Some Protestant churches including the Lutheran and Methodist churches have bishops serving similar functions as well, though not always understood to be within apostolic succession in the same way.

Some within the ELCA argued that requiring the historic episcopate would contradict the traditional Lutheran doctrine that the church exists wherever the Word is preached and Sacraments are practiced.

Some Protestant communities including most Lutheran churches practice closed communion and require catechetical instruction for all people before receiving the Eucharist.

Some Lutheran and many Anglican provinces commemorate him on the traditional Eastern feast day of 27 January.

Some Lutheran churches form an exception to this rule, as the Lutheran Book of Concord allows ordination to be received as a sacrament.

Some American Lutheran synods such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America do have a bishop acting as the head of the synod, but the synod does not have dioceses and archdioceses as the churches listed above.

Some Churches, such as Lutheran and Methodist will have altars very similar to Anglican or Catholic ones keeping with their more sacramental understanding of the Lord's Supper.

Some Lutheran pastors of Norwegian descent in the United States have even have had stoles made for their use ornamented with Hardanger work and while altar paraments in Hardanger work have been traditional in Norwegian churches for a long time, its use in American Lutheran churches is becoming more common as an alternative to the more traditional machine embroidered damask paraments.

Some of them are Yahweh's Restoration Ministry, Union Hill Baptist Church, St. Andrews Catholic Church, General Baptist Church, Summit First Assembly of God, Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Shiloh United Methodist Church, Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Grace Lutheran Church, and the Community Presbyterian Church.

Some students attend schools run by Roman Catholic, Lutheran, evangelical Protestant and Quaker organizations, in and around Levittown.

Some scholars believe that Slovincians regarded themselves merely as Lutheran Kashubians and their language as Kashubian.

Some towns have more than one Lutheran church.

Some mainline Protestant denominations such as the Methodist Church, United Church of Christ, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, among others, are more permissive of abortion.

Some European countries and their former colonies maintain a state-supported religion, usually either Lutheran, Roman Catholic, or Orthodox Christian.

Some congregations in the ALC opted not to join the merger and instead formed the American Association of Lutheran Churches.

Some Lutheran church calendars continue the observation of Ember and Rogation days though the practice has diminished over the past century.

Some smaller changes were also made since 1938 when the newly established Evangelical Lutheran Congregation came into being and used the Mission Church.

Some examples are the Methodist church ’ s Epworth League, or the Lutheran ’ s Luther League.

Some versions, including the United Methodist Hymnal and Lutheran Book of Worship, omit stanza three, while others ( including The Hymnal 1982 ) omit verse four.

Some Confessional Lutherans maintain that this distinguishes them from other (" mainline ") Lutheran bodies and Lutherans, who, they believe, hold to a quatenus subscription.

Some confessional Lutheran church bodies, such as the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Church of the Lutheran Confession teach that the Roman papacy or office of the pope is an Antichrist, including this article of faith as part of a quia rather than quatenus subscription to the Book of Concord.

Some churches require more.

Some churches have six or more training sessions of two hours each, generally held on Sunday night or during the week.

Some of these churches are known as Anglican, such as the Anglican Church of Canada, due to their historical link to England ( Ecclesia Anglicana means " English Church ").

Some, for example the Church of Ireland, the Scottish and American Episcopal churches, and some other associated churches have a separate name.

Some Eastern Orthodox Churches have issued statements to the effect that Anglican orders could be accepted, yet have still reordained former Anglican clergy ; other Orthodox churches have rejected Anglican orders altogether.

Some churches founded outside the Anglican Communion in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, largely in opposition to the ordination of openly homosexual bishops and other clergy are usually referred to as belonging to the Anglican realignment movement, or else as " orthodox " Anglicans.

Some Protestants feel that such claims of apostolic succession are proven false by the differences in traditions and doctrines between these churches: Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox consider both the Church of the East and the Oriental Orthodox churches to be heretical, having been anathematized in the early ecumenical councils of Ephesus ( 431 ) and Chalcedon ( 451 ) respectively.

Some Protestant charismatic and British New Church Movement churches include " apostles " among the offices that should be evident into modern times in a true church, though they never trace an historical line of succession.

Some of their works are considered precursors of archaeoastronomy ; antiquarians interpreted the astronomical orientation of the ruins that dotted the English countryside as William Stukeley did of Stonehenge in 1740, while John Aubrey in 1678 and Henry Chauncy in 1700 sought similar astronomical principles underlying the orientation of churches.

Some Anglican churches consider themselves both Protestant and Catholic.

Some of the churches originating during this period are historically connected to early-19th century camp meetings in the Midwest and Upstate New York.

Some Protestant churches avoid using the term completely, to the extent among many Lutherans of reciting the Creed with the word " Christian " in place of " catholic ".

Some minorities within congregations that joined the PKN decided to leave the church and associated themselves individually with one of the other Reformed churches.

( Some distinguished Protestant churches in the US had this practice in the 19th century, besides the Church of England and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland ).

Some Baptist churches are closed-Communionists ( even requiring full membership in the church before partaking ), with others being partially or fully open-Communionists.

Some churches use bread without any raising agent ( whether leaven or yeast ), in view of the use of unleavened bread at Jewish Passover meals, while others use any bread available.

Some churches founded independently of these lineages also employ this form of church governance.

Some scholars have suggested that this refers to the canonical Epistle to the Ephesians, contending that it was a circular letter ( an encyclical ) to be read to many churches in the Laodicean area.

Some Christian denominations are organized on federalist principles ; in these churches this is known as ecclesiastic or theological federalism.

Supporters of this view believe that “ to a hypothetical outside reader, presents Christianity as enlightened, harmless, even beneficent .” Some believe that through this work, Luke intended to show the Roman Empire that the root of Christianity is within Judaism so that the Christians “ may receive the same freedom to practice their faith that the Roman Empire afforded the Jews .” Those who support the view of Luke ’ s work as political apology generally draw evidence from the facts that Christians are found innocent of committing any political crime ( Acts 25: 25 ; 19: 37 ; 19: 40 ) and that Roman officials ’ views towards Christians are generally positive.

Some cross-dressers have periodically disposed of all their clothing, a practice called " purging ", only to start another collection later.

* Some nouns take-ice while matching verbs take-ise – for example, practice is a noun and practise is a verb ; in addition, licence is a noun and license is a verb.

Some religious denominations believe that the passages that directly or indirectly refer to homosexuality condemn it or its practice, while others have disputed their interpretations.

Some practice the superstition that an even number of people must be seated around the table.

Some coprophiles engage in this practice.

* Some deists, usually referred to as Spiritual Deists, practice meditation and make frequent use of Affirmative Prayer, a non-supplicative form of prayer which is common in the New Thought movement.

Some US colleges are now going green by signing the " President's Climate Commitment ," a document that a college President can sign to enable said colleges to practice environmentalism by switching to solar power, etc.

Some people interpret the Bible, especially the New Testament, as teaching belief in, and practice of, faith healing.

Some geocachers act to mitigate this perception by picking up litter while they search for geocaches, a practice referred to in the community as CITO ( Cache-In-Trash-Out ).

Some identify two forms of gematria: the " revealed " form, which is prevalent in many hermeneutic methods found throughout Rabbinic literature, and the " mystical " form, a largely Kabbalistic practice.

Some Chinese martial arts, aikido and some eskrima systems — as well as medieval and Renaissance European martial arts — practice grappling while one or both participants is armed.

Some constitutions or fundamental laws provide for a head of state who is not only in theory but in practice chief executive, operating separately from, and independent from, the legislature.

Some of the characteristics of a presidential system ( i. e., a strong dominant political figure with an executive answerable to them, not the legislature ) can also be found among absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies and single party ( e. g. Communist ) regimes, but in most cases of dictatorship, their stated constitutional models are applied in name only and not in political theory or practice.

Some governors-general are considered de facto heads of state because, though not the de jure ( juridical or legal ) head of state, in practice they function like a head of state in most or all jurisdictions.

Some followers of the Golden Dawn tradition believe that the Secret Chiefs are not necessarily living humans or supernatural beings, but are rather symbolic of actual and legendary sources of spiritual esotericism, a great leader, or teacher of a spiritual path or practice that found its way into the teachings of the Order.

Some catalogs include books that were published with no ISBN but add a non-standard number with an as-yet unallocated 5-digit group such as 99985 ; this practice is not part of the standard.

Some of Mies ' curriculum is still put in practice in the first and second year programs at IIT, including the precise drafting of brick construction details so unpopular with aspiring student architects.

Some vegans and animal rights activists boycott the use of all items made from leather, believing the practice of wearing animal hides to be unnecessary and cruel in today's society.

Some machine guns have in practice maintained suppressive fire almost continuously for hours ; other automatic weapons overheat after less than a minute of use.

Some producers also tap in autumn, though this practice is less common than spring tapping.

Some must also first serve as an apprentice before being commissioned or licensed to practice their profession.