Originally established as a Reform synagogue in 1938 ( then called Temple Emanuel ) Emanuel Synagogue is now a very large, explicitly pluralist congregation affiliated to Masorti Olami as well as the Progressive and Renewal movements.

In 1908, the congregation was renamed the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and in 1965 it was renamed again and is now known as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

With the congregation reconstituted as the English Exiled Church in Leyden, Robinson now became pastor ; Clyfton, advanced in age, chose to stay behind in Amsterdam.

The Salvation Army has meeting rooms in the town, whilst the local Methodists, who previously worshipped in their own Chapel in Paul Street ( built in 1810 ; it is now a community centre ), have an agreement to share the parish church with the Anglican congregation.

In the Biblical account, earlier regulations had specified that property was to be inherited by heirs who were male, but the daughters were the only children of their now deceased father, and so they came to the door of the Tent of Meeting and asked Moses, Eleazer, the tribal chieftains, and the rest of the congregation, for advice on what was to be done, as there were no obvious male heirs ; in the Talmud, opinions vary as to whether this means that the daughters petitioned all of these groups at the same time, with them gathered together, or if it means that the daughters first petitioned the congregation, then the chieftains, then Eleazar, and finally petitioned Moses.

The Newport congregation, now referred to as Congregation Jeshuat Israel, is the second oldest Jewish congregation in the United States and meets in the oldest standing synagogue in the United States, Touro Synagogue.

The old Sainsbury's was closed in the early 1980s ( and has now been demolished as part of redevelopment plans by the congregation of Purley Baptist Church ).

Further north of the original site is an ancient church, now used by a Greek Orthodox congregation.

The term " Pilgrims " is now used primarily to refer to the Separatist congregation, although it is often applied to all the original settlers of Plymouth Colony ( both Separatist and Anglican ).

A Presbyterian congregation was established in 1839 and completed their first church, a brick structure now known as Rooster Hall, on the town square in 1843.

Timnath Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church ( USA ). The 1900 school building, now a secondary building to Timnath Elementary School.

It was built by a German Reformed congregation on what is now Easton Road.

It once hosted a German Lutheran congregation, and is now again in Church of England use as the church for the Duchy of Lancaster and Royal Victorian Order.

" Thus in many congregations of the LCMS, women now serve as congregation president or chairperson, etc.

“ Where now is there a man who, like the primitive Christians, is traveling to heaven barefooted and clad in coarse raiment ?” the preacher repeatedly asked until Johnny Appleseed, his endurance worn out, walked up to the preacher, put his bare foot on the stump that had served as a podium, and said, “ Here's your primitive Christian !” The flummoxed sermonizer dismissed the congregation.

Communion services are usually taken fairly seriously in the Church ; traditionally, a congregation held only three or four per year, although practice now greatly varies between congregations.

As the iconostasis grew, the ciborium declined, although some late examples, by now invisible to the congregation, were produced.

Although there was negative reaction from some churches, with a member of a congregation in London declaring " the question is not so much now who is Independent Anabaptist etc as who is for Christ and who is for Cromwell ", most of the sects welcomed the decision.

He took charge of the congregation at Providence ( Augustus Lutheran Church ), in what is now Trappe, Pennsylvania.

It features a large congregation, mostly Christian music with a choir ( formerly with an orchestra, now only with the large Crystal Cathedral organ ) and guests who speak about how God and their Christian faith have changed their lives for the better.

* In the 19th century, the Cantonese congregation of Cholon, now a part of Ho Chi Minh City, built a well-known temple to Thiên Hậu.

The early settlers in the Dutch colony of New Netherland held informal meetings for worship until Jonas Michaelius organized the first Dutch Reformed congregation in New Amsterdam, now New York City, in 1628 called the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, now the Marble Collegiate Church.

there was no Martian concept to match it -- unless one took `` church '' and `` worship '' and `` God '' and `` congregation '' and many other words and equated them to the totality of the only world he had known during growing-waiting then forced the concept back into English in that phrase which had been rejected ( by each differently ) by Jubal, by Mahmoud, by Digby.

Birka was also important as the site of the first known Christian congregation in Sweden, founded in 831 by Saint Ansgar.

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

Married persons who are known to commit such acts may in fact lose privileges in the congregation as they are supposed to be setting a good example to the congregation.

Teaching and ruling elders are ordained and convene in the lowest council known as a session or consistory responsible for the discipline, nurture, and mission of the local congregation.

These are sometimes known as " presbyters " to the full congregation.

* Societas Apostolatus Catholici, a religious congregation within the Roman Catholic Church, also known as the Pallotines

Today known as First United Methodist Church, this congregation built a small log church building in 1820 ; it was London's first church and orphanage.

* First Baptist Church also known as " First Baptist Church, Clinton Street " was organized in 1833 and is the largest African-American congregation in the city.

* Preaching ( the ministry of the Word ) and the administration of the sacraments is ordinarily entrusted to specially trained elders ( known as ministers of the Word and Sacrament, sometimes called " teaching elders ") in each local congregation, approved for these tasks by a governing presbytery, or classis, and called by the local congregation.

Lovejoy has been known to exploit his congregation for money, brawl with a Roman Catholic priest, encourage his dog to foul Ned Flanders's lawn, and implied that he once burned down his church for insurance money.

Hamilton County is well known for being the location where Tom Harden and eleven other members of his snake handling religious congregation were arrested in 1947, ten of them were convicted of violating a Tennessee law forbidding the handling of snakes.

If the sin is known generally by the entire congregation or the community, an announcement is made informing the congregation that the person has been reproved.

Standish was associated for most of his life with a congregation of Protestants known as Separatists.

In 1620, with the permission of King James I of England and backing from a group of financial investors in London known as the Merchant Adventurers, the Scrooby congregation departed for the New World aboard the Mayflower to establish a colony in North America.

Any member of the priesthood who presides over a congregation can, and often is, known as " pastor " or ( if an elder ), " presiding elder ".

Strictly speaking, the typical four-part setting of a chorale, in which the sopranos ( and the congregation ) sing the melody along with three lower voices, is known as a chorale harmonization.

* Immanuel Lutheran Church In 1862by a German congregation, the church is today known as Heritage Lutheran Church.

It is home to the largest Assembly of God congregation known as the Evangel Tabernacle Church with Rev.

This group, known as the " Israelite Religious Society " (" Israelitische Religions-Gesellschaft " or IRG ), became under his administration a great congregation, numbering about 500 families.