Many of the former UCC congregations banded together as the new Congregational Christian Churches in Canada.

Many of the liberalized congregations would eventually depart the Congregational fellowship in 1825 to form the American Unitarian Association ; this body is now known as the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Many churches find the Sunday school hour to be the most practical time for adult preparation classes.

Many of Cairo's oldest Coptic churches, including the Hanging Church, are located along the fortress walls in a section of the city known as Coptic Cairo.

Many Pentecostal churches such as the Assemblies of God, as well as Restorationist churches, like Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons, also take the position that homosexual sexual activity is immoral.

Many Mainline Protestant churches are open and affirming to gay and lesbian couples.

Many of his English subjects opposed his actions, in particular his interference in the English and Scottish churches and the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent, because they saw them as those of a tyrannical absolute monarch.

Many other churches have people who hold to the doctrine without making it a part of their doctrines, or who apply it to individuals but not to governments, see also Evangelical counsels.

Many of those congregations became part of the Christian churches and churches of Christ.

Many churches begin celebrating Easter late in the evening of Holy Saturday at a service called the Easter Vigil.

Many of these churches reject the idea that anyone other than the authors of Scripture can directly lead other Christians by original divine authority ; after the New Testament, they assert, the doors of revelation were closed and councils can only give advice or guidance, but have no authority.

Many mainline Protestant churches offer communicants gluten-free alternatives to wheaten bread, usually in the form of a rice-based cracker or gluten-free bread.

Many Protestant churches allow clergy and communicants to take mustum instead of wine.

Many Protestant churches are now organized by either congregational or presbyterian church polities, both descended from the writings of John Calvin, a Protestant reformer working and writing independently following the break with the Roman Catholic Church precipitated by The Ninety-Five Theses of Martin Luther.

Many Methodist churches ( see The United Methodist Church, among others ) retain the form and function of episcopal polity, although in a modified form, called connexionalism.

Many churches all over the world have been named in honor of Xavier, often founded by Jesuits.

Many churches today use contemporary worship music which includes a range of styles often influenced by popular music.

Many can still be viewed today, such as those in the catacomb churches of Domitilla and San Callisto in Rome.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many churches are dedicated to him in Russia, including a church and belltower in the Moscow Kremlin.

Many churches still display holy relics such as the bones of a saint, a scrap of cloth once worn by a holy man, or the skull of a martyr ; the Templars did the same.

Many medieval churches and castles in Europe are made of limestone.

Many newly made labyrinths exist today, in churches and parks.

Many promotions have events at National Guard Armories, Recreation Centers, secondary schools, flea markets, churches, bars, and shopping center parking lots.

</ br > Many Calvinist critics of Arminianism, both historically and currently, claim that Arminianism condones, accepts, or even explicitly supports Pelagianism or Semi-Pelagianism.

Many astrologers claim that astrology is scientific.

Many writers claim that Bayezid was mistreated by the Timurids.

Many notable Celtic musicians such as Alan Stivell and Paddy Moloney claim that the different Celtic musics have much in common.

Many Protestant Christians claim that the Ten Commandments prohibit abortion under the heading of " Do not murder ".

Many specialists claim that it is impossible to advance significant development programs with such a little public sector ( the tax burden in the United States is around 25 % of the GDP and in other developed countries of the EU it can reach around 50 %, like in Sweden ).

Many episcopi vagantes claim succession from the Old Catholic See of Utrecht, or from Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, or Eastern Catholic Churches.

Many of the singer's closest associates and friends claim that Parsons was preparing to commence divorce proceedings at the time of his death ; the couple had already separated by this point.

Many of those described as " Islamists " oppose the use of the term, and claim that their political beliefs and goals are simply an expression of Islamic religious belief.

Many moral skeptics also make the stronger, modal, claim that moral knowledge is impossible.

Many peoples of the Near, Middle East and Central Asia claim Nasreddin as their own ( e. g., Turks, Afghans, Iranians, and Uzbeks ).

Many in the scientific community consider parapsychology a pseudoscience as they claim it continues to explore the hypothesis that psychic abilities exist despite a century of experimental results that fail to conclusively demonstrate that hypothesis.

Many people who have been practicing the latihan for some time claim to be able to recognize indications or intuitions ' from their inner feeling ' in response to questions that are put forward.

Many claim that the document may not accurately reflect the community's view of software engineering and recognize the effort to try to define the profession.

Many contemporary writers and modern historians claim that there was a revolutionary change in world view.

Many accounts claim he was taken from his New York City apartment by KGB agents, taken back to the Soviet Union and made to work in a sharashka laboratory prison camp at Magadan, Siberia.

Many scholars claim Chagatai Khan ( d. 1241 ) inherited Uighurstan from his father, Genghis Khan, as appanage in the early 13th century.

Many popular, nonacademic sources claim that spirituals and other songs, such as " Steal Away " or " Follow the Drinking Gourd ", contained coded information and helped individuals navigate the railroad, but these sources offer very little evidence to support their claims.

Many published works mistakenly claim that the strict modern form of the villanelle originated with the medieval troubadours, but in fact medieval and Renaissance villanelles were simple ballad-like songs with no fixed form or length.

Many food producers have replaced monosodium glutamate with yeast extract which is cheaper, requires no E-number labeling, and allows food producers to claim their product is'all natural ' or ' with natural flavorings '.

Many barbecue restaurants outside the United States claim to serve " Texas barbecue ", regardless of the style they actually serve.

Many of the above issues lead to the claim that psychiatry is a pseudo-science.

Many UPS manufacturers claim to have the highest level of efficiency, often using different sets of criteria in order to reach these figures.

Many Rastas do not claim any sect or denomination, and thus encourage one another to find faith and inspiration within themselves, although some do identify strongly with one of the " mansions of Rastafari " — the three most prominent of these being the Nyahbinghi, the Bobo Ashanti and the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Many sources claim that the 10th century Egyptian astronomer Ibn Yunus used a pendulum for time measurement, but this was an error that originated in 1684 with the British historian Edward Bernard.