A further 260 Anglican churches have been demolished since 1948 ''.

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches ( and a few other episcopal churches ) in full communion with the Church of England ( which is regarded as the mother church of the worldwide communion ) and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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 ").

The Anglican Communion has no official legal existence nor any governing structure which might exercise authority over the member churches.

The Primates ' Meeting voted to request the two churches to withdraw their delegates from the 2005 meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council.

Also shown are the churches in full communion with the Anglican Communion: the Nordic Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion ( Green ) and the Old Catholic Church | Old Catholic churches of the Utrecht Union ( Red ).

In addition to other member churches, the churches of the Anglican Communion are in full communion with the Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Scandinavian Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion in Europe, the India-based Mar Thoma and Malabar Independent Syrian churches and the Philippine Independent Church, also known as the Aglipayan Church.

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

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.

Simultaneous with debates about social theology and ethics, the Anglican Communion has debated prayer book revision and the acceptable grounds for achieving full communion with non-Anglican churches.

Three elements have been important in holding the Communion together: First, the shared ecclesial structure of the component churches, manifested in an episcopal polity maintained through the apostolic succession of bishops and synodical government ; second, the principle of belief expressed in worship, investing importance in approved prayer books and their rubrics ; and third, the historical documents and standard divines that have influenced the ethos of the Communion.

The most notable example has been the objection of many provinces of the Communion ( particularly in Africa and Asia ) to the changing role of homosexuals in the North American churches ( e. g., by blessing same-sex unions and ordaining and consecrating gays and lesbians in same-sex relationships ), and to the process by which changes were undertaken.

The churches, the taverns, and the various other places of the town must have known his figure well as he roved to and about them.

Your first impression of this elongated square with its three elegant fountains, its two churches that almost face each other, and its russet-colored buildings, is a sense of restful spaciousness -- particularly welcome after wandering around the narrow and dark streets that you have followed since starting this walk.

moreover, residential mobility is so high in metropolitan areas that churches have to recruit constantly in their core stratum in order to survive ; ;

Evangelism and congregational outreach have not been carefully studied in the churches ; ;

The fact that metropolitan churches of the major denominations have moved approximately every generation for the last hundred years becomes somewhat more intelligible in the light of this struggle to maintain economic balance.

More than creatures of metropolitan forces, the churches have taken the lead in counteracting the interdependence of metropolitan life, crystallizing and perpetuating the stratification of peoples, giving form to the struggle for social homogeneity in a world of heterogeneous peoples.

An understanding of the new role of residential association in an industrial society serves to illuminate the forces which have fashioned the iron cage of conformity which imprisons the churches in their suburban captivity.

`` 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.

`` In this light we need 1,000 churches in Illinois, where we have 200 ; ;

Most of these former churches are now used as warehouses, but `` neither Anglicans nor Nonconformists object to selling churches to Roman Catholics '', and have done so.

While it must be said that these same Protestants have built some new churches during this period, and that religious population shifts have emptied churches, a principal reason for this phenomenon of redundancy is that fewer Protestants are going to church.

And he took repeated care to let his colleagues know that he intended them: `` Even the Unitarian churches have caught the malaria, and are worse than those who deceived them '' -- which implied that they were very bad indeed.

churches that have a carefully planned program of membership preparation and assimilation often keep 85 to 90 per cent of their new members loyal and active.

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

Studies of membership trends, even in some areas where population is expanding, show that numbers of churches have had little net increase, though many new members were received.

in the present context this amounts to the advice that while being religious may have a certain justification, we ought to dispense with churches.

Africans and Asians tend to consider not only missions but the local churches they have produced as centers and agents of Western culture and ideology if not of direct political propaganda.

As we have seen, a growing proportion, although in 1914 still a minority, were members of churches.

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

The controversy over musical instruments began in 1860, when some congregations introduced organs, traditionally associated with wealthier, denominational churches.

Hierarchical doctrine was traditionally rejected by Disciples as human-made and divisive, and subsequently, freedom of belief and scriptural interpretation allows many Disciples to question or even deny beliefs common in doctrinal churches such as the Incarnation, the Trinity, and the Atonement.

In some cases, this openness to Unitarianism within traditionally Trinitarian churches has been inspired by a very broad ecumenical motive.

In the German speaking lands, in Central Europe, and wherever the people of these nations have wandered, green branches are also traditionally used to decorate churches for Pentecost.

" Eastern Orthodox churches, as well as many Roman Catholics, distinguish between Sabbath ( Saturday ) and Sunday, which some Christians traditionally call the Lord's Day ().

They have traditionally been popular as fund raisers for Australian and South African youth groups such as Scouts, Guides and churches to the extent that such fund raisers are called " Lamington drives ".

The Picard ( the local inhabitant and traditionally Picard language speakers ) cultural heritage includes some of the most extraordinary Gothic churches ( Amiens and Beauvais cathedrals or Saint-Quentin basilica ), distinctive local cuisine ( including ficelle picarde, flamiche aux poireaux, tarte au maroilles ), beer ( including from Péronne's de Clercq brewery ) and traditional games and sports, such as the longue paume ( ancestor of tennis ), as well as danses picardes and its own bagpipes, called the pipasso.

The church is theologically and traditionally a part of the Oriental Orthodox communion of churches.

Non-musical settings of the Passion story are generally called Passion plays ; these have been very widely performed in traditionally Catholic countries, often in churches as liturgical dramas-for versions with musical settings, see the previous section.

There are several churches in Rome dedicated to him, including San Lorenzo in Panisperna, traditionally identified as the place of his execution.

This same chrism is in use to this day, never being completely depleted but newly consecrated chrism only being added to it as needed ( this consecration traditionally is performed only by the primates of certain autocephalous churches on Great Thursday ) and it is believed that chrism in use today contains some small amount of the original chrism made by the apostles.

The Greek Orthodox Church ( Monotonic Greek: Ελληνορθόδοξη Εκκλησία, Polytonic: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἑκκλησία, ) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity sharing a common cultural tradition whose liturgy is also traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament.

The group is traditionally characterized as adhering to various churches of Syriac Christianity and speaking neo-Aramaic languages.

As the Stations of the Cross are prayed during the season of Lent in Catholic churches, each station is traditionally followed by a verse of the Stabat Mater, composed in the 13th century by Franciscan Jacopane da Todi.

The Wax Chandlers, or merchants in beeswax products, were traditionally separate from the Tallow Chandlers-beeswax candles were customary in churches and in the homes of royalty and the nobility, while tallow candles were used in ordinary homes.

More than 14, 500 churches ( traditionally named " lăcaşe de cult ", or worshiping places ) exist in Romania for the Romanian Orthodox believers.

The members of the newer, smaller churches are drawn both from the traditionally Christian ethnic minorities and to an increasingly larger degree converts from non-Christian background.

* Congregations with a strong view of church tradition or church authority ( common in churches with a strong hierarchical structure ) will want to know how their denomination has traditionally interpreted the passage.

In churches that belong to the Anglican Communion, the building is generally referred to as a rectory or vicarage, or, more traditionally, " mansion " or " mansion of the rectory ", depending on the status of the incumbent.

Berguedà is well known for Pedraforca mountain — traditionally considered a meeting place for witches ' covens — for its pastoral and mountain scenery and for its many romanesque churches.

In that spirit, many member " churches " have traditionally referred to themselves as " centers.

Despite Ethiopia's well-known religious tolerance, culture related acceptance issues and the growth of some Evangelical churches have also led to some violence, especially as non-Orthodox Christians & Muslims seek to gain equal economic & social status as the traditionally privileged Orthodox Christians.

The term Sanctus bell traditionally referred to a bell suspended in a bell-cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, or hung in the church tower, in medieval churches.

At the time, the Russian Orthodox Church was the only Orthodox Christian church that operated in North America – because they had arrived first via Alaska, and traditionally Orthodox churches are territorially exclusive.