The book's publication attracted a fair deal of unwelcome media attention and continued to be held by many members, in spite of the church's defense, to violate Eddy's basic teachings and the Manual of The Mother Church, the church's equivalent of constitutional law.

The book's publication attracted a fair deal of unwelcome media attention and continued to be held by some members, in spite of the Church's defense, to violate the church's basic teachings and its equivalent of constitutional law.

This led to the publication of his earliest surviving tract, which criticised the English church's suppression of the Puritan clergy.

The church's publication is called The Bible Monitor.

The church's official publication is The Pentecostal Messenger.

The church's official publication is The Christian Outlook.

The barrister Gaspar de Arredondo y Pichardo wrote, " 40 children had their throats cut at the Moca's church, and the bodies found at the presbytery, which is the space that encircles the church's altar ..." This event was one of several documented accounts of acts perpetrated against the Dominicans by General Christophe, under the orders of Dessalines ; they were retreating from the Spanish-ruled side of the island after their failed invasion attempt of 1805.

Sidney Rigdon, while he was apostate from the church, wrote a letter in backlash to the Messenger and Advocate in 1844 condemning the church's Quorum of the Twelve and their alleged connection to polygamy:

Expecting God's Kingdom to establish rule on earth and for the saints to be raised to heaven in 1918, Rutherford wrote in January of that year: " The Christian looks for the year to bring the full consummation of the church's hopes.

" More recently, Irish author Colm Tóibín wrote of the church's choir.

Mason wrote a pamphlet for the church titled, " Attitudes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Toward Certain Medical Problems ", which expresses the church's views on abortion, birth control, and homosexuality.

The name " Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica " was not applied to the church until Crowley wrote the Gnostic Mass in 1913, which Reuss proclaimed to be the church's official rite.

Hegg wrote A Cup of Christmas Tea in 1981, when his pastor asked him to write something for his church's 125th anniversary.

" Individual congregations (" wards ") are led by a Bishop or branch president who was called to his position through revelation by the church's hierarchical leadership, and he serves until released from the position.

* In December 2009, renowned architectural photographer Grant Smith was searched by a group of City of London Police officers under Section 44 because he was taking photographs of Christ Church Greyfriars ; although he was working on public ground, the church's proximity to the Bank of America City of London branch caused a bank security guard to call the police.

Marquardt argues that the event described by Whitmer in 1887 bears more resemblance to Fayette meetings such as the founding of the church's Fayette branch five days later on April 11, 1830.

On 30 June 2012, Pastor Khong annouced that FCBC's Bukit Merah branch ( TOUCH Community Theatre ) was closed along with the church's services from 2 July for a special 40 Days of Prayer series in their Marine Parade branch ( TOUCHCENTRE ) in order to reestablish the church for its first reanniversary on August 2012.

This time the investigation was done for a prosecutor attacking a local branch of Narconon, the church's drug rehab offshoot.

The membership records provided to ward and branch leaders normally do not contain information regarding past discipline ; however, a membership record is annotated when a person has been disciplined for incest, sexual or serious physical abuse of a child, plural marriage, an elective transsexual operation, repeated homosexual activities by adults, embezzlement of church funds or property, or other conduct that, in the church's view, " threatens the well being of other persons or of the Church.

Other common shapes for churches include a circle, to represent eternity, or an octagon or similar star shape, to represent the church's bringing light to the world.

In many churches in the United States, the title " Preacher " is synonymous with " Pastor " or " Minister ", and the church's minister is often referred to simply as " our / the preacher " or by name such as " Preacher Smith ".

It has been cited as the first work to establish Roman primacy, but most scholars see the epistle as more fraternal than authoritative, and Orthodox scholar John Meyendorff sees it as connected with the Roman church's awareness of its " priority " ( rather than " primacy ") among local churches.

Their imperial crowns were afterwards frequently donated to the church and are kept in the church's treasury — medieval crowns and those of more recent monarchs-although other monarchs have given their crowns and other regalia to various other churches.

These changes in the church's practices and beliefs were very controversial, leading to the formation of breakaway churches such as the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ; in 1994, former church historian Richard P. Howard estimated that 25, 000 members had left to join such groups.

Luciano used his influence to help get the materials to build a church at the prison, which became famous for being one of the only freestanding churches in the New York State correctional system and also for the fact that on the church's altar are two of the original doors from the Victoria, the ship of Ferdinand Magellan.

His initiatives allowed the church's growth to exceed four million in the fifty states and 47 foreign countries and 10, 000 churches at the time of his death in 1989.

The church's alms basin was designed by English carpenter Henry Fry, who had previously done work for various churches in the London area.

The high quality and elaborate nature of the church's decoration, particularly its mouldings and tracery, indicate a move away from the deliberate austerity of the early Cistercian churches towards the grandeur appropriate to a secular cathedral.

This registration policy requires churches to become part of the TSPM / CCC set-up, which may involve interference in the church's internal affairs either by government officials or by TSPM / CCC officials, who are approved by the Communist Party of China's United Front Work Department.

During the process of ratifying the new church's constitution, disputes developed which split its dioceses into two American churches and a separate Canadian church.

Perhaps the ecumencial nature of the church's doctrine, rather than lack of evangelization, has led to the decline in churches and membership.

The most important fracture in the church's history, though, was when, in 1957, Smallwood E. Williams led about 70 churches out of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith to form the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eastern Orthodox theologians state this change of the wording of the churches ' original creed, was done to address various teachings outside of the church in specific the Macedonius I of Constantinople teaching which the council claimed was a distortion of the church's teaching on the Holy Spirit.

In North America and the United Kingdom, the term can be used as a synonym for a " rummage sale ", to describe charity fundraising events held by churches or other community organizations, in which donated used goods ( such as books, clothes, and household items ) are sold for low prices, or else the goods may be new and handcrafted ( or home-baked ), as at a church's Christmas bazaar.

The original interior fittings were mostly destroyed during the war, and many of the church's features were procured from other destroyed London churches.

The church's name ( sometimes shortened to " Great St Barts ") is owed to the fact that it is one of two, nearly neighbouring, churches both linked with the hospital and priory and both dedicated to St Bartholomew.

Frequently, daughter churches are created only a few months after a church's creation.

In addition, churches that were independently founded by ministers who were ordained or directly influenced by the church's founder, Robert C. Lawson, or his spiritual successor, William L. Bonner, may also look to Greater Refuge Temple as their mother church, including the Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Evangelistic Church of Christ, and many others.

The church's leadership demand strict obedience to its teachings and its rhetoric has alienated other churches that have different approaches to Christianity.

Today, the cardinal priests have a loose patronal relationship with their titular churches ( their names and coats of arms are inscribed on plaques in the churches, and many raise funds for their church's maintenance and restoration ), but they no longer participate in the actual management of the churches.

A crucifer is, in some Christian churches ( particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, and Lutherans ), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service.