to be confused with the Native American Church.

Believers in faith — for example those who believe salvation is possible through faith alone — frequently suggest that everyone holds beliefs arrived at by faith, not reason.

The main differences in beliefs of both sides center on: The doctrine of Heritage of the Law: attributed by the Priesthood to " one person " the High Priest while attributed by the Sōka Gakkai to ordinary people, The Priesthood's demand for " Absolute faith and Strict Obedience " to the High Priest a demand contrasted with SGI definition of related relationship: " mentor and disciple are comrades standing side by side ”, and also: The doctrine of the Three Treasures, in which the Treasure of the Priest is taught by the Sōka Gakkai as the Sangha or " Community of Believers ", while it is restricted solely to the Priest, by Nichiren Shōshū administration.

Dennett, for example, argues in True Believers ( 1981 ) that intentional idiom ( or " folk psychology ") is a predictive strategy and if such a strategy successfully and voluminously predicts the actions of a physical system, then that physical system can be said to have those beliefs attributed to it.

The priested Old Believers are thus represented by two churches that have the same beliefs, but treat each other's hierarchies as illegitimate.

It was at this time that Dr Thomas and those who shared similar beliefs became known as the Royal Association of Believers.

* The Believers of the Source, the Mercykillers, and the Sign of One were wiped out in the fighting, while the Bleak Cabal, the Dustmen, the The Free League, the Society of Sensation, the Transcendent Order, and the Xaositects disbanded ( although many former members continue to hold the same beliefs as they did under faction rule ).

Reformed Baptists are in many ways Reformed yet, as their name suggests, adhere to Believers Baptism.

* November 23 – A group of 1, 500 Old Believers immolate themselves to avoid capture when troops of the tsar lay siege to their monastery on Lake Onega.

Believers may consider or believe that they can communicate with the deity, who can respond supernaturally to their entreaties, and that the deity's myths are true.

At the same time, after the schism in the Orthodox Church ( Raskol ), some Old Believers migrated west, seeking refuge in the Rzeczpospolita, which allowed them to freely practice their faith.

A few less-committed Believers lived in " noncommunal orders " as Shaker sympathizers who preferred to remain with their families.

The communality of the Believers was an economic success, and their cleanliness, honesty and frugality received the highest praise.

Many Believers wrote out the lyrics in their own manuscript hymnals.

Believers have continually looked at the story of Ann Lee as a cornerstone of the theological architecture that has distinguished their church from other American religious groups.

Believers may stage " drills " and " marches " with sticks for rifles and use military-style insignia and national insignia painted on their bodies to make them look like soldiers, thereby treating the activities of Western military personnel as rituals to be performed for the purpose of attracting the cargo.

: A Praise Gathering for Believers, " the first album from a Christian record company to achieve this honor ", which was certified gold by the RIAA, and nominated in 1974 for a Dove Award for Gospel Song of the Year, their arranger Ronn Huff added the prefatory words to " God Gave the Song " that are similar to those in " The Tune ".

The Old Believers began moving to Erskine around 1998 in order to escape a farming crisis and suburban sprawl which threatened their community near Woodburn, Oregon.

Believers as well as unbelievers have praised the book for supporting their position, according to fan mail received by Terry Pratchett.

Believers are encouraged to believe in miracles, and to idealize all their weaknesses by imagining an omnipotent, omniscient, immortal God who represents the antithesis of all human flaws and shortcomings.

All of his students converted and signed the " Covenant of Believers in Jesus ", committing themselves to continue studying the Bible and to do their best to live moral lives.

In America, the designation of the building in which Open Brethren assemblies meet most often include the word " Chapel " in their formal name, combined with a biblical place name or principle or otherwise a local geographic feature — for instance, Bethany Chapel, Central Gospel Chapel, Park Road Bible Chapel, Riverview Believers Chapel.

Lipovans ( Russian Old Believers ) during a ceremony in front of their church in the Romanian village of Slava Cercheză in 2004 ( photo by Mikhail Evstafiev.

* Believers have also been encouraged to devote themselves to God Almighty for forty days to see the springs of wisdom break forth from their hearts and flow from their tongues.

The third ethnic group is that of the Lipovans, who have in the center of the town a church of their Old Believers Christian branch.

Most of the churches of California Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA withdrew from the denomination during the fall of 2005 and started their own group, called United Believers in Christ.

Believers who have confessed their faith in Jesus Christ and understand the meaning of the Lords ' supper are invited to participate, though the understanding of the Mennonite Brethren is that baptism should precede participation in the communion service.

Believers who have confessed their faith in Jesus Christ and understand the meaning of the Lord's supper are invited to participate, though the Mennonite Brethren believe that baptism should precede participation in the communion service.

During the reign of Cathеrine the Great, Old Believers who had fled abroad were even encouraged to return to their motherland.

Believers in this theory often cite the Newport Tower in Newport, Rhode Island as further evidence to support their claim.

The organization of over 70 member churches grew out of the charismatic renewal of the 1970s under the leadership of Catholic Charismatic Larry Tomczak and has its roots in the Gathering of Believers ( now Covenant Life Church ) in Maryland.