Congregations that belong to associations and conventions are still independently governed.

Congregations are generally overseen by a plurality of elders ( also known in some congregations as shepherds, bishops, or pastors ) who are sometimes assisted in the administration of various works by deacons.

Congregations of the Christian Church are self-governing in the tradition of congregational polity.

Congregations and ministries of the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) are free to use the chalice in publications, web sites and other media.

* The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, known as the Orthodox Union, or " OU ", and the Rabbinical Council of America, " RCA " are organizations that represent Modern Orthodox Judaism, a large segment of Orthodoxy in the United States and Canada.

The Roman Congregations are a type of dicastery ( department with a jurisdiction ) of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church.

Depending on their status within various Messianic Jewish groups, such as the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, an allowance for formal conversion is made based on their understanding that Messianic converts are not automatically considered Jewish.

* The Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council, many of whose members are affiliated with the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, has published its standards of Messianic Torah observance.

* The largest and oldest are the Orthodox Union ( Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America ), which sponsors youth groups, kashrut supervision, and many other activities and its rabbinic counterpart, the Rabbinical Council of America ( RCA ).

Congregations are served by full-time professional clergy.

Congregations, through the Church Meeting, are responsible for the selection ( issue of a " call ") of ministers to fill vacancies.

The Moravian Church and the Federation of Evangelical Reformed Congregations are associate members.

Congregations are concentrated in the Midwest and Northeast United States.

Congregations that do not wish to call these persons to ordained ministry are not required by these policy changes to do so.

Congregations are encouraged to contribute to a specific fund for that purpose.

Congregations are governed by local elders, who are assisted by ministerial servants.

The Secretary of State, the prefects of the Congregations of the Roman Curia, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, the Vicar General of Rome, and the Patriarchs of Venice and Lisbon, are usually Cardinals, with few, generally temporary, exceptions.

* Congregations who do not have a locally residing elder are assigned a " Counseling Elder " by the national elder body.

Congregations outside of the established districts are included under National Missions ( Bishop Abel F. Aguilar ).

Smaller related denominations are the Canadian and American Reformed Churches, the Free Reformed Churches of North America ( FRC ), the Heritage Reformed Congregations ( HRC ), the Netherlands Reformed Congregations ( NRC ), the Protestant Reformed Churches in America ( PRC ), and the United Reformed Churches in North America ( URC ).

The Congregations of women who trace their origins to Father Moreau are the Marianites of Holy Cross ( Le Mans, France ), the Sisters of the Holy Cross, ( Notre Dame, Indiana ), and the Sisters of Holy Cross, ( Montreal, Canada ).

Congregations were eventually formed in many communities ( initially in townships over towns ), and usually after a lengthy period without any supply from clergy ( in the Red River Colony in Manitoba, it took thirty years ); in many cases, family worship consisted of devotions and catechisms.

Previously there were three other autonomous Congregations, based in Turin ( founded 1596 ), Venice ( 1474-1569 ) and France ( founded 1526 ).

** Amicus Brief on the Merits ( American Jewish Congress, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America )

In 1986, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association ( RRA ) and the Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations ( FRC ) passed the official " Platform on Reconstructionism " ( 2 pages ).

Congregations typically hold love feast on Maundy Thursday and again about six months later.

On October 29, 44 leading clergymen, including Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr. of Washington National Cathedral, United Presbyterian Church Leader Eugene Carson Blake, Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord, American Hebrew Congregations President Maurice Eisendrauth, and theologians Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr, issued a letter commenting on the Jenkins affair: "" We see the Jenkins episode as a case of human weakness.

Congregations meet weekly on Sunday mornings for Sunday school and worship.

Congregations will pray for the healing of sick people and church elders will lay hands on and anoint the person being prayed over.

" ( Sermon on Union and Peace, preach'd to several Congregations, April 17, 1704 ).

Founded on January 15, 1939 by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations ( now called the Union for Reform Judaism ), the then-titled National Federation of Temple Youth was a program to encourage college students to engage in synagogue life.

Dr. J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, September 25, 1942 ( 5703 ).

Following the Protocol for Departing Congregations created by the Diocese of Virginia, Truro Church embarked on 40 Days of Discernment to consider its future in the Episcopal Church ( TEC ).

* List of Congregations of the United Synagogue on Jewish Communities and Records-UK ( hosted by jewishgen. org ).

A similar institution is that of Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, which, however, rests exclusively on voluntary acknowledgement on the part of the congregations, and does not extend over whole groups of congregations like the Portuguese, the Reform, and the Polish organizations.

The mandate given by the Congregation to Roothaan was to strengthen and stabilize the fledgling ' new ' Society: going slow on opening new schools, improving the intellectual and spiritual formation of the Jesuits, reintroducing practices of the past ( Annual letters, Congregations of procurators every three years, etc.

The Congregation for Catholic Education ( in Seminaries and Institutes of Study ) ( Congregatio de Institutione Catholica ( de Seminariis atque Studiorum Institutis )) is the Pontifical congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for: ( 1 ) seminaries ( except those regulated by the Congregations for the Evangelization of Peoples and for the Oriental Churches ) and houses of formation of religious and secular institutes ; ( 2 ) universities, faculties, institutes and higher schools of study, either ecclesial or civil dependent on ecclesial persons ; and ( 3 ) schools and educational institutes depending on ecclesiastical authorities.

Upon his retirement, Einhorn was recognized by his fellow rabbis across denominations who held a farewell ceremony held at his apartment where he was presented with a resolution on behalf of the participants at the convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations that recognized Einhorn for his rabbinic service, noting the " ability and character which have marked his career, and the earnestness, honesty and zeal which have animated the heart of a man whom we proudly recognize as one of Israel's purest champions and noblest teachers.

This legislation has garnered the diverse support of various religious groups including, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, the Southern Baptist Convention, the National Council of Churches, the North American Council for Muslim Women, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Council on American Islamic Relations, B ' nai B ' rith International, the American Jewish Committee, Agudath Israel of America, the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other groups.

Iglesia ni Cristo, on the other hand, have 9 Local Congregations or Places of Worship in Palayan City alone including the INC Resettlement Areas in 2 Barangays namely Barrio Maligaya and Bagong Buhay where all of the residents are members of this religious organization.

His first book was Reasons Against the Independent Government of Particular Congregations of 1641, an attack on religious tolerance and the Independent faction as it was coming to importance, and addressed to Parliament.