This explains why some houses ( e. g. Monte Cassino, Subiaco, Saint Paul-outside-the-Walls ( Rome ), Montserrat and Pannonhalma ) have unbroken histories of more than a thousand years while the Congregations to which they belong are more recent.

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 usually based on geographical area or language spoken, and may have as few as ten or as many as two hundred members.

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 ).

It would remain the standard translation in Protestant churches for more than three centuries and still is used in some sister churches of the Netherlands Reformed Congregations and similar, smaller denominations.

Whilst members of the Independent Catholic movement take seriously the issue of valid orders, it is highly significant that the relevant Vatican Congregations tend not to respond to petitions from Independent Catholic bishops and clergy who seek to be received into communion with the Holy See, hoping to continue in some sacramental role.

The Seminary's brief affiliation with the traditional congregations that established the Union of Orthodox Congregations in 1898 was severed due to the Orthodox rejection of the Seminary's academic approach to Jewish learning.

Congregations look for elders who have a mature enough understanding of scripture to enable them to supervise the minister and to teach, as well as to perform " governance " functions.

" Commentary to Leviticus " in The Torah: A Modern Commentary, edited by W. Gunther Plaut, New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

In the years that followed, many of the Independent Christian Church Congregations requested formal withdrawal from the yearbook.

* Seeking God ’ s transformation of 1, 000 existing Congregations in ways that will renew their witness.

The Roman Curia consists of a complex of offices that administer church affairs at the highest level, including the Secretariat of State, nine Congregations, three Tribunals, eleven Pontifical Councils, and seven Pontifical Commissions.

They have been accepted as religious holidays by the following groups: The Union of Orthodox Congregations and the Rabbinical Council of America ; The United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth ; Reform Judaism ; Conservative Judaism ; Reconstructionist Judaism ; the Union for Traditional Judaism.

Kehilat Nitzan is affiliated with Masorti Olami, the World Council of Conservative Congregations.

It should not be confused with " The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America " ( see above ) which is a separate organization.

His Rule is written as a guide for individual, autonomous communities, and to this day all Benedictine Houses ( and the Congregations in which they have grouped themselves ) remain self-governing.

Another major step: The Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations has also developed educational programs that teach the full acceptance of lesbians, as well as rituals that affirm lesbian relationships.

Set up by Pope John Paul II by a motu proprio of 15 January 1993, it is presided over by the Cardinal Secretary of State and includes also the Secretary and the Undersecretary for Relations with States, and the Secretaries of the Congregations for the Eastern Churches, for the Clergy, and for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Unitarian Universalist Association ( UUA ), in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America.

Congregations call themselves " churches ," " societies ," " fellowships ," " congregations ," or eschew the use of any particular descriptor ( e. g. " Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalists ").

* The Unitarian Universalist Association ( UUA ) of Congregations is the largest association of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist congregations in the world, and the most well-known.

Other important associations including trade unions were forced to merge with the German Labor Front ( Deutsche Arbeitsfront — DAF ), to which all workers had to belong.

He is cordially taken up by Henia's friends, who belong to several associations ( for example the Zionist Federation ).

Private schools usually have teachers who are not unionized, or who belong to associations not affiliated with the main body of Quebec public sector teachers ' unions.

In response, many local YMCA and YWCA associations have amalgamated into YM / YWCAs or YMCA-YWCAs, and belong to both organizations while providing the programs of each.

Many video production companies belong to ethical associations which provide guidance on what is acceptable and what is not.

When there are sub-associations that belong to master associations, the master association may provide many of the amenities.

Paul Desmarais or his sons belong to associations such as the Bilderberg Group, the North American Competitiveness Council which designed the Security and Prosperity Partnership, as well as the Council on Foreign Relations.

Antique dealers are often members of national trade associations, many of which belong to CINOA, a confederation of art and antique associations across 21 countries, representing 5000 dealers.

Members belong to one or more of some 1, 600 local Realtor boards or associations.

Many archivists belong to a professional organization, such as the Society of American Archivists, the Association of Canadian Archivists, the Archives and Records Association ( UK / Ireland ), the Colombian College of Archivists-CCA and the Australian Society of Archivists, as well as any number of local or regional associations.

Pype Hayes is now an area with modern houses, some are owner occupied, others belong to Housing associations.

Some species have international governing bodies that attempt to regulate the terminology and format of breed standards internationally, but, even where such international agreement exists, not all associations for that species necessarily belong to the international governing body.

Over 17, 000 high schools belong to associations that are members of the NFHS.

Denmark has a total housing stock of 2. 5 million housing units, of which 19 per cent belong to social housing associations.

PRNAA is made up of unit-level alumni associations who have joined PRNAA as a group, and members at large, who do not belong to a unit-level P / R alumni organization.

In the United States, some herb farms belong to trade associations.

Common associations to which list brokers belong are the American Marketing Association and the Direct Marketing Association.

While living in total isolation, they have developed ceramic craftwork that is mainly performed by the women, who belong to associations.

It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF ( Romanian Football Federation ) and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to.

Some of these casetas belong to the prominent families of Seville, some to groups of friends, clubs, trade associations or political parties.

Most competitive cyclists belong to a club affiliated to one of the national racing associations, such as British Cycling and Cycling Time Trials in the UK, and may also organise training through BC or ABCC qualified coaches.

SMI's two alumni associations ( the Old Michaelians ' Association and the Klang Valley SMI Alumni Association ) belong to the Malaysian Federation of Lasallian Associations ( MFOLSA ), the umbrella organization for all Lasallian alumni associations in Malaysia.