Sentence examples for church background from inspiring English sources

"The advantage that I had was coming from a church background, a hymnody background," Smith said.

With his church background, mystical drug hallucinations, and meditation techniques learned from a New Age grandmother, McCann was primed to glean more than superficial fitness.

Because Keiler is far more interested in her performances of lieder than of spirituals, he glosses over her church background, though it was intrinsic to her art.

I think my church background served me with a sense of guilt so I envied friends who seemed so confident at sexually adventurous acts I'd never even heard of.

Twenty seven year old Deshawn James, accused of murdering 25 year old Stephanie Moulton in a Massachusetts "group home," came from a strong church background and gave little indication of being headed for trouble, before symptoms of schizophrenia emerged in late adolescence.

A Baptist church background, singing in choir.

"It did a good job of showing an array: socioeconomic differences, different church backgrounds".

Most are in breach of the law by asking parents too intrusive questions about their church backgrounds or failing to give priority to children in care, says the report, An Unholy Mess, by the British Humanist Association.

In fact, it's an essential part of jazz that is fading fast, since most jazz musicians don't come from the South or church backgrounds anymore, which makes Mr. Mabern's charging, heavily chorded style more precious.

Both emerged from ascetic low-church backgrounds with firm faith in good husbandry and industry, plus a Victorian notion of the deserving poor.

Having a church family background, Angela Merkel was ideal.