Sentence examples for That denomination from inspiring English sources

In January, however, that denomination ordained its first openly gay pastor of a church, the Rev. Paul Mowry, pastor of Sausalito Presbyterian Church.

When Malcolm was six, they moved to Canada, to a heavily Mennonite community; Gladwell imbibed that denomination's focus on social justice, while excelling as a runner at school.

As Roosevelt had been closely associated with the March of Dimes, and as the dime's design could be replaced without the need for congressional action as it had been struck for more than 25 years, the Treasury chose that denomination to honor Roosevelt.

A similar revolt by prominent Reform rabbis preceded that denomination's continuing effort to reinvent itself, a project launched at L.A.'s Hebrew Union College last November.

That denomination, which has straight members but has always specialized in ministry to queer communities, now claims 43,000 members in 22 countries.

The ABCFM incorporated the Foreign Department of the Christian Church following the merger with that denomination in 1930.

Some believe that denominations are a relic of a bygone era.

While congregations have been and will be the primary unit for Christian community, we hold that congregations need each other and the supportive systems that denominations have traditionally created.

Isn't that what everyone thinks these days, that denominations are beside the point?

Do the institutions of denominations command the identity and loyalty of their congregations or do congregations and congregants insist that denominations shape their identities to accommodate the diversity of individual theological stances and social values?

One morning, Smith, who was trying to sort out the claims of truth that each denomination put forward, went into the woods to pray for guidance.