The phrase "affiliated churches" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to churches that are connected or associated with a larger organization or denomination.
Example: "The conference will include representatives from various affiliated churches across the region."
Alternatives: "associated churches" or "connected churches".
It has never called itself a denomination, and many of its affiliated churches remain part of the main convention.
They are full now, as are Annunciation House's own shelters and those of the two dozen affiliated churches working with Garcia.
At a Protestant church on the edge of town, one of two affiliated churches where Mr. Lubitz's mother plays organ, the shades of the minister's office were drawn and no one answered the doorbell.
Pastor Steven Khoury, whose Holy Land Missions has six affiliated churches, said Israel has not officially recognized the evangelical church, even though its mission's "calling" is toward Arabs rather than Jews.
The megachurch bases its values on Charismatic and Pentecostal teachings, and has several affiliated churches abroad, including in the US, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Australia.
In another case, a Glendale court commissioner last year ordered McBirnie and his affiliated churches to repay 24 parishioners a total of $200,000 in outstanding loans and more than $1 million in punitive damages.
Mr. Dania regularly worships at an affiliated church in a stylish section of Lagos, where he has found a network of like-minded, upwardly mobile young Nigerians.
The controversy was so heated that the affiliated church's board of trustees, whose members included Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, eventually rejected the sale of the convent, even though it had originally been approved by the parish's priest.
Then an abbot from their affiliated church, the Orthodox Church in America, suggested they try selling a specialty food — "not inexpensive, because even in an economic slump, people will want to treat themselves," Sister Patricia Lawless said he advised them.
The Baptist General Association of Virginia offers financial assistance to theological students who meet the following criteria: college graduate, membership in a BGVA affiliated church, residency in the state of Virginia at least a year prior to receiving financial aid, and endorsement by a BGVA affiliated church.
Followers of Jesus Christ normally affiliated with churches (church members, with names written on church rolls, usually total number of baptized persons, including children baptized, dedicated, or undedicated), shown above divided among four major church traditions.
