It was a log structure and doubled as a church.

Reverend Newton founded the first school, which also doubled as a church during the Civil War.

" In July 2010, the Vatican doubled the length of time after the 18th birthday of the victim that clergymen can be tried in a church court and streamlined the processes for removing " pedophile priests.

And in July 1772 the membership of the Methodist church doubled although there was a constant loss of Methodist ministers.

In five years, the population of the village doubled, a new church, kindergarten, schools and culture house were built.

Recorded by Greg at the church which doubled as the band's rehearsal space, We The Wintering Tree was a monumental undertaking for the band.

She and her husband lived in a manor home, which doubled as a Peace Mission headquarters and church known as the Woodmont manor & estate from 1953.

Instead, the congregation built a smaller neoclassical church of St. Theodore Stratelates ( completed 1806 ), which also doubled as the bell tower.

The term is sometimes ( improperly ) used to refer to any church of great size.

The interior of the church is simple and small but has numerous excellent works of art, which accentuate the size and rich carving of the Crucificado de Risueño, an object of devotion for the gypsy people, who sing and dance in the procession of Holy Week.

Whistles vary in size from a small slide whistle or nose flute type to a large multi-piped church organ.

The letters that Cornelius sent to surrounding bishops provide knowledge of the size of the church during the period.

In the mediaeval church Paschal candles often reached a stupendous size.

The main nave is short and narrow ( as is the case with other mission churches ), but at San Luis Obispo there is a secondary nave of almost equal size situated to the right of the altar, making this the only " L "- shaped mission church among all of the California missions.

A deal has been reached between church officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Port Authority to have the church rebuilt on the same site, but three times the original size on October 14, 2011, according to NY1.

The most important church of Dithmarschen was the so-called Sankt-Johannis-Kirche ( St. John's the Baptist Church ) in Meldorf, due to its size also called Meldorf Cathedral.

The size of such a small church was however inadequate for a booming town with trading revenues to rival London and a theological centre with no fewer than four monasteries, so work would begin at the start of the 14th century on a much grander building, more fitting for a prosperous town.

Paris sports an impressive landmark for a city of its size: the LDS Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, a sandstone church designed by Joseph Don Carlos Young and built between 1884 and 1889.

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" Some of the early inhabitants of Liberal even encouraged other infidels to move to their town by publishing an advertisement which boasted that Liberal " is the only town of its size in the United States without a priest, preacher, church, saloon, God, Jesus, hell or devil.

The population of Drunkards was of such notable size that by 1902 it was noted that they had " built a commodious place of worship at Sunnyside " which was the largest church in Yakima County at the time.

The current cathedral dates from the fourteenth century, although it appears to be based on an earlier medieval building, which drawings show was about the same size as the present church.

The medieval church burned down in 1309, and although rebuilding started straight away it did not reach its present size until about 1400.

Because of its size most locals refer to it as the cathedral but it is only a parish church.

The church building reflects this status, and there is considerable variety in the size and style of parish churches.

Many church growth studies have come to show that churches have grown in size after changing the type of style.

They established Iffley as a parish, and built the parish church, " in size and decorative splendour out of all proportion to the place ".

The abbey church of Saint-Pierre et Paul, erected in the same century under the direction of Abbot Edelin was secularized in the French Revolution and despoiled of its treasures ; in 1803 it became the parish church, resulting in the largest parish church of Alsace, only exceeded in size by the cathedral of Strasbourg.

Although called the Great Bible because of its large size, it is known by several other names as well: the Cromwell Bible, since Thomas Cromwell directed its publication ; Whitchurch's Bible after its first English printer ; the Chained Bible, since it was chained to prevent removal from the church.

Yet the truth, according to the New Testament, is that every local church has its existence only by being the embodiment of the whole church in that particular place.

`` In 35 years we have opened 7,000 churches '', the Rev. Mr. Brandt said, adding that the denomination had a national goal of one church for every 10,000 persons.

When we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man's worthlessness -- until redeemed -- the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church-state ''.

Replicas of the Axum tabot are kept in every Ethiopian church, each with its own dedication to a particular saint, the most popular of these include Mary, George and Michael.

King William gave the Abbey independence from its mother church and endowed it generously, including income from 24 parishes, land in every royal burgh and more.

The town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders holds a traditional week-long " Beltane Fair " every year in June, when a local girl is crowned Beltane Queen on the steps of the parish church.

However, it is still printed in every version of the King James Bible published by the church.

While the cardinalate has long been expanded beyond the Roman pastoral clergy and Roman Curia, every cardinal priest has titular church in Rome, though they may be bishops or archbishops elsewhere, just as cardinal bishops are given one of the suburbicarian dioceses around Rome.

Congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of church governance in which every local church congregation is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or " autonomous ".

Congregationalism expressed the viewpoint that ( 1 ) every local church is a full realization in miniature of the entire Church of Jesus Christ ; and ( 2 ) the Church, while on earth, besides the local church, can only be invisible and ideal.

Churches of Christ emphasize that there is no distinction between " clergy " and " laity " and that every member has a gift and a role to play in accomplishing the work of the church.

. the church of Christ upon earth is essentially, intentionally, and constitutionally one ; consisting of all those in every place that profess their faith in Christ and obedience to him in all things.

It is rare to find a Baptist church where The Lord's Supper is observed every Sunday ; most observe monthly or quarterly, with some holding Communion only during a designated Communion service or following a worship service.

Even in congregations where Eucharist is offered weekly, there is not a requirement that every church service be a Eucharistic service, nor that all members of a congregation must receive it weekly.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS church ), the " Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ", more simply referred to as the Sacrament, is administered every Sunday ( except General Conference or other special Sunday meeting ) in each LDS Ward or branch worldwide at the beginning of Sacrament meeting.

" Wang reports that Gödel's wife, Adele, two days after Gödel's death, told Wang that " Gödel, although he did not go to church, was religious and read the Bible in bed every Sunday morning.

At twenty, Ford walked four miles to their Episcopal church every Sunday.

160 ), sometimes refers to written sources consisting of narratives of the life of Jesus and quotations of the sayings of Jesus as " memoirs of the apostles " ( Greek: ἀπομνημονεύματα τῶν ἀποστόλων ; transliteration: apomnêmoneúmata tôn apostólôn ) and less frequently as gospels ( Greek: εὐαγγέλιον ; transliteration: euangélion ) which, Justin says, were read every Sunday in the church at Rome ( 1 Apol.

* 1536 – King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.

For, since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the church is scattered throughout all the world, and the “ pillar and ground ” of the church is the gospel and the spirit of life ; it is fitting that she should have four pillars, breathing out immortality on every side, and vivifying men afresh.