Word: congregationers
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"Leaders of the congregation felt the temple was not complete until they could embrace all Jews," he said.
Higher authorities played a role in the Hawaii case. As early as 1985, Figueroa's mother informed the then Vatican pronuncio, Pio Laghi, of the allegations against Bishop Ferrario. Figueroa contends that Laghi sent an investigator, who did a cursory check while staying in the bishop's residence. Apparently on...
Bigger almost always means better, at least in certain ways. "Superchurches can offer a great youth program for all ages, with professionals in charge, and great music, with choirs and orchestras doing it the way it ought to be done," remarks Edward Plowman of National & International Religion Report, a newsletter...
Along with enthusiastic, often entertaining, worship, a major attraction is the churches' spiritual equivalent of one-stop shopping. They provide not only Sunday school but also long lists of elective courses for adults or specialized ministries, for instance for the hearing impaired or developmentally disabled. Groups can be targeted to...
When the document was released last February, it was read avidly -- more than 42,000 copies have been sold -- and with growing ire. Before the Baltimore assembly, more than half the church's 171 administrative districts and 2,000 local congregations had condemned it. The document helped cause something akin...